Commodores advance in SEC tournament with crucial win over Texas A&M

Vanderbilt Hustler
After only going 3-15 from beyond the arc in the first half, the Commodores exploded for eight three pointers in the second period, led by five threes by Toye, to beat Texas A&M 66-41 for their first win in the SEC tournament since 2013.
The Commodores opened their SEC account with a three pointer by Riley LaChance from the top of the three-point line. This was, however, followed by five misses from beyond the arc, with six of the team’s first seven attempts from downtown.
The Aggies, though, opted to go inside early with their superior size in the front court. An Admon Gilder layup was followed by a Tyler Davis dunk after a nice find by Tonny Trocha-Morelos.
Vanderbilt came out of the media timeout with defensive intensity, and coupled with some sloppy play by the Aggies, led to five turnovers early in the game.
Both teams continued to miss shots, making for a very low scoring start to the game- only 6-4 eight minutes in after another LaChance three, this time very late into the shot clock. The Commodores continued to struggle to find good shots, passing the ball around only to hoist ill-advised shots late into the shot-clock.
Payton Willis made one of his two free throws for a foul inside, and followed it up with a steal on the other side to make it eight A&M turnovers with ten minutes still to play in the half. Davis, who had been relatively quite to this point was forced into a walk by Luke Kornet’s defense inside.
Kornet made the first Vanderbilt field goal inside the three point line with a hook shot following another Aggies turnover, this time confusion between Eric Vila and Trocha-Morelos, who went for the same ball.
JC Hampton made the first three pointer for Texas A&M, who went into ...


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