MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Tigers hung around for a half Tuesday night in Nashville, then watched Vanderbilt pull away for a 105-81 win at Memorial Gymnasium. Memphis fell to 2-1, and the Commodores improved to 3-0.
Vanderbilt led only 47-42 at halftime, but the home team outscored the Tigers 58-39 after the break. The Commodores’ biggest lead hit 27 points, while Memphis never led by more than four. A crowd of 9,350 attended.
Luke Almodovar led Memphis with 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting and made six of seven free throws in 24 minutes. Tylik Weeks scored 15, and Jayden Reid added 11. Josh Holloway led the Tigers on the boards with five rebounds, and Almodovar had four, three of them on the offensive end. Holloway also scored seven points on 2-of-3 shooting in 19 minutes, and Weeks handed out two assists without a turnover.
Vanderbilt’s Ace Glass scored 23 points, making five of his 10 three-pointers, and Tyler Tanner added 17 points. Berke Buyuktuncel scored 16 on 5-of-7 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds, and Vanderbilt hit 15 of 32 from three-point range as a team.
Memphis shot 27 of 63 from the field and 4 of 19 from deep, and it went to the free-throw line 34 times, making 23. The Tigers won the points-in-the-paint count 40-38, but the Commodores dominated the glass 44-29 and had 20 assists to Memphis’ eight.
Vanderbilt also won the fast-break battle 22-17 and shot 36 of 63 overall. The Tigers committed only six turnovers, but Vanderbilt turned its own nine into 10 points, while Memphis scored 14 points off the Commodores’ turnovers.
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