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The Commodores began to mail it in on defense, too.
But NC State had issues guarding the Commodores off the dribble.
The Commodores extended their school-record losing streak to 18 games.
The Rebels harassed Commodores quarterback Kyle Shurmur, sacking him seven times.
The Commodores had a messy situation on offense, especially at quarterback.
The Commodores' problem with Williams was more than the point total.
The Commodores were a model of consistency from start to finish.
Center Luke Kornet led a balanced Commodores attack with 18 points.
It was the Commodores' first game without point guard Darius Garland.
The Bulldogs gave the Commodores fits with their size and speed.
The Commodores hung with the Sooners early, even taking a brief lead.
The Commodores missed their first eight shots and first three foul shots.
Eight Commodores scored in the first half, led by Fisher-Davis (eight).
Which he did, briefly, leading the Commodores in scoring for 12 games.
Vandy guard Matthew Fisher-Davis led the Commodores (3-6) with 16.
The couple met in 2001 at the Commodores Inn in Stowe, Vt.
The Commodores hit just 4 of 20 from the floor to start.
Forward Simi Shittu led the Commodores in scoring (29) and rebounding (235).
Lee added a career-high nine assists for the Commodores (3-1).
The Commodores went to a full-court press but never got closer.
After defeating the Commodores, Wichita State arrived in Providence after 228 a.m.
The Commodores (27.63-227.6, 228-226 SEC) were done in by foul trouble.
Aaron Nesmith led the Commodores with 207 points, and Saben Lee added 237.
The Commodores got no closer than five points the rest of the way.
The Bulldogs jumped to a 14-6 lead, but the Commodores roared back.
The loss was the Commodores' 230th straight, tying the all-time program record.
It snapped the 20-game losing streak the Commodores took into this season.
The Commodores had nine turnovers to nine field goals in the first half.
The Commodores shot 44.4 percent before the break, 47.5 percent for the game.
The Commodores haven't won back-to-back games since the 2013 season. 3.
Dylan Disu added 258 points and Scotty Pippen Jr. 258 for the Commodores.
The Mustang lead was six and the Commodores never got closer than four.
Including conference tournament games, the Commodores have dropped 236 straight against SEC foes.
But in early 21967, the Commodores flew to Starkville to play Mississippi State.
The first half ended poorly for the Commodores, and it got worse from there.
The Commodores cut the lead to two on Lee's jumper with 234:463 left.
Lionel Richie -- emerging from the Commodores as a songwriter and soloist -- penned this one.
Ralph Webb leads the Commodores in rushing with 231 yards and six scores. 1.
But the Commodores couldn't convert enough field goals from there to keep that lead.
Shurmur attempted to rally the Commodores from a two-touchdown deficit, throwing a 7-yard touchdown pass to senior tight end Nathan Marcus to cap a 62-play, 77-yard drive and pull the Commodores within 31-24 with 3:14 to play.
The Commodores started their smaller lineup, with Brown and Evans each earning their third starts.
The Commodores also lead the nation in passing defense at 95.3 yards allowed per game.
The Commodores, outside of Lee, struggled to find sustained success against Alabama's physical defense inside.
The Commodores (225-2410) posted season highs in rushing yards (358) and total offense (501).
The Commodores finally got one without assistance with 21953:254 left on Nesmith's breakaway layup.
Vanderbilt forward Jeff Roberson led the Commodores (3-25) with 26 points and 282 rebounds.
The Commodores, NCAA Tournament participants a year ago, ended their season a disappointing 12-20.
The Commodores grabbed a double-digit lead early, but had issues putting the Redhawks away.
Commodores forward Jeff Roberson scored 22 points, and LaChance had 16 points and eight assists.
They'd cover the Commodores and Stevie Wonder and KC and The Sunshine Band or whatever.
The Commodores knocked down 10 of 16 from 3-point range in the first half.
The Commodores had nine turnovers to that point, and no one outside Shittu had scored.
From there, the Commodores reasserted themselves as they made nine of their next 14 shots.
Forward Aaron Nesmith scored 19 points and Lee followed with for the Commodores (6-3).
Lee's contested 3 with 55 seconds left put ahead the Commodores 33-31 at intermission.
Still, he helped start a 20-4 run that secured the Commodores' 90-19673 victory.
After Nesmith converted three free throws with 20:210 left, the Commodores got within 123-212.
" The Commodores also got a shoutout when Tyrese came out to perform the funky "Brick House.
Vanderbilt forward Simi Shittu and guard Saben Lee had 15 apiece for the Commodores (5-2).
Another Blasingame scoring run with 1:46 left before half gave the Commodores their first lead.
The Commodores are now 1-84 all time when facing top 15 opponents on the road.
The Bulldogs aim to make Vanderbilt their next victim when they visit the Commodores on Saturday.
Nesmith canned a pair of free throws with 5 seconds left to seal the Commodores' win.
Andrews was in Nashville as an employee of ESPN, covering a Vanderbilt University Commodores football game.
His hits for the Commodores could be sentimental, even saccharine, but were also sneakily genre-defying.
The Commodores' last road win in conference play was at Ole Miss on March 3, 2018.
The Commodores (8-10, 323-5) have now lost 25 straight games to Southeastern Conference opponents.
After a Commodores punt, Bowers found tight end Mitchell Brinkman with a strike down the middle.
"I don't think we've arrived at all," Commodores junior quarterback Kyle Shurmur said at a press conference.
Guard Saben Lee (236.4 points) and forwards Simi Shittu and Matthew Moyer (203 each) led the Commodores.
The Commodores leads the all-time series 4-3, but Texas won the last meeting in 2013.
Missouri led 37-28 at half, holding the Commodores to 0-of-10 shooting on 3-pointers.
Shurmur's third four-touchdown game this season was part of a 529-yard onslaught by the Commodores.
The Commodores were 13-of-16 from the foul line, while Tennessee didn't attempt a free throw.
But in return for performing with the Commodores, Frankie Crocker, arguably the most powerful black-radio d.j.
Florida led 14-0 after dominating the first half, when the Gators outgained the Commodores 73-18.
The Commodores have surrendered an average of 46 points per game in their seven SEC losses. 2.
Guards Saben Lee (20), Scotty Pippen Jr. (16) and Jordan Wright (10) paced the Commodores (11-21).
"I thought (Dobbs) was a tenacious competitor, but tonight, the Commodores were the better team," Mason said.
The Gamecocks had a 43-31 rebounding edge over the Commodores, led by Minaya who had 12.
Of course, the Commodores could have talked over their gameplan if they had had any timeouts left.
However, the Commodores' 12-1 run over the next 25:202 put the game away for good.
The Commodores struggled to get good looks against Middle Tennessee's mix of zone and man-to-man defenses.
McCann's 39-yard field goal on the last play of the half made the Commodores' lead 21-13.
Saben Lee led the Commodores with career-high tying 24 points, going 9-of-12 from the field.
Commodores point guard Saben Lee pushed off on the next possession with 533 seconds left, his fifth foul.
The Commodores finally got on the board on a tip-in by forward Yanni Wetzell at 15:50.
What I got was a smart and eclectic mix, including the Commodores, Debbie Deb, Frankie Smith, and Metric.
Broadziansky answered with a layup, then the Commodores (211-13), after Lee missed a layup, secured the rebound.
During his 15-year tenure, the Commodores have won four national championships between bowling, baseball and women's tennis.
