NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tyrin Lawrence knocked down a 3-pointer from the right corner at the buzzer as the Vanderbilt Commodores snapped an 11-game skid against its in-state rival by upsetting sixth-ranked Tennessee 66-65 Wednesday night.
Students rushed the court and joined the Commodores in celebrating easily the biggest win in coach Jerry Stackhouse’s fourth season. Then the Commodores (12-12, 5-6) celebrated by running along the courtside slapping high-fives.
Tennessee (19-5, 8-2) had a chance to finish off the win after Olivier Nkamhoua knocked down a 15-foot jumper with 50 seconds left for a 65-63 lead. Liam Robbins missed a turnaround jumper with 27 seconds for Vanderbilt, and Zakai Zeigler grabbed the rebound.
Vanderbilt kept fouling until Santiago Vescovi went to the line with 8 seconds left. He missed the first shot, and Lawrence grabbed the rebound. Stackhouse took a timeout with 4 seconds to go to set up the final play, and Ezra Manjon found Lawrence in the corner for the winning bucket.
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Lawrence finished with a team-high 19 points. Robbins added 14 and nine rebounds, and Jordan Wright had 12.
Vescovi and Tyreke Key each had 14 to lead Tennessee. Olivier Nkamhoua and Julian Phillips added 10 apiece.
Tulsa guard Sam Griffin, left, is defended by Houston guard Marcus Sasser during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Houston.
NO. 2 HOUSTON 80, TULSA 42: Marcus Sasser scored 25 points and had five 3-pointers, Emanuel Sharp added 13 points and host Houston routed Tulsa for its fifth straight win.
Sasser scored 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting in the first half as the Cougars (23-2, 11-1 American Athletic Conference) built a 46-18 halftime lead. The senior guard had the first 12 points in a 24-2 run that gave Houston a 31-12 lead with six minutes remaining in the first half.
Houston shot 46%, including 13 of 35 on 3-pointers. The Cougars outrebounded Tulsa (5-18, 1-11) 53-27 and owned a 31-4 advantage in bench points. Houston also beat Tulsa 89-50 on Dec. 28.
Alabama forward Brandon Miller watches his shot against Florida during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
NO. 3 ALABAMA 97, FLORIDA 69: Brandon Miller scored 24 points and made 4 of 8 3-pointers to lead Alabama over visiting Florida.
The Crimson Tide (21-3, 11-0 SEC) raced to a 29-point halftime lead against the Gators (13-11, 6-5), who had knocked off then-No. 2 Tennessee a week earlier.
Alabama matched the 1975-76 team for the program’s best record through 24 games.
WEST VIRGINIA 76, NO. 11 IOWA ST. 71: Kedrian Johnson tied a career high with 22 points, and West Virginia held off visiting Iowa State.
Emmitt Mathews added a season-high 20 points for the Mountaineers (15-9, 4-7 Big 12), who have won five of seven to get their season moving in the right direction after they dropped five in a row during one stretch.
The Cyclones (16-7, 7-4) missed a chance to move into a first-place tie with No. 5 Texas, which lost at Kansas on Monday night.
NO. 14 BAYLOR 82, OKLAHOMA 72: Keyonte George had 23 points, Adam Flagler scored 20 and big man Johnathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua made a couple of key 3-pointers as Baylor held on to beat visiting Oklahom.
Flagler scored 14 points in the final 13:11 of the game, the first of those being a jumper that put Baylor (18-6, 7-4 Big 12) back ahead to stay.
Langston Love added 19 points for Baylor, which has won eight of nine overall since losing its first three league games.
The Sooners (12-12, 2-9) lost their sixth consecutive conference game, the last three since a still-hard-to-explain 93-69 win over then-No. 2 Alabama in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
NO. 20 PROVIDENCE 74, GEORGETOWN 62: Bryce Hopkins scored 17 points and host Providence beat Georgetown.
Devin Carter and Ed Croswell had 12 points apiece as the Friars (18-6, 10-3 Big East) won for the fourth time in five games. Noah Locke added 11 points, shooting 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
Bradley Ezewiro paced last-place Georgetown (6-19, 1-13) with 19 points and Primo Spears added 18. Brandon Murray scored 16 as the Hoyas dropped their fourth straight.
NO. 23 CREIGHTON 75, SETON HALL 62: Baylor Scheierman had 19 points and nine rebounds, Ryan Nembhard added 15 on 6-of-7 shooting and dished out four assists, and Creighton fended off a feisty Seton Hall in Newark.
Ryan Kalkbrenner scored 13 points and Arthur Kaluma had 11 points and seven rebounds for the Bluejays (16-8, 10-3 Big East).
Seton Hall (15-10, 8-6) opened up the second half with an Al-Amir Dawes 3-pointer to take the lead before Kalkbrenner quickly tied things up at 42. Tyrese Samuel drilled a 3-pointer in the corner to give Seton Hall a 49-43 lead – its largest of the game – with 16:49 left.
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