Several reunions in store for unbeaten Vanderbilt, Cal

Both Vanderbilt (2-0) and Cal (2-0) hope to remain unbeaten as the two meet Wednesday night in Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt comes off Sunday’s 85-76 win over Southeast Missouri State, while the Bears (making their first road trip) beat Cal Poly 91-73 last Thursday.As expected under new coach Mark Byington, the Commodores have played fast (36th nationally in average possession length, according to KenPom.com), spread out the playing time (nine players average at least 16 minutes, but none more than 27.5) and shot a lot of 3-pointers (59).What was unexpected: Vanderbilt ranks 345th nationally in 3-point percentage at just 18.6 percent.Six-foot-7 Boston College transfer Devin McGlockton (19.0 ppg, 16.0 rpg, 3.0 bpg) has registered double-doubles in both contests while shooting 73.7 percent from the floor.”I feel like we still have a lot to prove and we’ll prove them wrong,” McGlockton said. “I’ve been playing center my whole life, four and five, so I’m pretty comfortable there and especially against taller and slower defenders I feel like I have an advantage.”Reserve guard Tyler Tanner has also been a nice surprise. He leads all freshmen nationally with seven steals.As for Cal, a pair of backcourt transfers — Jovan Blacksher Jr. (17.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg) and Andrej Stojakovic (15.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg) — make the Bears go.Blacksher is the team’s best 3-point shooter, canning 50 percent of a team-high 14 tries, while Stojakovic has led the team at the foul line (12-of-14 shooting).

Headlines