Vanderbilt Survives Late Davidson Run

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DAVIDSON, N.C. – Vanderbilt forward Jeffery Taylor scored 30 points, and guard John Jenkins added 22 to lead the Commodores to an 87-83 men's basketball victory over Davidson Wednesday night in Belk Arena.

De'Mon Brooks led the Wildcats (6-2) with 24 points and nine rebounds, scoring 18 of his total in the second half. Jake Cohen added 18 points and seven rebounds, converting on 10-of-11 free throws. JP Kuhlman scored 13, and Chris Czerapowicz scored 10.

Festus Ezeli, playing in his first game of the season after suffering a knee injury in late October, recorded 15 points and six rebounds for Vanderbilt (6-3), and Brad Tinsley collected eight points and five rebounds.

Davidson trimmed an 18-point Commodore second-half lead down to seven points after a Brooks 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:49 left. After Clint Mann got a steal for the Wildcats, Kuhlman added a 3-pointer from the wing, making the margin 81-77.

Kuhlman got a steal on Vandy's next possession, and Mann was fouled on Davidson's trip down the floor. The junior missed both free throws, and Ezeli tipped in a Jenkins' miss on Vandy's possession to make the lead six with 43 seconds left.

The teams traded free throws until Tinsley was fouled with eight seconds left and Vandy ahead 86-83. The senior made the second of two free throws to ice the game.

Leading by eight points early in the second half, the Commodores used a 14-4 run to open the 18-point cushion with 7:59 remaining. Taylor scored six points during the stretch.

Davidson, which entered the game third in the country in team free-throw percentage, finished the game at an 80 percent clip (24-of-30). The Wildcats struggled from beyond the 3-point arc, however, making five of their 22 attempts and hitting one of their first 17.

Each team led by as many as eight in the first half with the Wildcats opening up their largest advantage of the contest at 16-8 on a Tom Droney driving layup with 12:27 remaining in the period.

With the game tied 21-21, Jenkins scored the last five points in a 10-2 Vandy spurt that opened its eight-point cushion with 4:41 left in the half.

Davidson opens a three-game road trip at Charlotte Saturday at 7 p.m. in Halton Arena.

Game Notes: Brooks' scoring total matched his career high, set in the first game this season… Davidson trailed at halftime for the first time this year… It was Davidson's sixth loss in the last 42 non-conference games at Belk Arena… Davidson matched its season low with 10 turnovers

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