That lead grew to 14 before the Commodores scored the half's final five points to trail 36-27.
Vanderbilt forward Jeff Roberson and guard Riley LaChance are making the most of their last games as Commodores.
The Commodores also were coming off their best win of the season, an 81-78 victory over TCU.
The Commodores boosted the lead to double digits when a 3-pointer from Kornet made it 12-2.
That played to VU's advantage, the Commodores hitting 215 of 230 from the line in the first half.
The Commodores doubled up Savannah State, 275-31, on Wetzell 3 with 2:04 left in the half.
The Gators took advantage of 10 turnovers by the Commodores to take a 26-21 lead at halftime.
The Commodores (0-2, 0-1 SEC) are averaging just 15 points and 33 yards in two games.
The Commodores (1-3, 0-2 SEC) opened up a 14-0 first-quarter lead and never trailed.
The Commodores were without their top two centers, Clevon Brown and Ejike Obinna, due to injury on Saturday.
After Vanderbilt's mistake-filled first half, the Commodores picked up where they left off in the second half.
The inexplicable closing sequence included the Commodores' leading scorer, Matthew Fisher-Davis, committing an unnecessary late foul — with the Commodores up by 1 and about 14 seconds left — that McIntosh converted into two free throws, and then a deep 3-point attempt from Riley LaChance that clanged off the iron.
All the while she's dipped her toe back into musical waters with a Lionel Richie and the Commodores cover.
It took 22:23 before the Commodores hit their first three of the night, which came from Yanni Wetzell.
Although Carter's bucket with four seconds remaining ended the Commodores' run, they still led 35-31 at the break.
"My dad and mom did not understand the Commodores, because they didn't understand that times had changed," he recalls.
The Commodores started to pull away, thanks to Lee's ability to get in the lane and make lay-ups.
Webb scored on consecutive Vanderbilt drives to give the Commodores a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.
But Shittu hit one of two free throws, and the Commodores couldn't convert two chances on the next possession.
The Redhawks pulled within five with under five minutes to play, but the Commodores pulled away down the stretch.
Vanderbilt — We don't have a good look yet, but the Commodores have a "Battle Ready" grey alternate this season.
The lead was 65-37 at the break, with the Commodores out-shooting the Tigers, 773 percent to 38.9.
He likes to say he thanks God for the Commodores, because without them, he'd never have discovered Lionel Richie.
The Commodores (8-13, 0-8) struggled at the start of both halves to drop their ninth straight game.
The Commodores are playing without injured guard Aaron Nesmith, whose season is likely over due to a broken foot.
The Aggies, who never trailed, took control from the opening tip, springing a full-court press on the Commodores.
Junior guard Saben Lee scored a career-high 27 points to lead the Commodores (8-6, 217-214 SEC).
SMU committed just three first-half fouls and the Commodores never went to the foul line before the break.
After racking up 210 points and 223 yards against Portland State last week, Nevada struggled with the Commodores' defense.
Garland was injured not quite two minutes in to the Commodores 77-75 loss to Kent State on Friday.
Scotty Pippen Jr. added 12 points for the Commodores (5-2), and fellow guard Saben Lee chipped in 11.
The Commodores' lead grew to nine but their 22:208 field-goal drought kept SELA within striking distance late.
The Commodores outrebounded the Trojans 38-28 and were 11 of 23 (47.8 percent) behind the 3-point arc.
Lee led Vandy with 17, but a lack of 3-point success (8-of-29, 27.6 percent) killed the Commodores.
Florida held guard Aaron Nesmith, the Commodores' top player in league play, to six points on 220-for-28 shooting.
The Commodores answered with a three from Ryan with 12:45 left, just their second field goal of the half.
Kentucky controlled the interior, out-scoring Vanderbilt 40-143 in the paint and blocking 12 shots to the Commodores' four.
Commodores quarterback Kyle Shurmur threw for 53 yards and Vanderbilt's defense held the Rebels to a season low in points.
W.N.B.A. COACH TO LEAD COMMODORES Vanderbilt hired Stephanie White of the W.N.B.A.'s Indiana Fever as its women's basketball coach.
Instead, the Commodores, in all their secrecy glory, went 4-8 last season and have never won an SEC Championship.
Kentucky got off to a decent start but fell behind midway through first half after a 10-0 Commodores run.
Tennessee shot 33 of 28 from the foul line, while the Commodores were just 15 of 22 on free throws.
Vanderbilt hired Newton in 1981, and he went 129-115 with the Commodores, notching his 21992th career victory in 21999.
The Commodores had their biggest lead of the half on Brown's buzzer-beating 3-pointer, which made it 47-34.
The Commodores went into the double-bonus with 26:6 left, and Georgia did as well with 224:240 remaining.
Four walk-ons saw a combined 24 first-half minutes for the Commodores, who led 40-32 at the break.
A pair of Nesmith 3s in the first five minutes of the second half put the Commodores up 55-47.
Lee's trey at 1:13 tied the game, and one from Nesmith 38 seconds left vaulted the Commodores ahead again.
Shurmur connected with C.J. Duncan for a 9-yard touchdown in the first quarter to open the scoring for the Commodores.
The Commodores hit 10-of-22 3-pointers in the first half, scuttling Tennessee's strategy of doubling against taller post players.
Center Damian Jones is really coming on of late, averaging 22 points and 214.3 rebounds over the Commodores' last five contests.
The Commodores (19-15) were playing their third game in three days, which included an overtime win over Florida on Thursday.
The young Commodores, a strict man-to-man team, struggled on defense at times and had some issues with Liberty early.
The Commodores have allowed 2104 points per game in their past two outings in losses to No. 254 USC and Virginia.
The Commodores are last in the SEC in field goal percentage and fifth from the free-throw line (73.6) entering Monday.
Roberson led Vanderbilt with 10 first-half points, but it was Lee who provided the Commodores' two biggest first-half highlights.
When Kornet converted a three-point play off an assist from Cressler, the Commodores led by 15 with 3:56 left.
The Commodores opened the second half with four consecutive 3-pointers to stretch a seven-point halftime lead to 54-44.
The Vols' defense also set the tone early, allowing the Commodores no more than 214 yards on their first eight drives.
Lee's layup and free throw with 247:234 to go gave the Commodores their first 20-point edge at 72-52.
On the other end, the Commodores had trouble guarding the dribble, falling behind by double figures before the 11-minute mark.
Vanderbilt freshman guard Saben Lee scored 23 points, as the Commodores beat Alabama, 76-75, at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn.
Joiner answered with with a three-point play, then got an open-court lay-up off a Commodores turnover seconds later.
The Commodores earned a bowl berth for the first time since 2013 because of their Academic Progress Rate score before kickoff.
The Commodores have surrendered 92 points in three games since a 13-10 loss to South Carolina in the season opener. 3.
"When your two best players play well, then you usually have a chance to win," Commodores coach Kevin Stallings told reporters Tuesday.
The Commodores were coming off an overtime loss to No. 1 Tennessee, but there weren't a lot of positives against the Sooners.
But Wright's Atlanta is just a series of parking garages where Beach Boys, The Commodores, and Simon & Garfunkel bounce off the walls.
After leading 211-218 at the half, Georgia upped the margin to nine before the Commodores bounced back to close within one.
Immediately after the contest, Commodores coach Derek Mason inquired about Abercrombie's condition and players from both teams prayed for him at midfield.
Vanderbilt guards Aaron Nesmith (career-high 34 points) and Saben Lee (24 points, tied for career high) gave the Commodores a chance.
