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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Anthony Williams had 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead Vanderbilt over Tennessee (No. 6 ESPN/USA Today, No. 5 AP) 85-72 Saturday, giving the Commodores a sweep of the season series for the first time in six years.
The Commodores (17-6, 7-5 Southeastern Conference) shot well (53 percent) and took excellent care of the ball, committing only seven turnovers. As a result, they did not need another monster night from SEC scoring leader Dan Langhi, who had 31 in the first meeting at Knoxville but settled for 17 Saturday, including a monster slam at the buzzer that sent the Vandy students screaming onto the floor to celebrate.
James Strong added 15 points for the Commodores.
Tennessee (21-4, 9-3) shot just 39 percent from the floor in
falling back into a four-way tie with Kentucky, Florida and Auburn
for the SEC lead. The Vols launched 29 3-point attempts and hit
seven (24 percent). They also got a terrible performance from
leading scorer Tony Harris (15.3 ppg), who was 1-of-14 from the
field and finished with three points to go with one assist and
three turnovers.
Vincent Yarbrough led the Vols with 25 points. Ron Slay had 13
and Terrence Woods added 10, all in the first half.
Tennessee came into the game as the league's best road team at
7-1.
The Vols had won three straight and seven of their last eight,
but had no answer for Williams. The 6-foot-7 junior, primarily an inside
player, got off to an auspicious start when he banked in an
18-footer on his first shot.
The game was tied 29-all late in the first half before
Vanderbilt closed the half with a 12-4 spurt to lead 41-33 at the
break.
Tennessee cut it to five points on a three-point play by
Yarbrough with just under 13 minutes to go.
Vanderbilt stretched its lead to 14 on a 3-pointer by Sam
Howard, who had 11 points. Yarbrough answered with a 3, Howard hit
another and Yarbrough answered again, all in the space of less than
a minute, and the Commodores were up 65-54.
From there it was all Vanderbilt. Langhi's 3-pointer edged the
margin back up to 14 and the Vols got no closer than eight the rest
of the way.
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