Oct. 28, 2015
Stony Brook, N.Y. -
StonyBrookAthletics.com takes a look at the Seawolves' second opponent of the season and their first road game -- Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt
2014-15 Record: 21-14, 9-9 Southeastern Conference
Series History: First Meeting
SEC Preseason Pick: 2nd (behind Kentucky)
Head Coach: Kevin Stallings, 17th season
Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/3
Newcomers: 5
Players to Watch:
Damian Jones • Jr. • C • 7-0 • 245 • Baton Rouge, La.
Jones, a first team All-SEC selection last season, already has declared for the NBA Draft. He led the SEC in field goal percentage (.562) and finished 10th in scoring (14.5). Jones' 506 points are the second most in school history by a sophomore.
Riley LaChance • So. • 6-2 • 185 • Brookfield, Wis.
LaChance garnered SEC All-Freshman honors last season after averaging 12.3 points per game. He's one of only four freshman in school history to score more than 400 points. LaChance led all SEC freshmen in scoring last season.
Wade Baldwin IV • So. • 6-3 • 194 • Belle Meade, N.J.
Baldwin joined LaChance on the SEC All-Freshman Team after averaging 9.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game. Baldwin, who started 24 games, scored at least 10 points in 16 games and finished with at least five assists in 12 contests.
Schedule
11/13 vs. Austin Peay
11/16 vs. Gardner-Webb
11/19 vs. Stony Brook
11/23 vs. St. John's at Maui Invitational
11/24 at Maui Invitational
11/25 at Maui Invitational
12/2 vs. Detroit
12/6 at Baylor
12/9 vs. Dayton
12/19 vs. Wofford
12/22 at Purdue
12/30 vs. Western Michigan
1/2 vs. LSU *
1/5 at Arkansas *
1/9 at South Carolina *
1/12 vs. Auburn *
1/16 vs. Alabama *
1/20 at Tennessee *
1/23 at Kentucky *
1/26 vs. Florida *
1/30 at Texas
2/4 vs. Texas A&M *
2/6 at Ole Miss *
2/10 vs. Missouri *
2/13 at Auburn *
2/16 at Mississippi State *
2/20 vs. Georgia *
2/23 at Florida *
2/27 vs. Kentucky *
3/1 vs. Tennessee *
3/5 at Texas A&M
3/9 SEC Tournament
* SEC game
Did You Know? Cornelius Vanderbilt, who gave $1 million to endow and build VU, ran steamboat lines throughout Long Island Sound in the 1830s.
Notable: Festus Ezeli, who won an NBA Championship with the Golden State Warriors last year, joined Will Perdue as the only former Commodores to win an NBA title.
