National Basketball Association
Vanderbilt 86, Georgia St 80
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials:
# Pat Evans, # Anthony Jordan, # Glenn Tuitt
Attendance:
8241
By SportsDirect Inc.
Vanderbilt 86, Georgia State 80: Freshman Damian Jones scored 19 points off the bench in his college debut as the host Commodores survived the Panthers’ upset bid to win their season opener.
Jones hit 7-of-8 shots from the field and his jumper with 1:55 remaining snapped a tie at 73 to give Vanderbilt the lead for good. Rod Odom hit five 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 19 points for the Commodores (1-0) while Tulsa transfer Eric McClellan added 18 points in his Vanderbilt debut.
Ex-Kentucky guard Ryan Harrow scored a career-high 27 points on 10-of-21 shooting for Georgia State (1-1). R.J. Hunter added 21 points for the Panthers, who outrebounded the Commodores 34-30.
Vanderbilt led by six points with eight minutes remaining, but the Panthers rallied to tie the game at 73 on Hunter’s free throw with 2:18 to go. Jones put the Commodores ahead 23 seconds later and his dunk with 24 seconds left extended the Vanderbilt lead to 82-76.
The Panthers pulled within 82-80 on two free throws from Devonta White with 10 seconds left, but Odom and McClellan each made a pair of free throws to seal the victory. McClellan added five rebounds and three assists.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Commodores finished 16-for-27 from the free-throw line. … Vanderbilt’s bench, sparked by Jones, outscored Georgia State’s reserves 28-3. … The Panthers fell to 4-28 all-time against SEC schools.
Top Game Performances
Georgia St |
|
Vanderbilt |
Ryan Harrow 27 |
Scoring |
Damian Jones 19 |
Devonta White 5 |
Assists |
Kyle Fuller 7 |
Curtis Washington 9 |
Rebounds |
Damian Jones 7 |
Ryan Harrow 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Damian Jones 5 |
Ryan Harrow 2 |
Steals |
Kyle Fuller 2 |
Curtis Washington 4 |
Blocks |
Damian Jones 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Georgia St
|
80 |
45.9 |
6-22 |
18-25 |
12 |
31 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
Vanderbilt
|
86 |
55.6 |
10-21 |
16-27 |
20 |
28 |
3 |
4 |
9 |