Tennessee Volunteers vs the Vanderbilt Commodores at Bridgestone Arena: did a 22-10 second-chance edge flip the second half?

The Tennessee Volunteers entered the Southeastern Conference Tournaments quarterfinal at 25-22 against the 22-25 Vanderbilt Commodores, and the Tennessee Volunteers full-time result was 75-68. The Tennessee Volunteers vs Vanderbilt Commodores final score reflected a game with 6 ties and 12 lead changes at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, with the matchup shown on ESPN at 4:00 PM EDT.

First half

The Tennessee Volunteers and the Vanderbilt Commodores were level at 31-31 at halftime, with the Vols shooting 38 percent on 64 field goal attempts for the game. The Vols created extra possessions early with 22 offensive rebounds on 46 total rebounds, while the Commodores finished with 10 offensive rebounds on 34 total rebounds. The Vols generated 30 points in the paint on 35 paint attempts, and the Commodores answered with 24 points in the paint on 20 paint attempts. The Vols committed 9 turnovers and posted 12 assists, while the Commodores committed 6 turnovers and posted 13 assists.

Second half

The Volunteers were outscored 44-37 in the second half as Vanderbilt took its biggest lead at 8 after the break. The Vols went 16-for-26 at the line for 62 percent, and the Commodores went 22-for-26 for 85 percent in free throws. Rocky Top hit 4 three-pointers on 17 attempts for 24 percent, while Vanderbilt hit 7 three-pointers on 27 attempts for 26 percent. The Vols produced 24 second-chance points and 5 fast-break points, while the Commodores produced 10 second-chance points and 11 fast-break points.

Key swings

The Volunteers had a 7-point biggest lead and later faced a Vanderbilt 10-0 unanswered stretch that moved the home side from 48-48 to 53-48. The Vols scored 7 points off turnovers, and Vanderbilt scored 12 points off turnovers as the Commodores won the points-off-turnovers margin. The Volunteers drew 13 fouls and finished with 22 personal fouls, while Vanderbilt drew 16 fouls and finished with 19 personal fouls. The Commodores recorded 5 blocks and 6 steals, while the Vols recorded 1 block and 4 steals.

Player watch and team snapshot

Ja'Kobi Gillespie led the Vols in the previous game with 21 points and added 4 assists, and Tennessee carried a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio in this contest. Nate Ament posted 12 points and 11 rebounds in the previous game, and Tennessee finished this game with 30 points in the paint as an interior scoring marker. J.P. Estrella had 12 points in the previous game, and Tennessee managed 15 bench points in this result. Felix Okpara had 8 points with 6 rebounds and 1 block in the previous game, and Tennessee’s 43 percent on 2-point attempts in this game set a central part of what went wrong for Tennessee Volunteers.

Wrap

The Tennessee Volunteers match rating in the box score was shaped by 56 efficiency against Vanderbilt’s 81 efficiency, alongside Tennessee’s 46 rebounds and Vanderbilt’s 34 rebounds. The Volunteers left Bridgestone Arena with 1 timeout remaining, and Vanderbilt finished with 2 timeouts remaining as the quarterfinal ended on a neutral site floor. Run it back by sharing this article, and send it to a Vols fan who watched the second-half free-throw gap swing the night.