NO. 5 TENNESSEE 58,
VANDERBILT 46
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Grant Williams had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and No. 5 Tennessee beat Vanderbilt 58-46 on Tuesday night in the Volunteers' first game since losing their No. 1 ranking.
Tennessee (24-2, 12-1 SEC) bounced back from its first loss since Thanksgiving week, an 86-69 defeat at No. 4 Kentucky on Saturday to snap a school-record 19-game winning streak.
Vanderbilt (9-17, 0-13) dropped its 14th in a row, matching the longest skid in school history. Vanderbilt had a 14-game losing streak that began in the 1934-35 season and carried over to the next season.
Both teams posted their lowest point totals of the season. Vanderbilt shot just 32.1 percent (18 of 56) overall and 23.5 percent (8 of 34) in the second half.
Admiral Schofield and Lamonte' Turner scored 11 points each for Tennessee. Aaron Nesmith had 13 to lead Vanderbilt.
Turner put Tennessee ahead for good 16-13 with 12:47 left in the first half when he sank a 3-pointer while getting fouled to produce a four-point play. Turner added another 3-pointer less than a minute later as part of an 11-0 run.
Tennessee led 36-22 late in the first half, but then scored two points over a stretch that lasted nearly nine minutes, allowing Vanderbilt to creep back into the game.
Vanderbilt went on a 10-0 run that started late in the first half and carried over to the second. But the Commodores never got Tennessee's lead below four in the second half because of their own struggles on offense.
Tennessee finally pulled away and extended its lead to 51-38 by going on a 9-0 run that was capped by Schofield's three-pointer with 6:10 left. Vanderbilt answered with six consecutive points but couldn't get any closer.
NO. 15 PURDUE 48, INDIANA 46
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Matt Haarms tipped in a basket with 3.2 seconds remaining to lift No. 15 Purdue over Indiana.
Ryan Cline had 11 points, and Haarms finished with 6 for the Boilermakers (19-7, 12-3 Big Ten), who have won three in a row at Assembly Hall for the first time in school history.
It didn't come easily. Indiana's Romeo Langford scored 14 points despite not taking a shot in the second half, and Juwan Morgan's three-pointer grazed the rim at the buzzer. Morgan had 9 points and 11 rebounds as Indiana (13-13, 4-11) lost its fourth consecutive overall and fifth in a row in the series.
NO. 25 BUFFALO 114, OHIO 67
AMHERST, N.Y. -- Jayvon Graves scored a career-high 26 points and No. 25 Buffalo used a record-setting shooting performance to cruise over Ohio on Tuesday night for its 23rd consecutive victory.
CJ Massinburg (23 points), Jeenathan Williams (13 points, 8 rebounds) Montell McRae (11 points, 7 rebounds) and Graves led the way for the Bulls, who set school records for three-pointers made (19) and points scored against a Division I opponent.
The Bulls (23-3, 11-2 Mid-American Conference) have won four in a row and tied a team record for regular season victories set last season.
Jason Carter led Ohio (11-14) with 16 points.
SEC
SOUTH CAROLINA 79,
OLE MISS 64
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Chris Silva scored 18 points as South Carolina won its fifth SEC game after trailing by double digits beating Mississippi.
The Gamecocks (14-12, 9-4 SEC) didn’t trail big for long. After the Rebels took a 13-2 lead in the first four minutes, South Carolina scored 16 consecutive points and wouldn’t trail again.
Terence Davis had 18 points and Breein Tyree added 17 points for Ole Miss.
A.J. Lawson had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists and Hassani Gravett add-ed 15 points and 8 rebounds for South Carolina.
Sports on 02/20/2019