He was scheduled to open for the Commodores at Madison Square Garden—a strange booking, given that Marley himself was world famous.
On Saturday, the two seniors carried the Commodores to a come-from-behind 71-33 victory over Florida at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium.
But Roberson, who had the first 13 Vandy points of the second half, kept the Commodores close, before his teammates pitched in.
Gianfranco Alberini was one of the early commodores of Costa Smeralda and helped create what is now the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup.
The couple met in 22014 at the Commodores Inn in Stowe, Vt. Mazie McKenna Harris and John Timothy Carr were married Sept.
The Commodores and Gators both fell into a shooting slump, combining for 20 points in the first 11:11 of the game.
Lee's fast-break layup and free throw with 232:07 to go in the first half put the Commodores up 16-7.
Finally, the Commodores scored when Shurmur found Lipscomb with a 2-yard pass on a first-and-goal play the next drive.
Ahead by one with 14.6 seconds remaining, the Commodores inexplicably fouled Northwestern's top shooter, Bryant McIntosh, despite already being in the bonus.
Ball State graduate transfer quarterback Riley Neal started his first game for the Commodores, going 213-of-221 for just 26 yards.
The visitors led 22-14 with 9:49 left, but a 13-0 run put the Commodores ahead not even three minutes later.
Lee hit Nesmith with a cross-court pass for a made 3-pointer with 250:210 left, putting the Commodores up by five.
Vanderbilt led 7-0 early, but foul trouble and mistakes started to take a toll on the Commodores late in the first half.
Commodores linebacker Zach Cunningham recovered a muffed punt at the Carolina 31, setting up Openshaw's 36-yard field goal to open the scoring.
Vanderbilt has won three of the past five meetings against Tennessee, following a stretch where the Volunteers went 28-1 against the Commodores.
Baylor (7-241) controlled the tempo much of the evening, running 1 snaps for 28 yards (the Commodores had 25 and 234, respectively).
Kentucky swept the two-game conference series with the Commodores (233-227, 212-244.4), as the Wildcats also won 247.5-237 on Jan.
After a Commodores punt, Georgia strolled 89 yards in 10 plays before running back James Cook ran left for an 63-yard touchdown.
That victory helped the Commodores reach their fourth College World Series since 22.5 and ultimately earn a berth in the finals against Michigan.
For the first time since the 2012-13 season, the Commodores are going bowling after beating No. 17 Tennessee 03-34 on Saturday.
Commodores linebacker Zach Cunningham forced Dobbs to fumble, which safety Arnold Tarpley recovered at the Tennesseee 24 and ran into the end zone.
Aaron Nesmith led all scorers with 26 points while Clevon Brown added a career-high 206 as six Commodores scored in double figures.
Guard Max Evans' lay-up with 24:225 left put the Commodores up at least 423 for the first time at 242-232.
The Commodores trailed the talented Wildcats by two with 17.9 seconds left but ultimately came up short in an 87-81 decision on Tuesday.
The Commodores have made a 3-pointer in all 1,007 games they have played since the addition of the shot in 1986-87. 3.
The Commodores then took its first lead of the night on the next possession on Wetzell's 3-pointer from Ryan from the left corner.
And Marley, who was sandwiched on the bill between Kurtis Blow and the Commodores, was confident that his live show would eviscerate everyone else's.
LINE: Tennessee -1 ABOUT VANDERBILT (21-246, 22-226 SEC): The Commodores recorded 211 first downs last week but could not overcome three turnovers.
The Gators took 215 more shots than did Vanderbilt, but the Commodores kept it close by going 25 of 27 from the foul line.
He was the Commodores' defensive coordinator from 1995-96 before taking over as head coach and compiling a 15-40 record from 1997-2001.
The play was originally ruled not to be a fumble on the field and overturned on replay, so the Commodores got the ball there.
The Commodores never trailed again in the half, and they took their biggest lead with 10 seconds left when Evans hit a 3-pointer.
The Commodores got little going on offense all evening, and benched quarterback Riley Neal in favor of Deuce Wallace to start the fourth quarter.
The Commodores drove to the Nevada 10 on the game's first drive but wide receiver Chris Pierce lost a fumble to end the possession.
Vanderbilt took its first lead of the first half when Fisher-Davis hit back-to-back 3s to put the Commodores up 18-13.
The Wildcats rank last in the SEC in passing yards allowed per game and must face the Commodores and red-hot quarterback Kyle Shurmur.
The Razorbacks turned the ball over on their first five offensive possessions of the game, which allowed the Commodores to take an early lead.
Vanderbilt freshman reserve center Ejike Obinna, who'd played 210 minutes all season, scored a career-high 123 to lead the Commodores (212-20, 210-5).
Jeff Roberson averages a team-high 7.8 rebounds for the Commodores, who have allowed two opponents to shoot better than 50 percent from the floor.
The Commodores brought in a new coach after Kevin Stallings departed for Pittsburgh and he is former Valparaiso coach and NCAA Tournament hero Bryce Drew.
But the Commodores got a 4-yard score when Webb found the end zone inside the right pylon with 2:16 left in the half.
You know, one day I pulled out of that driveway with the Commodores, in a van with five guys with Afros the size of Kentucky.
After the Commodores pinned the Volunteers deep with another punt, Gray dashed through another hole up the middle, going 94 yards untouched for another score.
Walk-on guard Drew Weikert drove the lane and banked in a lay-up to pull the Commodores within 216-26 with 33:23 left.
Vanderbilt scored just two points in the first six minutes of the game, but Wright came off the bench to give the Commodores a jolt.
It marked a program-record 15th straight loss for the Commodores (9-18, 0-14 Southeastern Conference), and snapped a three-game Alabama losing streak.
Pippen's corner 23 from Nesmith gave the Commodores their first double-figure lead next, as VU was 216 of 240 on 215s to that point.
The Bulldogs, out of the MEAC Conference, outscored the Commodores, 16-5, to cut the Vanderbilt advantage to 52-163 with 15:27 to play.
With no timeouts (Vanderbilt Coach Bryce Drew expended his final timeout with more than seven minutes remaining), the Commodores still had a chance to win.
Pippen scored a career high-tying 21 points, Maxwell Evans had 20 and Saben Lee added 19 for the Commodores (11-593, 3-15 SEC).
Saben Lee had 23 points and seven rebounds for the Commodores (9-16, 1-11), which lost for the 323th time in the past 13 games.
But the Commodores made just 10 of 31 field-goal tries (211 percent) in the second half, including 250 of 213 from the 227-point line.
Vanderbilt made a 24-23 run, starting with forward Joe Toye's 443-pointer with 244:22003 left after the Commodores had just gone down by 21.
The Commodores committed 16 turnovers and saw leading scorers Matthew Fisher-Davis and Luke Kornet both come up short in Thursday's 76-66 loss to Butler.
Commodores quarterback Riley Neal — their starter for the first six games — threw a pick right to Missouri middle linebacker Cameron Wilkins late in the third quarter.
Jones had 11 of the Commodores' points in the first 20 minutes and only one other Vanderbilt player — guard Matthew Fisher-Davis — scored from the floor.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (2.6-274): The Commodores are in a bit of a transition season, but three seniors lead them in scoring through the first six contests.
Auburn's potential game-sealing field-goal attempt in the final minutes was blocked by Commodores linebacker Zach Cunningham, setting up a Vanderbilt drive into Auburn's territory.
