National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 76, Georgia Tech 63
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2013
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Tony Greene, # Joe Lindsay, # Brian Shey
Attendance:
9022
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Vanderbilt 76, Georgia Tech 63: Rod Odom scored 18 points as the host Commodores stifled the Yellow Jackets after trailing by 14 points in the first half.
Dai-Jon Parker added 13 points for Vanderbilt (7-3), which trailed 31-17 with six minutes left in the first half before taking control and winning its third game in a row. The Commodores closed the first half on a 12-0 run, and a 13-2 spurt early in the second half pushed Vanderbilt ahead by 15 points.
Daniel Miller finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for the Yellow Jackets (8-4), whose three-game winning streak ended. Marcus Georges-Hunt, Georgia Tech’s leading scorer at 12.7 points, shot 1-for-7 from the field and scored just three points.
The Yellow Jackets used a 21-6 run to build a 31-17 advantage on Stacy Poole Jr.’s jumper with 6:09 remaining in the first half, but Georgia Tech did not score again in the half. Vanderbilt scored the final 12 points of the session, Kyle Fuller’s three-point play with two seconds left bringing the Commodores within 31-29 at the break.
Vanderbilt moved ahead 34-33 on Odom’s 3-pointer 1:09 into the second half, and after the Yellow Jackets pulled within 43-39 on Solomon Poole’s 3-pointer with 13:06 left, the Commodores pulled away. Vanderbilt scored 13 of the next 15 points, building a 56-41 advantage on Luke Kornet’s layup with 9:32 remaining.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Commodores shot 50 percent from the field, the first time in eight games Vanderbilt has hit at least half of its shots. … Odom, who ranks second in the SEC in 3-point shooting, finished 4-for-5 from beyond the arc. … Miller scored 11 points in the opening 10:09 of the first half.
Top Game Performances
Georgia Tech |
|
Vanderbilt |
Daniel Miller 16 |
Scoring |
Rod Odom 18 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 5 |
Assists |
Kyle Fuller 5 |
Daniel Miller 10 |
Rebounds |
Kyle Fuller 6 |
Trae Golden 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Kyle Fuller 4 |
Marcus Georges-Hunt 1 |
Steals |
Shelby Moats 2 |
Daniel Miller 4 |
Blocks |
Damian Jones 1 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia Tech
|
63 |
38.5 |
4-25 |
9-16 |
11 |
34 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
Vanderbilt
|
76 |
50.0 |
7-15 |
17-29 |
17 |
31 |
3 |
5 |
9 |