Vanderbilt vs. Memphis: Ace Glass Scores All 23 in the Second Half as No. 22 Commodores Win 105-81
No. 22 Vanderbilt made 15 threes to Memphis' 4, opened the second half on a 23-7 run and turned a 47-42 halftime lead into a 105-81 win at Memorial Gym.
Photo: Vanderbilt Athletics. Ace Glass, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
FINAL, Memorial Gymnasium, Nashville, Tenn.: No. 22 Vanderbilt 105, Memphis 81.
Memphis made more two-point baskets than Vanderbilt and more free throws. It lost by 24 anyway. By our count from the ESPN box, Memphis won on twos 46-42 and at the line 23-18. Vanderbilt made 15 threes to Memphis' 4, a 33-point edge from deep (45-12), larger than the 24-point final margin.
It was 47-42 at the half. Ace Glass had not scored. He made back-to-back 3s to start a 23-7 run to open the second half and hit five of his first seven 3s after the break, per the AP. He finished with 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, 5 of 10 from three, all of it in the second half. Vanderbilt won the second half 58-39 and led by as many as 27.
Who else carried it
Seven different Commodores made at least one 3, per the AP, and the team shot 15 of 32 from deep. Tyler Tanner scored 17 on 8-of-14 shooting with 3 steals. Berke Büyüktuncel had 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting with 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and he went 2 of 2 from three and 4 of 4 at the line. Sebastian Williams-Adams and Bangot Dak each scored 11, and Dak blocked 3 shots. Vanderbilt won the glass 44-29 and had 20 assists on 36 baskets.
Luke Almodovar led Memphis with 21 points, 6 of 7 at the line, before he landed hard on his back after a dunk midway through the second half, walked to the locker room and did not return, per the AP. Jayden Reid, the AP player of the week, hurt his left ankle in the opening two minutes, came back and scored 11. Tylik Weeks added 15. Memphis turned it over only 6 times.
The context
Memphis came in just outside the AP Top 25 after beating then-No. 18 Iowa State, per the AP. Vanderbilt has now beaten Memphis in back-to-back meetings, per the same recap. Glass transferred in from Washington State, where he broke Klay Thompson's school freshman record with 71 threes, per Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt is 3-0 and hosts Prairie View A&M on Friday. Memphis falls to 2-1 and hosts No. 10 Louisville on Sunday.
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