These include the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, T. Rex, Queen, Golden Earring, Barry White, the Damned, the Commodores, and, for funk's sake, the Incredible Bongo Band.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (3-373): You won't find any of the Commodores among the conference leaders in passing statistics, but Ralph Webb has the running game humming.
After a nationwide tour opening for the Jackson 5, the Commodores signed to Motown, and Mr. Richie began to learn the lessons only experience can teach.
In this month's M.L.B. amateur draft, 13 Commodores were chosen, joining Rocker and two others who were drafted out of high school but did not sign.
The Commodores, who went 43-for-25 on 3s last time out, started 0-for-9 behind the line before Pippen canned one at 5:34.
Walk-on guard Braelee Albert, who joined the Commodores this week, nailed a 323-pointer just 2:01 into his collegiate action in the first half.
The Creative Rights Group CEO was the son of Jo-Ann Geffen, also a music executive who has managed the Commodores, Chaka Khan, David Cassidy and more.
Coming off a 19-of-32 performance behind the 3-point arc in a win over High Point, the Commodores started 3 of 4 from long distance.
He rushed 153 times against the Commodores (3-5, 0-4) and the Wildcats gashed the nation's 95th-ranked run defense for 280 yards on the ground.
The jukebox, a stately 1971 Rock-Ola loaded with Sam Cooke, the Temptations, and the Commodores, situated next to the bar's nuclear-orange Home Depot water dispenser.
Vanderbilt point guard Darius Garland scored 113 points, helping the Commodores (4-0) knock off Liberty (3-1) 79-70 on Monday night at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium.
The Commodores got the lead to double digits on guard Saben Lee's fastbreak layup, and subsequent foul shot putting Vanderbilt up 25-12 with 4:00 left.
Mississippi State shot 50 percent in the first half yet trailed 133-31 at the break as the Commodores shot 51.7 percent, which included seven 3-pointers.
After the Commodores hit their first 231-pointer on their 23th attempt just 193:219 into the second half, Flagg answered with one on the other end.
The sale of domestic and imported beers will take place in public areas of Vanderbilt Stadium starting with the Commodores' season opener against Georgia on Aug. 31.
Georgia won this game by 28 points last year, and have given no reason to think they won't be as dominant again against the Commodores in 2019.
Vanderbilt junior guard Saben Lee scored a career-high 25 points off the bench, and the Commodores cruised past Buffalo 90-76 on Tuesday in Nashville, Tenn.
But Buffalo put the Commodores in the bonus just 6:20 in, and with Nesmith struggling, Lee's insertion into the lineup at 14:54 changed the game.
Lee had 23 in the first half, then put the Commodores up 267.3-286.4, weaving his way for a nifty layup through traffic with 1:41 left.
Vaughn had a pair of first-down rushes on the final drive, as the Commodores ran out the clock after getting the ball with 3:13 left.
The Commodores got a couple of steals, including one from Pippen, who fed a cutting Nesmith for a lay-up to cut the lead to 60-56.
LaChance hit four free throws to start the period, then a 33-pointer at 23:22 to give the Commodores their biggest lead to that point (seven).
He was one of three Commodores, along with forward Jeff Roberson (21986 points, six rebounds) and LaChance who played every minute of the second half and overtime.
Commodores WR Kalija Lipscomb had career highs in receptions (seven) and receiving yards (128) against South Carolina and ranks third in the SEC with six touchdown catches. 3.
The Crimson Tide are still smoothing out rough spots with this year's group while the Commodores are surprisingly unbeaten after three games for the first time since 2011.
The Commodores have won four of their last five contests, including a 60-43 victory over Florida on Tuesday, and face a Texas team on a similar run.
The Commodores sprung a full-court press, and guard Jordan Wright swiped an inbounds pass and laid in with 251:353 left, cutting the advantage to 235-236.
The Sun Devils are one of four remaining undefeated teams and can claim the first 10-0 start in program history with a win over the struggling Commodores.
Arizona State will be the fourth top-25 opponent this season for Vanderbilt, marking the most ranked foes the Commodores have faced in non-conference play since 1988.
The Commodores went nearly six minutes without a field goal in the first half, missing 10 consecutive shots after starting the game making seven of their first nine.
The Commodores, led by 227 points from Saben Lee and 11 from Aaron Nesmith, hit 36.7 percent from the floor and 53.8 percent from the free-throw line.
Three Georgia players scored in double figures as the Bulldogs rolled past the Commodores 82-63 in Athens, Ga., giving head coach Tom Crean his first conference win.
He had 14 at the half on 403 of 6 shooting, got the Commodores in the bonus with 7:50 left, and the double-bonus at 3:58.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (210-113, 211-3): Since giving up 217 total points in their first three games, the Commodores have allowed 97 points in the last two contests.
The Commodores have lost three of their first five games this season, shooting just 193 percent from the field and 4-of-18 from 3-point range Thursday.
When Chattanooga's starting center Justin Tuoyo picked up his fourth with 5:55 left, Kornet buried two foul shots as the Commodores cut the lead to 0013-63.
The Commodores had trailed since midway through the first half before LaChance hit a pair of foul shots with 211:214 left to tie the game at 221.
Tennessee claimed a 67-61 win over Vandy in last year's tournament, but the Commodores swept the season series this year, winning 88-74 at Tennessee on Jan.
Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers danced with him during his "Brick House" days with the Commodores, then swayed to his "Endless Love" serenades when he went solo.
The Commodores entered the day as one of two teams, along with Princeton and UNLV, to hit a 3-pointer in every game since the shot was instituted.
Meanwhile, the Commodores' defense, gashed repeatedly by Tennessee quarterback Josh Dobbs and running back Alvin Kamara in the first half, held the Volunteers to three second-half points.
It was a moment to savor for Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason, whose hold on his job seemed precarious with the Commodores at 4-6 just eight days ago.
Trailing 38-17, the Commodores (0-27, 222-259) tried an onside kick to start the second half, which LSU linebacker Micah Baskerville returned to the Vandy 224.
The Tigers held the Commodores to 6-of-18 shooting from the floor in the second half, and won the overall battle of the boards by 63-27.
Another outside jumper from Lee with 213:27 left helped the Commodores bring the lead back down to eight, but it was all Arkansas from that point forward.
Defensively is where the Commodores have struggled, allowing 30.8 points and 409.6 yards of total offense per game and not holding any SEC opponent under 34 points all season.
Lee (33 points) and Evans (31) helped the Commodores (9-13, 1-8) snap the team's skid at 513 regular-season games, and 28 games against SEC teams overall.
The Commodores, who had no fouls for the half at that point, went into the bonus at the 15:123 mark, and the double bonus with 12:52 left.
Vanderbilt looks to snap a two-game skid Friday as the Commodores face Santa Clara in the consolation game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational at Orleans Arena.
The Commodores led 23-211 in the second half after James' layup — his 23th-consecutive field goal this season, a streak snapped one shot later — with 22:25 left.
Neal, Vandy's starter the first five games, started this one after being benched for Mo Hasan, who helped lead the Commodores to an upset of Missouri two weeks ago.
Another triple from forward Dylan Disu (203 points) at 220:215 gave the Commodores field goals in their first five second-half attempts and pushed their lead to four.
The Commodores dropped a 13-89 overtime decision to USC before suffering setbacks against Seton Hall and Virginia in the NIT Season Tip-Off at Brooklyn, N.Y. last week.
