National Basketball Association
Tennessee 60, Vanderbilt 51
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# John Cahill, # Michael Kitts, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
14316
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Tennessee once again rallied in the second half to down in-state rival Vanderbilt, coming back from 11 points down Tuesday in Nashville to upend the 18th-ranked Commodores, 60-51.
Scotty Hopson’s 19 points led the Volunteers (17-11, 7-6 SEC), who came back from 17 points down to beat the Commodores 67-64 on Jan. 15 in Knoxville. Festus Ezeli and John Jenkins each scored 11 points to pace Vanderbilt (20-7, 8-5 SEC), which did not score in the final 5:02 and saw its five-game winning streak end.
The Commodores led 42-31 on Ezeli’s dunk with 13:07 left, but the Volunteers rallied to tie the game at 51-51 on two Hopson free throws with 2:52 to play. Hopson then gave the Volunteers a 53-51 lead with two free throws with 1:57 remaining. Two more Hopson free throws pushed the lead to 55-51 with 1:14 left, and Tobias Harris hit two free throws with 44 seconds left to make it 57-51.
Tennessee, which started 3 of 9 from the free-throw line, finished 14 of 21.
The Commodores, second in the SEC in scoring at 77.6 points, shot just 38.6 percent and was outscored 29-9 in the final 13 minutes.
Tennessee plays host to Mississippi State on Saturday. Vanderbilt travels Saturday to LSU.
Top Game Performances
| Tennessee |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Scotty Hopson 19 |
Scoring |
Festus Ezeli 11 |
|
Trae Golden 3 |
Assists |
John Jenkins 3 |
|
Tobias Harris 11 |
Rebounds |
Lance Goulbourne 6 |
|
Scotty Hopson 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Brad Tinsley 8 |
|
Melvin Goins 3 |
Steals |
Brad Tinsley 3 |
|
Cameron Tatum 1 |
Blocks |
Festus Ezeli 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Tennessee
|
60 |
38.6 |
2-15 |
14-21 |
8 |
35 |
1 |
15 |
|
| Vanderbilt
|
51 |
38.6 |
3-16 |
14-19 |
11 |
30 |
6 |
8 |
|
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