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Vanderbilt Blasts Texas Southern 109-74 to Reach 5-0

The rout also featured center Mason Nicholson’s season debut.

Overview

  • Tyler Nickel and Tyler Tanner scored 20 points apiece as seven Commodores finished in double figures.
  • Vanderbilt overwhelmed the Tigers with a 28-2 assist advantage and a 43-25 edge on the boards while shooting about 53% from the field.
  • The Commodores topped 100 points for the fourth time this season after entering the game averaging 101.5 points and rating among the nation’s most efficient offenses.
  • Mason Nicholson, a Jacksonville State transfer expected to bolster the frontcourt, logged nine minutes in his first action of the season.
  • Texas Southern fell to 0-5 with just two assists and saw leading scorers Troy Hupstead and Zaire Hayes held to a combined 17 points after earlier blowout losses to Gonzaga and Texas A&M.