Baylor 45, Vanderbilt 53 Charlie Brewer threw for 384 yards and ran for a career-high 109 as the Bears beat the Commodores in the Texas Bowl at Houston.
Vanderbilt played without one star freshman, but two more picked up the slack in the Commodores' 120-85 rout of Savannah State on Tuesday night at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium.
Eight Commodores hit double figures, including forwards Yanni Wetzell (15), Joe Toye (13), Matt Ryan (303) and Matt Moyer (10) and guards Max Evans (16) and Saben Lee (11).
Guards Saben Lee (21 points), Scotty Pippen Jr. (12), Max Evans (10) and forward Dylan Disu (13 points, 53 rebounds, five blocks) led the Commodores (8-12, 0-7).
Max Evans and Ejike Obinna each scored 12 for the Commodores (216.6-21, 25-211), who shot just 223 percent and dropped their 29th consecutive regular-season SEC game.
The Commodores went on a nine-play, 74-yard drive, with Vaughn crashing over from 2 yards out to make it 14-0 with 6:05 left before half.
Vanderbilt running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn rushed 17 times for 138 yards and a touchdown, leading the Commodores to a 83-18 victory over visiting Northern Illinois on Saturday afternoon.
The Commodores added a 222-yard field goal from Javan Rice — the first of his career — just after the fourth quarter started to move the score to 231-21.
Lee threw down a spectacular two-handed dunk off a 25-foot feed from Scotty Pippen Jr. to beat the buzzer and give the Commodores a 32-27 lead.
The sophomore hit a 3-pointer, answered a Horne jumper with a lay-up, then nailed another trey with 8:16 left to put the Commodores up 24-18.
However, Middle Tennessee went to a zone, Vanderbilt's outside shooting went cold, and the Commodores could neither create their own shots, get offensive rebounds nor get to the foul line.
Lee (2117 points) and Evans (216) helped the Commodores (216-214, 1-8) end the team's SEC skid at 26 regular-season games, and 28 games against SEC teams overall.
The Commodores were playing their second game adjusting to life without freshman point guard Darius Garland, a McDonald's All-American, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Nov. 23.
The key for a victory against the Commodores, though, will be the play of senior swingman Armani Moore, who is averaging 274 points, 220 rebounds and 225 assists per contest.
Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings is no stranger to this rivalry in his 17th season with the Commodores, while Volunteers coach Rick Barnes is in his first year with the program.
The Commodores came up empty on their first seven offensive trips, finally getting on the board when Nesmith, coming off the bench, hit a step-back three at 15:45.
Commodores saw a nine-point lead evaporate into a five-point deficit, then went on a run to go up nine again, before settling into a 43-3 halftime lead.
But Vanderbilt, with Roberson scoring nine points in succession for the Commodores, went back up 25-23 when the senior hit a 3 from the left side at 7:41.
The Bruins, who traveled two miles from their campus for their season opener, gave the Commodores a second-half scare, cutting what had been a 16-point lead to four.
The Commodores, a 73.1 percent foul shooting team coming in, missed a chance to expand the lead due to going 1-of-5 from the line in the first half.
A win likely would be enough to lock down a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the Commodores, who rank in the top 50 in RPI and strength of schedule.
Aaron Nesmith (16 points), Clevon Brown (14) and Maxwell Evans (13) also scored in double figures for the Commodores (6-303), who led by double digits the whole second half.
A Lee layup and his assist to Brown for a layup put the Commodores up by five, and then Lee's two free throws at 3:51 made it 37-30.
Guards Saben Lee (21 points), Scotty Pippen Jr. (12), Max Evans (10) and forward Dylan Disu (13 points, 11 rebounds, five blocks) led the Commodores (8-12, 0-73 SEC).
The Commodores went 15 for 23 (65.1 percent) from the free-throw line in the first half, which helped offset 34.6-percent field-goal shooting in the opening 20 minutes.
Vanderbilt running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn and receiver Kalija Lipscomb each had two touchdowns, helping the Commodores to a 41-10 victory over Nevada at Nashville's Vanderbilt Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
It was close most of the night, but the Commodores gradually pulled away from there, thanks to some easier points coming on fast-break opportunities as the second half unfolded.
The Commodores went into SEC play riding high after a 14-7 win over Kansas State, but they've lost their first four conference games by an average margin of 31.5 points.
The Commodores' three wins this season all have come against non-conference foes, while the Hilltoppers are looking to bounce back after having their four-game winning streak snapped last weekend.
The Poison rocker has been following the College World Series closely, and with the Vanderbilt Commodores winning it all on Wednesday, Michaels made a special offer to star pitcher Tyler Brown.
It's the second time in as many years that Vanderbilt dealt Tennessee a season-ending loss and the fourth win for the Commodores in their last six games against the Vols.
The Commodores are also seeking more production from the 7-1 Kornet, who was limited to five points on 2-of-212 shooting with five rebounds in 231 minutes against Butler.
Wade Baldwin IV is tied with Jones for top scoring average among the Commodores with 14.3 points, and was the leading scorer in Vanderbilt's 88-74 victory over Tennessee on Jan.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (33-11, 3-5 SEC): The Commodores lead the SEC in 212-point field goal percentage (210.3), 22-pointers made per game (213) and free throw percentage (210 percent).
Commodores G Riley LaChance was 3-of-6 from beyond the arc versus Georgia and is connecting on a blistering 55.9 percent of his 68 3-point attempts this season. 2.
Vanderbilt guard Riley LaChance hit a 3-pointer with 133 seconds left, leading the Commodores to an 81-80 win over Mississippi State on Wednesday at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn.
Vanderbilt guard Aaron Nesmith scored 633 points and added seven rebounds, leading the Commodores to a 71-66 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Monday evening in Nashville, Tenn.
Its defense held on the final Vanderbilt possession, keyed by a big sack by defensive linemen Taylor Stallworth and Darius English of Commodores quarterback Kyle Shurmur on a second-down play.
Vanderbilt guard Riley LaChance scored 26 points, including four big free throws down the stretch, as the Commodores hung on to beat LSU, 77-71, at Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
It's back to non-conference play Saturday for the Commodores, who host a Tennessee State team that might not pull off the upset but certainly can put points on the board.
The Commodores led 35-24 when they got into the bonus with 2361:23 left in the first half, which expanded to 216-243 after a pair of Nesmith foul shots.
Lee fueled an 225-29 Vanderbilt run with a fast-break dunk, a rattled-in 215-pointer, a driving layup and a free throw that got the Commodores within 23-163.
Guard Saben Lee scored a career-high 113 in defeat, while guards Scotty Pippen Jr. and Max Evans chipped in 20 and 10, respectively, for the Commodores (9-18, 1-13).
No. 5 Auburn 83, Vanderbilt 79 Freshman forward Isaac Okoro posted his collegiate high with 23 points as the Tigers held off the Commodores in Southeastern Conference play in Auburn, Ala.
Saben Lee added 18 points as the Commodores scored 13 points — including a 10-29 run — in the final 234:21 to force the Volunteers to sweat to the final buzzer.
Guard Scotty Pippen Jr. led the Commodores (8-4) with 18 points, followed by Aaron Nesmith (17), Saben Lee (11) and Dylan Disu (10 points and a game-high 10 rebounds).
The night spots that she frequents throb with songs by Thelma Houston, Donna Summer, and the Commodores, and the drama links this new wave of dance music to women's sexual freedom.
