National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 75, Mississippi Valley State 36
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, November 29, 2021
Where: Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Doug Simmons, # Todd Austin, # Pat Adams
Attendance:
5181
By Field Level Media
Myles Stute scored 20 points and Scotty Pippen Jr. added 12 to help Vanderbilt blow out visiting Mississippi Valley State 75-36 in a nonconference game on Monday night in Nashville, Tenn.
Stute had six rebounds and hit 6 of 10 from 3-point range for the Commodores (5-1), who never trailed while earning their third straight victory.
Robert Carpenter sank just 2 of 21 shots, including 2 of 14 from behind the 3-point arc, but still managed to score a team-high 11 points for the Delta Devils (0-4). He grabbed a team-best eight rebounds, too.
Mississippi Valley State shot 20 percent (11 of 55) overall and 5 of 28 (17.9 percent) from long range.
Stute sank three 3-pointers during the first 3:51 of the second half to fuel a 9-0 spurt that gave Vanderbilt a 35-17 cushion.
Pippen added seven points as the Commodores opened the second half with a 21-1 run that built a 47-18 advantage with 12:16 to go.
The Delta Devils never got closer than 26 points after that.
Vanderbilt led by as many as 11 points en route to a 26-17 halftime lead.
Stute and Jordan Wright sank 3-pointers to give Vanderbilt a 6-0 lead 1:27 into the game.
Tyrin Lawrence scored four consecutive points to fuel a 7-0 run that gave Vanderbilt a 16-5 advantage at the 11:16 mark.
Vanderbilt got off to a slow shooting start, hitting just 32.1 percent of its first-half field-goal attempts and 3 of 12 attempts from long distance. After the break, the hosts sank 55.6 percent of their shots and 8 of 16 from beyond the arc. Mississippi Valley State shot 20 percent from the floor for the game, including 5 of 28 (17.9 percent) on 3-point attempts.
The Commodores are next in action Saturday when they visit SMU. The Delta Devils conclude their season-opening, six-game road trip with contests Wednesday at North Alabama and Saturday at Grand Canyon before playing their home opener on Dec. 9 vs. Nicholls State.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi Valley State |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Robert Carpenter 11 |
Scoring |
Myles Stute 20 |
|
Leandre Howard 2 |
Assists |
Scotty Pippen Jr. 5 |
|
Robert Carpenter 8 |
Rebounds |
Shane Dezonie 6 |
|
Robert Carpenter 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyrin Lawrence 4 |
|
Elijah Davis 3 |
Steals |
Tyrin Lawrence 3 |
|
Elijah Davis 1 |
Blocks |
Terren Frank 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mississippi Valley State
|
36 |
20.0 |
5-28 |
9-12 |
7 |
27 |
3 |
6 |
17 |
| Vanderbilt
|
75 |
43.6 |
11-28 |
16-21 |
12 |
40 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
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