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No. 11 Vanderbilt remains undefeated with 96-90 win over No. 13 Alabama
By TERESA M. WALKER
AP Sports Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Tyler Tanner scored a career-high 29 points and No.
11 Vanderbilt remained undefeated by beating 13th-ranked Alabama 96-90 on
Wednesday night.
The Commodores (15-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference) extended their best start
since winning 16 straight games to open the 2007-08 season. This is only the
second time in the program's 124-year history that Vanderbilt has won its first
15.
Vanderbilt hadn't played a ranked opponent until this game, also the first here
between two top-15 teams since Jan. 5, 1974. Then-No. 10 Vanderbilt beat the
14th-ranked Crimson Tide in that game on its way to splitting the SEC
championship with Alabama.
Vanderbilt also beat Alabama for the first time at Memorial Gym since 2018,
ending a five-game skid against the Tide.
Duke Miles finished with 19 points before fouling out, and four other
Commodores had four fouls apiece. Tyler Nickel scored 12 points. Devin
McGlockton and AK Okereke, who also fouled out, each added 10.
Alabama (11-4, 1-1) had its four-game winning streak snapped in a game
featuring 63 combined fouls, with two technicals on the Crimson Tide.
Amari Allen led Alabama with a season-high 25 points. Leading scorer Labaron
Philon Jr. added 18 but checked out with 16:06 to go and never returned. Aden
Holloway had 22 points and Latrell Wrightsell Jr. scored 13.
Fouls called left and right turned the first 10 minutes of the second half into
ugly ball, and Alabama never led by more than four. Allen hit two free throws
that pulled the Tide to 59-58 with 12:14 left.
Vanderbilt went on a 16-4 spurt that included a technical foul on Alabama coach
Nate Oats with 8:39 to go. Tanner hit both free throws off the technical, then
Mike James knocked down a 3-pointer for a 74-63 lead. The Tide made it
interesting but got no closer than 94-90.
Up next
Alabama hosts Texas on Saturday.
Vanderbilt hosts LSU on Saturday.
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