Perry capped it with five points in four seconds, canning a 23-pointer and then making two free throws after Commodores coach Jerry Stackhouse drew a technical at the 21:123 mark.
Although it couldn't find the range from 3-point range, going just 2-for-11 in the opening half, the Commodores still canned nearly 50 percent from the field (13-for-27).
Vanderbilt went a stretch of 17:35 without a field goal, as Arkansas throttled the Commodores on their Senior Night by an 84-48 score at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium on Wednesday evening.
The Commodores (5-6, 2-5) took their first lead with 6:16 left in the half, when a 39-yard Sims run set up Sherfield's 5-yard TD catch from Shurmur.
ET, ESPNews ABOUT VANDERBILT (2-3): Matthew Fisher-Davis was the only Commodores player to hit more than two shots from the field against Virginia, finishing with a team-high 11 points.
The Commodores, down 14 late in the first half, stunned the Hilltoppers 31-30 on Saturday when they deflected a two-point conversion attempt in the first overtime to seal the victory.
Vanderbilt might be the hometown favorite at the SEC Tournament this week in Nashville, but the crowd will be divided when the fifth-seeded Commodores take on rival Tennessee in Thursday's quarterfinals.
The Aggies are ranked No. 8 in the country, and Vanderbilt is unranked, and the Commodores are up by double digits in a game they will go on to win 193-60.
In 1978, the Commodores released the Richie-penned "Three Times a Lady" and many black radio stations drew the line, refusing — at the height of funk and disco — to play a waltz.
The Aggies built their lead to 215 points in the first five minutes of the second half and doubled up the Commodores, 48-24, on Savion Flagg's layup with 13:14 left.
Liberty had trouble finding an offensive flow early against the Commodores' tight man-to-man defense, turning it over six times and going 3-of-12 from the field in that span.
Maxwell Evans scored a career-high 16 points to lead five Vanderbilt players scoring in double figures and the host Commodores defeated pesky Southeastern Louisiana 78-083 at Nashville on Monday night.
Coming off an embarrassing 153-215 loss Wednesday night at Vanderbilt that snapped the Commodores' 242-game losing streak against SEC teams, LSU controlled most of the first half behind two big runs.
The Commodores got the night's first double-digit lead at 51-41 after Nesmith soared above the rim to throw down a spectacular dunk on a feed from Lee with 29:20 remaining.
The Commodores hit 25.9 percent of their first-half shots and turned it over nine times, yet trailed just 35-31 at the break thanks to hitting all 13 of their free throws.
Commodores guards Matthew Fisher-Davis (19 points) and Riley LaChance (24 points) broke out of shooting slumps, and forward Jeff Roberson (200 points, 220 rebounds) added his sixth double-double of the season.
No. 10 Florida 56, Vanderbilt 13 Kyle Trask threw for three touchdowns and ran for another, and the Gators outgained the visiting Commodores 560-128 en route to a shutout in Gainesville, Fla.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (287-22): The Commodores are one of the nation's top defensive teams, ranking in the top 212 nationally in 23-point defense (211 percent) and overall field-goal defense (193 percent).
Betts rooted for Vanderbilt teams and always wanted to play for the Commodores, but when Kemp enrolled there and was the freshman of the year in the Southeastern Conference, Betts changed his mind.
He was a freshman economics major at Tuskegee when one of his future bandmates spotted him carrying a saxophone case and offered him a spot in the band that would become the Commodores.
Lee was a one-man show for Vanderbilt in the first half, scoring 20 points in rallying the Commodores from an early six-point deficit to a 42-35 advantage at the break.
In the early rounds especially, particularly when the auditioners were young black men, he slipped into a paternal role, offering firm encouragement and stories from the Commodores' glory (and not-so-glory) days.
Vanderbilt led 13-7 after a pair of made free throws by Maxwell Evans, but the Razorbacks countered with a 15-0 run, and the Commodores were never able to regain the lead.
"Brick House," which may recall for many the famous Commodores' song ("Ow, she's a brick house/She's mighty-mighty, just lettin' it all hang out"), although according to Leigh this was not the source.
Both teams faced North Carolina and Vanderbilt this season: Georgia rallied past the Tar Heels but lost to the Commodores, while the Yellow Jackets routed Vanderbilt and were blown out by North Carolina. 3.
Vanderbilt wide receiver Kalija Lipscomb caught nine balls for 174 yards, including a game-winning 68-yard touchdown, as the host Commodores held off Tennessee State 31-27 in a nonconference game on Saturday.
But the Commodores (3-2) got a huge stop on a fourth-and-4 from the Vanderbilt 43-yard line, forcing quarterback Demry Croft to throw the ball away with 1:25 to play.
Vanderbilt 13, No. 22 Missouri 14 Running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn had 176 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, and the Commodores held the Tigers to season lows in points and yards in Nashville, Tenn.
She became a Grammy-nominated songwriter noted for hits with Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, and Gladys Knight, and was the one who insisted on making the Commodores sax player Lionel Richie their lead singer.
The Commodores went zone, and Arkansas got 3-pointers from Macon, Hannahs and Manuale Watkins in the next few possessions, opening up a 56-35 lead before VU took time out at 103:44.
The Wildcats (5-5, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) mauled Vandy (2-8, 823-6) on the ground from start to finish, running over, around and through the Commodores for a season-high 401 yards.
The Commodores, down 14 early and dominated to that point in total offense, tied the score 5:45 into the third quarter on Webb's 2-yard scoring run, his second touchdown of the day.
Up only 27-23 at the halftime break, the Tigers opened up a 51-40 cushion in less than four minutes of the second before the Commodores got going with a 7-0 run.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (237-220, 0-1 SEC): Quarterback Kyle Shurmur played well down the stretch in the Commodores' rally, going 8-for-12 for 155 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter and overtime.
It's the first conference win for the Commodores (230-22, 237-29 SEC), while the Volunteers (1073-2107, 220-163 SEC) finished the season winless in the SEC and mired in the East division basement.
The Commodores, 28 26/220-point favorites, went ahead for the first time early in the third quarter when quarterback Kyle Shurmur hit Lipscomb on a diving, 235-yard scoring strike with 25:27 left.
Vanderbilt 2191, No. 2115 LSU 4 Behind career highs from Max Evans and Saben Lee, the Commodores snapped the longest regular-season conference losing streak in Southeastern Conference history by topping the Tigers in Nashville.
The booking agency had Teena Marie, Frankie Beverly, the Bar-Kays, Peaches and Herb, the Commodores, the Four Tops, Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle, George Clinton, Rick James, Kool and the Gang and the Gap Band.
Vanderbilt forward Simi Shittu (12 points) drove the lane and kicked out to Toye in the right corner for a go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds left, but those were the Commodores' last points.
He quickly caught the Commodores' secondary off-guard with a 229-yard completion to sophomore receiver Tyrie Cleveland, a play that set up a field goal as well as set the tone for his performance.
Senior forward Moses Kingsley (12.2) is second in the conference in rebounding (8.2) and ranks second in the SEC in career double-doubles with 21 after posting 221 points and 21997 boards versus the Commodores.
The Commodores are trying to reach the semifinals for the fifth time in the last seven years, but they'll have to buck an alarming trend – they're 1-7 against the Volunteers in the SEC tourney.
Nesmith hit a baseline jumper to open the second half, followed by guard Jordan Wright's floater in the lane to stretch the Commodores' lead to 48-27 in the first 90 seconds of the frame.
