USA - Aussie freshman starring for Vanderbilt (+ video)

NASHVILLE (NCAA) - Anyone who thought Vanderbilt were going to sink back into anonymity after last year's Sweet 16 trip hadn't counted on AJ Ogilvy (View Ogilvy interview at the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship bellow).

The freshman Australian center is showing just why scouts predicted he could have gone straight to the NBA this summer.

On Wednesday night, the Australia youth international scored 23 points to lift the No. 25 Commodores to an 83-80 win over Wake Forest. The win moves Vanderbilt to 8-0 on the season, their best start since 2003-04.

Shan Foster led the Commodores with 26 points, but it was Ogilvy who came up in the clutch.

The 6ft 11in, 250-pounder tied the game at 78-78 with a pair of free throws and his basket with 36 seconds left gave Vanderbilt an 80-78 lead.

Freshman James Johnson missed a 3-pointer at the other end for Wake Forest and Ogilvy grabbed the rebound and was fouled.

He calmly sank both free throws to make it 82-78 with 16 seconds remaining and Jermaine Beal hit a free throw with four seconds on the clock to give the Commodores another win over an Atlantic

Coast Conference foe. Vanderbilt knocked off Georgia Tech, 92-79, on Saturday.

The Commodores have won 94 of their last 100 games against non-conference opponents at home and are 141-13 at home against non-SEC foes since 1990.

Harvey Hale and Johnson each scored 18 points for the Demon Deacons (5-2).

Among the top-ranked teams, No. 3 Kansas got 17 points from Darnell Jackson and 15 more from Darrell Arthur in an 85-47 rout of Eastern Washington.

The Jayhawks were never really tested by the Eagles, racing out to a 15-3 lead, with all the points scored by Arthur and Jackson during the run.

Kansas put it in cruise control the rest of the way.

No. 4 Georgetown stayed undefeated with a 70-60 win over Alabama in Birmingham.

DaJuan Summers had 18 points and Jessie Sapps added 12, picking up the slack for 7ft 2in star Roy Hibbert, who finished with 14 points but had only one basket after half-time.

Georgetown improved to 6-0 with the win, their best start since going 10-0 in 2003-04.

No. 5 Texas continued their hot start with an 88-72 win over North Texas in Austin.

Longhorns fans may well have already forgotten about Kevin Durant as they watch guards DJ Augustin and AJ Abrams in action.

Augustin had 29 points and Abrams added 23 in this win.

No. 6 Washington State stayed unbeaten courtesy of some stout defending as the the Cougars beat No. 19 Gonzaga 51-47 in Spokane.

Aron Bayrnes scored nine of his 13 points in the second half for Washington State as Gonzaga suffered their first ever loss at home while a ranked team.

No. 9 Pittsburgh only had to travel about two miles to play their first official road test of the season and they passed it with a 73-68 win overer Duquesne as Sam Young scored 23 points to lead the Panthers.

Freshman Terrence Oglesby scored 22 points as No. 17 Clemson enjoyed an 82-67 in their first ever visit to Greenville to play East Carolina.

Drew Lavendar had a season-high 28 points as No. 20 Xavier routed Creighton 79-66, while Sam Burgess had 16 points for No. 22 Brigham Young in a 72-57 win over Weber State.

Ogilvy Interview at the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championship

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