Overview
- Duke Miles scored 20 points, Tyler Nickel and Tyler Tanner added 16 apiece, and Jalen Washington posted 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists in an 89-74 semifinal win over VCU.
- Vanderbilt jumped to a 20-4 start, saw VCU close to 43-41 at halftime, then pulled away behind an 11-0 second‑half run as the Rams shot 36% from the field and 7-for-29 from three.
- The Commodores are 7-0 for the first time since 2007-08 and will face the Virginia Tech–Saint Mary’s winner in Friday’s Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.
- Through seven games Vanderbilt is averaging 98.1 points per game, the fastest scoring pace by an SEC team since the 1993-94 Arkansas Razorbacks, and it hit 11 threes on 52.9% shooting against VCU.
- A day earlier Vanderbilt edged Western Kentucky 83-78 behind 28 from Miles and 22 from Devin McGlockton, but the team finished without a field goal after the 2:21 mark and committed 17 turnovers that coach Mark Byington said must be cleaned up.