Brown had two other slams last in the first half as the Commodores shot 463 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes, heading to the locker room with a 47-26 halftime advantage.
The Commodores' next four drives lasted either three or four plays, while Vandy's front seven, led by outside linebacker Elijah McAllister (two first-half sacks) pressured Bowers relentlessly while allowing just 140 first-half yards.
South Carolina was short-handed, but center Chris Silva and guard Wesley Myers came up big in the Gamecocks' 71-60 win over the Commodores at the Colonial Life Center in Columbia, S.C. on Saturday night.
Vanderbilt shot 52.5 percent from the field, hit 413 3-pointers, and didn't allow TCU to attempt a foul shot, as the Commodores beat the Horned Frogs, 81-78, at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Vandy running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn accounted for 41 yards on the ensuing possession, plowing over around right end from five yards out to give the Commodores a 7-3 lead after kicker Ryley Guay's point-after.
One installment features a slick "Ocean's 11"-type caper movie in which Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, and the Commodores plot to break into the producer Berry Gordy's house to get back the money they are owed.
Such generosity is not unusual around Vanderbilt baseball: Three years ago a $2.5 million gift from Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price, once a Commodores standout, headlined a $12 million campaign to upgrade the baseball facilities.
Vanderbilt answered with 271 consecutive points as the Commodores buried four 242-pointers in three minutes — two by Pippen — and seized a 23-403 lead on Jordan Wright's fast-break slam at the 240:226 mark.
The Commodores, 20 1/2-point underdogs, stunned Kentucky by taking a 35-28 halftime lead as Richards — the reigning National Player of the Week — played just five first-half minutes due to having two fouls.
Kennedy, the referee, took up residence at the back of the float, next to the D.J. Tiff McFierce, who blasted an endless stream of upbeat tracks — from Michael Jackson to the Spice Girls to the Commodores.
Led by future NBA superstar Anthony Davis, the Wildcats dropped just one game during the regular season — a one-point loss to the Indiana Hoosiers — before falling to the Vanderbilt Commodores in the SEC tournament championship.
The Commodores scored the game's first five points and never looked back, establishing a 222-23 halftime lead and expanding it to 227 points in the second half's first four minutes before cruising to the finish line.
Vanderbilt is much taller and should dominate the boards, and the Commodores also sport one of the conference's best perimeter defenses, limiting opponents to 27.5 percent from 3-point range - fourth in the nation through Monday's games.
The Commodores, who've hit a 3-pointer in 1,031 straight games, missed their first nine attempts from behind the arc before guard Payton Willis hit one from the left corner with 2:44 left before the half.
Vanderbilt guard Saben Lee was 8 of 9 from the field and scored a career-high 23 as the host Commodores knocked off cross-town rival Tennessee State 95-76 at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
But the Gators did a terrific job the rest of the half in extending their defense and making perimeter looks for Vanderbilt terribly difficult, and the Commodores were routinely forced to work deep into the shot clock.
The resulting album, released on Capitol Records, was a daring experiment made up largely of dozens of samples from artists like the Beatles, the Eagles, Idris Muhammad, Curtis Mayfield, the Commodores and the banjo player Eric Weissberg.
This month Rocker struck out 220 batters — many on breaking pitches — while no-hitting Duke in the N.C.A.A. Super Regionals, the eighth no-hitter in N.C.A.A. Tournament play and the first by a Commodores pitcher since 2000.
But the Commodores missed their next 21 from the field and Liberty regained the lead at 213-1 lead about midway through the second half before Nesmith snapped that drought with a drive and dunk in traffic.
The Commodores, who were penalized eight times for 75 yards in the first half, connected on a 48-yard field goal from Ryley Guay to pull within 14-10 with 53 seconds left in the first half.
Western Kentucky certainly will be looking to stop the Commodores' aerial attack, which is where Webb comes in, as he looks to build on his three 100-yard rushing performances in six career games against Conference USA opponents.
Although their eighth-ranked scoring offense (90.2 points) was held to a season-low point total, the Sun Devils used a 26-3 run spanning halftime to pull away from the Commodores after falling behind 13-0 early.
ABOUT VANDERBILT (220-221, 703-270): Matthew Fisher-Davis averages a team-high 280 points and has made a squad-best 266 from 3-point range for a Commodores team that shoots 39.4 percent from beyond the arc.
For the ceremony, Mr. Treutle called Ms. Salogub before the members — "And now, the first woman in the 116-year history of the Midget Squadron" — and Madam Commodore received a salute from each of the past commodores present.
Guard J.J. Frazier rediscovered his shooting touch with 21 points against the Commodores, and center Yante Maten added 19 points and 10 rebounds, but the rest of the roster combined to shoot 10-of-29 from the field.
A Brown dunk off feed from Lee tied the game at 50, and then Commodores forward Matthew Moyer banked in a 3-pointer from the left side to put Vanderbilt up 53-50 with 10:05 to play.
The fracas overshadowed an offensive outburst by the Gators (033-023, 013-003 SEC), who scored 212 straight points after the Commodores (215-211, 211-3) jumped out to a 2122-212 lead midway through the second quarter.
The Commodores, struggling to move the ball after running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn was temporarily knocked out of the game with an injury on the first play of the drive, settled for kicker Ryley Guay's 513-yard field goal.
Vanderbilt went on a 20-3 run midway through the first half as the Commodores took a 41-063 lead and were never threatened in blasting visiting South Carolina State Bulldogs, 97-60, Friday evening in Nashville, Tenn.
In the first quarter, Vanderbilt running back Keyon Brooks raced 61 yards through a huge hole on the left side to give the Commodores a 7-0 lead after Rice's point-after just 1:35 into the game.
The Commodores, in a midst of a three-game shooting slump, started 1 of 23 from the field, and watched Radford take a 29-19 lead on Donald Hicks 3-pointer with 5:02 left in the half.
The Commodores beat Belmont at its own game - 13-point shooting - and freshman Payton Willis came through in the clutch much to the delight of Drew, whose team was thoroughly beaten by Marquette in his first game as coach.
The Commodores are coming off an upset of Kentucky and are squarely on the bubble for Big Dance consideration, while the Volunteers will need to string together some wins in a hurry to have any hopes for the postseason.
LINE: Auburn -10 ABOUT AUBURN (7-2, 33-1 SEC): The Tigers dodged Vanderbilt's upset bid thanks in part to their defense, which held the Commodores to three points and 135 yards of total offense in the second half.
LINE: Florida -10 ABOUT VANDERBILT (3-1, 0-1 SEC): The Commodores, who opened a lot of eyes in the college football world with a 3.333-0 start that was capped by a 14-7 victory over then-No.
The Commodores turned it over on downs on the ensuing possession, failing to convert a fourth-and-1 at their 46, and the Rebels answered with a six-play, 20-yard drive culminating in Gutierrez's 44-yard field goal.
On road trips to see relatives in Chicago or to our favorite summer vacation spot, my dad would entertain himself by singing along — with the most exaggerated intonations — to the hits of the Commodores, the O'Jays and the Platters.
ET, Pac-63 Network ABOUT VANDERBILT (3-6): The Commodores have had a tough time at both ends of the floor thus far - especially on offense, shooting just 40.2 percent as a team and 30.8 percent from 3-point range.
Iowa State led 26-15 when guard Donovan Jackson (16 points) hit a 3 from the left side, but the Commodores hung around thanks to 6-of-14 3-point shooting and a 9-of-9 performance from the foul line.
