National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 74, South Carolina Upstate 67
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, November 10, 2023
Where: Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Rob Rorke, # Josue Nieves, # Shaun Seales
Attendance:
5346
By Field Level Media
Vanderbilt found the win column after an opening-night loss, defeating South Carolina Upstate 74-67 Friday night in Nashville, Tenn.
Tasos Kamateros led the Commodores with 21 points, and Ezra Manjon and Paul Lewis added 16 and 10, respectively. Vanderbilt (1-1) shot 45.8 percent from the field and 36.4 percent (8-of-22) from 3-point range.
In the losing effort, USC Upstate (0-2) was led by 17 points apiece from Trae Broadnax and Miguel Ayesa. The Spartans shot 43.6 percent from the field and 50 percent (10-of-20) from 3-point range.
After trailing by four at halftime and continuing its slow start early in the second half, Vanderbilt was behind 42-41 with 11:10 remaining, but the Commodores produced some separation with a few timely 3-pointers by veteran transfers Evan Taylor and Kamateros.
For the second straight game, Vanderbilt was without Tyrin Lawrence, Ven-Allen Lubin and Lee Dort. From that trio, two are likely starters.
Lawrence was withheld due to what Vanderbilt head coach Jerry Stackhouse called a foot sprain. Lubin has a hip sprain and Dort was sidelined due to a foot injury suffered this offseason.
Lawrence was selected as a second team All-Southeastern Conference player in the preseason by the league's coaches and projects to be among the Commodores' leading scorers.
Upstate led 31-27 after an ugly first half in which Vanderbilt shot 32 percent from the field and 1-for-12 from 3-point range. The Spartans capitalized by shooting 42.9 percent and making four 3-pointers. The difference was Vanderbilt's eight turnovers as opposed to USC Upstate's four.
Vanderbilt's slow start included a scoring drought of 5:01 and one of 3:52 in the first half, during which the Commodores scored only four points through the first 9:39 of the game.
It was largely the same story in the early second half until a 9-0 Vanderbilt run put the Commodores ahead 50-42. The Commodores followed that up a few minutes later with a 7-0 run led by Manjon and Kamateros.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| South Carolina Upstate |
|
Vanderbilt |
|
Miguel Ayesa 17 |
Scoring |
Tasos Kamateros 21 |
|
Trae Broadnax 5 |
Assists |
Ezra Manjon 7 |
|
Trae Broadnax 6 |
Rebounds |
Colin Smith 9 |
|
Trae Broadnax 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Ezra Manjon 8 |
|
Nick Alves 2 |
Steals |
Ezra Manjon 1 |
|
Ahmir Langlais 2 |
Blocks |
Colin Smith 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| South Carolina Upstate
|
67 |
43.6 |
10-20 |
9-13 |
12 |
17 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
| Vanderbilt
|
74 |
45.8 |
8-22 |
22-24 |
11 |
35 |
1 |
2 |
15 |
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