National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 70, Saint Louis 55
When: 2:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Where: Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, Missouri
Officials:
# Brent Hampton, # Chuck Jones, # Jamie Luckie
Attendance:
8194
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Vanderbilt 70, Saint Louis 55: Freshman guard Riley LaChance scored a game-high 19 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the visiting Commodores.
Damian Jones finished with 15 points and six rebounds and James Siakam grabbed a game-high nine rebounds to go along with seven points for Vanderbilt (9-3), which shot 54.3 percent, including 6-of-11 from 3-point range. The Commodores also dominated the glass, finished with a 39-26 rebounding advantage and a 32-18 edge in points in the paint.
Achraf Yacoubou and Austin McBroom each scored 15 points for Saint Louis (8-5), which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Milik Yarbrough added 13 points for the Billikens, who shot 36.4 from the floor and sank just eight of their 16 free throw tries after starting 2-of-10 at the stripe.
Jones scored six points including a pair of dunks during a 13-0 run midway through the first half that put the Commodores up 25-12. The Billikens clawed back to within 33-26 at halftime as Yacoubou scored eight points in the final seven minutes, including a 3-pointer to end the half.
Saint Louis closed to within 35-29 on a McBroom 3-pointer but the Billikens then made just one of their next 10 shots as Vanderbilt pulled away to 45-31 lead. Saint Louis got as close seven points with six minutes to go before the Commodores sealed the win with a 8-0 run.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Vanderbilt, which entered the game leading the SEC in field goal percentage (51.1), has now shot 50 percent or better in seven games this season. ... Yacoubou was 3-of-5 from 3-point range but 0-for-5 at the free throw line. ... The Commodores extended their streak with a made 3-pointer to 908 consecutive games, the second longest in Division I basketball behind UNLV (920).
Top Game Performances
| Vanderbilt |
|
Saint Louis |
|
Riley LaChance 19 |
Scoring |
Austin McBroom 15 |
|
Wade Baldwin IV 4 |
Assists |
Davell Roby 3 |
|
James Siakam 9 |
Rebounds |
Achraf Yacoubou 6 |
|
Damian Jones 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Reggie Agbeko 4 |
|
Wade Baldwin IV 2 |
Steals |
Austin McBroom 1 |
|
Damian Jones 2 |
Blocks |
N/A |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Vanderbilt
|
70 |
54.3 |
6-11 |
14-20 |
18 |
37 |
5 |
3 |
14 |
| Saint Louis
|
55 |
36.4 |
7-24 |
8-16 |
14 |
23 |
0 |
4 |
8 |
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