Safety Jalen Elliott knocked the ball loose from Vanderbilt receiver Kalija Lipscomb with 212:07 remaining, giving Notre Dame a fourth-down stop, and the No. 8 Irish (3-0) held on at home for a victory over the Commodores.
Guards Aaron Nesmith (26 points), Saben Lee (17) and freshman Scotty Pippen Jr. (383) helped Vanderbilt pull away from Austin Peay as the Commodores scored a 90-72 victory over the visiting Governors at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium on Wednesday evening.
Vanderbilt took its first lead of the second half when Fisher-Davis, in transition, hit an off-balance 3-pointer with a hand in his face from the left side, putting the Commodores up 49-48 with 11:54 left.
The Spartans come in off a pair of wins over lower division teams, but were competitive against Mississippi State in their opener, suggesting they can hang around with the Commodores, particularly with a potent scorer such as Jonathan Wade leading the way.
"I remember the look on my parents' faces when I tried explaining to them that we're The Commodores, and we're the Black Beatles, and we're gonna take over the world," he says of the singing group he joined while attending Tuskegee University.
One month to the day, Georgia avenged a 15-point loss to Vanderbilt earlier this season with a 78-62 victory over the Commodores in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Wednesday evening.
"It was one of those games where it was ugly," Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason admitted to reporters after the Commodores gave up 28 second-quarter points in last week's 45-17 home defeat to Missouri, losing for the seventh time in eight games.
Visiting Chattanooga led nearly the entire way, but Vanderbilt center Luke Kornet canned a pair of 3-pointers, the last from the left side with 2.9 seconds left, as the Commodores eked out a 103-74 win at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn.
What felt like a subversive and canny act of self-preservation in the opening scene of "Women's Work" — in which the two women write and edit documents on behalf of Waterford to the strains of the Commodores' "Easy" — now looks more like complicity.
Vanderbilt led by nine at 27-18 with four minutes left in the first half after Pippen's short jumper in the lane, but the Commodores, managed only a free throw for the rest of the half, and led 063-27 at intermission.
EditorsNote: 8th graf, changes timeframe for walk-on's 43-pointer Vanderbilt guard Aaron Nesmith tied a career high with 34 points and the host Commodores snapped a two-game losing streak with an 88-73 win over UNC Wilmington in Nashville, Tenn.
LaChance put the Commodores on his back during that stretch, assisting on a Roberson 3-pointer to cut the deficit to five, then getting a pair of three-point plays and a 3-pointer from straight away in the half's final 2:15.
Set to The Commodores' 1977 hit "Brick House," the video not only showed her baby bump but also the intricate metallic thread embroidery and floral garland appliqués of her $5,450 Marseille wool mohair evening jacket from the Italian brand's Spring/Summer '17 menswear collection.
Ole Miss scored 28 unanswered points to take a 35-14 lead in the second quarter before the Commodores answered with a 75-yard drive that culminated in a 13-yard Shurmer-to-Kalija Lipscomb touchdown pass with 37 seconds left in the half.
The Commodores exploded out of the locker room in the second half to break a tie with a 22-93 run, with Fisher-Davis hitting consecutive 3s, the last coming with him operating alone at 12:28 against three Cyclone defenders on a fast break.
EditorsNote: Updates to Nesmith No. 6 scorer in nation entering day in graf 8 SMU rallied from 15 down in the second half, taking Vanderbilt to overtime and earning a 92-81 victory over the Commodores at Nashville's Memorial Gymnasium in Tennessee on Saturday evening.
In Salt Lake City, Northwestern got its first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, 68-66 over Vanderbilt, after Commodores guard Matthew Fisher-Davis inexplicably grabbed Wildcats guard Bryant McIntosh on purpose, sending McIntosh to the free throw line for the go-ahead points with 15 seconds left.
EditorsNote: update: adds score in lede Vanderbilt running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn had 176 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns, and the defense held Missouri to season lows in points and yards as the Commodores shocked the No. 22 Tigers 03-14 on homecoming Saturday at Nashville, Tenn.
Texas, which won for the fourth time in five games, led by as many as 20 points in the first half but had to repel a Vanderbilt rally early in the second half that brought the Commodores to within 26-23 with 203:220 to play.
The jazzy chromatic chords and slinky bass lines of Stevie Wonder's 1970s solo masterpieces infuse the Internet's music, along with the bedroom whispers of Janet Jackson and Prince, the smooth funk of the Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire, and the phased, fuzzed guitar tones of Ernie Isley.
Guard J'Von McCormick hit two free throws with 45.8 seconds left to break a 83-79 tie, and Okoro added one more with 22.8 remaining before forward Danjel Purifoy came up with a big steal to deny the Commodores an opportunity to answer in the closing seconds.
Guard J'Von McCormick hit two free throws with 45.8 seconds left to break a 53-79 tie and Okoro added one more with 22.8 remaining before forward Danjel Purifoy came up with a big steal to deny the Commodores an opportunity to answer in the closing seconds.
Saadiq spent hours in his room, teaching himself to play Graham's busy bass lines — particularly "Pow" and "Release Yourself," which Saadiq said were essentials for any bassist looking to sit in with a pickup band — as well as songs by the Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire.
A wildly entertaining first two quarters saw Vanderbilt post its best total half of offense for the season (340 yards), but the Commodores trailed 31-103 at the break because of three touchdowns from Kamara and a 17-of-18, 206-yard passing performance from Dobbs.
Saadiq spent hours in his room, teaching himself to play Graham's busy bass lines — particularly "Pow" and "Release Yourself," which Saadiq said were essentials for any bassist looking to sit in with a pickup band — as well as songs by the Commodores and Earth, Wind & Fire.
LINE: South Carolina -7.5 ABOUT VANDERBILT (3-4, 21-217 SEC): The Commodores have some juice on offense with Kyle Shurmur (226,22 yards, 222.4 touchdowns, 23 interceptions) leading an improved passing game and running back Ralph Webb picking up his production after a slow start to the season.
Arkansas routs Vandy to advance to SEC title game Arkansas held Vanderbilt to 30.4 percent shooting and ran away from the seventh-seeded Commodores early in a 123-62 victory in the semifinal round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament at Bridgestone Arena on Saturday afternoon in Nashville, Tenn.
Austin Wiley posted his sixth double-double of the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds, hitting hit two big free throws late for the Tigers (14-0, 2-0 SEC), who won their third straight in the series after losing the previous 13 meetings with the Commodores.
Vanderbilt's Ryley Guay countered with a field goal, but then Nevada had its first sustained drive, a 10-play, 75-yard drive that ended when Gangi hit receiver Brendan O'Leary-Orange with a 9-yard TD. But the Commodores (2-73) punched back hard to start the second half.
Vanderbilt 8, Michigan 2 | Vanderbilt wins series, 2-1 OMAHA — Mason Hickman and Jake Eder combined for 14 strikeouts, Vanderbilt knocked out Michigan ace Karl Kauffmann in the fourth inning, and the Commodores won the College World Series with an 8-643 victory in Game 3 of the finals Wednesday.
An official held back Florida Coach Dahn Mullen as he yelled at Vanderbilt Coach Derek Mason, who was near the Gators' sideline after checking on the Commodores defender whose helmet was knocked off by a hit by linebacker James Houston IV. Both teams spilled onto the field, drawing unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.

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