National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 69, Marshall 67
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 5, 2013
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Leslie Jones, # Joe Lindsay, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
8240
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Vanderbilt 69, Marshall 67:
Damian Jones scored 15 points and grabbed six rebounds as the
Commodores held off a late charge by the visiting Thundering Herd.
James Siakam added 15 points for
Vanderbilt (5-3), which forced a turnover in the final seconds as
Marshall tried for the tying field goal. Rod Odom added 11 points and
six rebounds as the Commodores won the rebound battle 39-34.
Kareem Canty led Marshall (4-4)
with 18 points while Elijah Pittman chipped in 17 points and a
team-high six boards. Shawn Smith had 15 points and was 7-of-8 from
the free-throw line, while his teammates hit 7-of-15 from the charity
stripe.
Vanderbilt led throughout the
first half, though the lead was down to one with just over four
minutes to play on Pittman's 3-pointer. But the Commodores went on a
closing 11-3 run over the last 3:30 to take a nine-point lead into
halftime.
The lead was 10 with 8:33 to play when Marshall went on a 9-0 run to cut the advantage
to just one. But the Herd could never get over the hump as the
Commodores had an answer every time Marshall would pull close.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Marshall, which
came into the game averaging 88.4 points, was held to a season-low
scoring output. … Vanderbilt, which was averaging three blocks,
got six in the game. … The Commodores shot 18-of-26 from the
free-throw line and 5-of-17 from the 3-point line.
Top Game Performances
| Marshall |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Kareem Canty 18 |
Scoring |
Damian Jones 15 |
|
Kareem Canty 4 |
Assists |
Dai-Jon Parker 5 |
|
Elijah Pittman 6 |
Rebounds |
Eric McClellan 7 |
|
Shawn Smith 7 |
Free Throws Made |
James Siakam 9 |
|
Cheikh Sane 4 |
Steals |
Eric McClellan 1 |
|
TyQuane Goard 2 |
Blocks |
Luke Kornet 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Marshall
|
67 |
40.0 |
5-16 |
14-23 |
9 |
29 |
4 |
11 |
12 |
| Vanderbilt
|
69 |
45.1 |
5-17 |
18-26 |
10 |
33 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
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