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.