NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Here's how good the Southeastern Conference's regular-season champ is: No. 17 LSU had two starters ailing and still turned in one of its best games yet.

Tyrus Thomas watched from the bench, and point guard Darrel Mitchell tied a season-low with six points, but Glen Davis matched his career-high of 28 points and finished with 13 rebounds to lead the Tigers to a 92-73 victory over Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament quarterfinals Friday night.

Tasmin Mitchell matched his career best with 20 points in LSU's third-highest scoring game this season. Darnell Lazare replaced Thomas and had 16, while Garrett Temple, a 25-percent shooter from beyond the arc, hit 4-of-6 and finished with a career-high 14 points.

"Certainly our team has a nice confident way about it right now," LSU coach John Brady said. "The execution we showed tonight and the way we shot the ball and rebounded the ball was quite good. I can't pay enough compliments to these three guys here and the rest of our team."

The Tigers reached the tournament semifinals for the fifth time in seven years despite the absence of Thomas, the SEC's top freshman who sat out with a sprained left ankle.

Brady had said he planned to rest him to be as healthy as possible for the NCAA tournament with nothing to prove here. He may have to rest Mitchell, who tweaked his right ankle but finished the game while scoring well below his 17.8-point average.

The Tigers (23-7) have not won a league tournament since 1980, but they couldn't be hotter after winning their seventh straight game. They will play either Arkansas or No. 16 Florida in the semis on Saturday.

Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings said LSU overwhelmed his Commodores.

"They were quicker to balls, and Davis was obviously dominant in every facet. That's probably the best I've seen LSU play with or without Tyrus Thomas, and I didn't think they were capable of playing as well without him as they could play with him," Stallings said.

Vanderbilt was trying for its second trip to the semifinals in three years, but the Commodores (17-12) had no answer for the 6-foot-9, 310-pound Davis. He hit jumper after jumper outside, including a 3-pointer, in what he called his best shooting night since getting 45 in high school.

"It just felt like a big old, just an ocean you know? It's just, I felt it tonight. Just one of those nights. What can I say?" Davis said.

The Tigers outrebounded Vanderbilt 34-25 and shot 56.7 percent from the field, including 8-of-14 outside the arc.

Derrick Byars led Vanderbilt with 17 points. Shan Foster and Julian Terrell each added 13.

LSU took control from the start, scoring the first nine points. Even without Thomas, the SEC's leading shot blocker and second-leading rebounder, Davis, the SEC coaches' player of the year, took his first four shots from outside and missed only one.

The Commodores tied it at 10 before Temple hit a 3 to put LSU ahead to stay. Davis didn't score inside until he drove to the basket with 11:55 left in the first half.

Byars tried to keep Vandy in the game, hitting his first three 3-pointers, the last pulling the Commodores within 30-26.

But Davis, who played every minute of the first half, scrambled after a loose ball and took a referee with him into a crowd of photographers at the end of the court. From there, LSU outscored Vandy 14-4 and took a 44-30 lead into halftime. Davis had 19 points at the break.

Stallings tried to question the lack of any fouls on Davis as the teams went to the locker rooms and drew a technical from crew chief Mike Stuart. Stallings said he was a little surprised by the reaction.

"I just wanted to ask a question. I even motioned for John to come over. I was trying to interrupt his television interview so he could hear the question I was going to ask. You're supposed to have the other coach present, and apparently Mike did not like the notion that I wanted to ask a question at midcourt," Stallings said.

"Can't say that I blame him."

Tasmin Mitchell hit the first of two free throws at the start of the second half, but that didn't stop Stallings from yelling at one point, "Don't be afraid to call a foul on him just because he's player of the year."

The Tigers led by as much as 25 in the second half.

2006 SEC TOURNAMENT

March 9-12, 2006
Gaylord Entertainment Center
Nashville, Tenn.

Game	Teams	Time
FIRST ROUND - March 9 (Thursday)
Game 1	(E5) South Carolina def. (W4) Mississippi St. 59-44	Noon
Game 2	(E3) Kentucky def. (W6) Ole Miss, 71-57	2:15 p.m.
Game 3	(E4) Vanderbilt def. (W5) Auburn, 76-71	6:30 p.m.
Game 4	(W3) Arkansas def. (E6) Georgia, 80-67	8:45 p.m.
SECOND ROUND - March 10 (Friday)
Game 5	(E5) South Carolina def. (E1) Tennessee, 79-71	Noon
Game 6	(E3) Kentucky def. (W2) Alabama, 68-61	2:15 p.m.
Game 7	(W1) LSU def. (E4) Vanderbilt, 92-73	6:30 p.m.
Game 8	(E2) Florida def. (W3) Arkansas, 74-71	8:45 p.m.
SEMIFINALS - March 11 (Saturday)
Game 9	(E5) South Carolina def (E3) Kentucky, 65-61	Noon
Game 10	(W1) LSU vs. (E2) Florida	2:15 p.m.
FINALS - March 12 (Sunday)
Game 11	(E5) South Carolina vs. Game 10 Winner	Noon

LSU Post-Game Quotes

THE MODERATOR: Alright. We're ready to continue on with LSU. We'll ask Coach Brady if he'll give us just some opening remarks on the game, then we'll go to questions for the three student athletes. Coach.

COACH JOHN BRADY: That's Tasmin Mitchell, not Darrel Mitchell. They knew who you have.

I thought that was as well as we could play without Tyrus Thomas. That was really an outstanding game for our team to play you know, considering Tyrus's status with our team right now. I can't tell you how proud I am of what they were able to do tonight.

Does that mean it's going to happen again tomorrow? Who knows. But I think certainly you know, our team has a nice confident way about it right now. The execution we showed tonight and the way we shot the ball was and rebounded the ball was quite good.

You know, I can't pay enough compliments to these three guys here and the rest of our team that's back there in the locker room about the way they played tonight and how they responded.

Darrel Mitchell's ankle is a day to day thing. We'll see what happens to him tomorrow. What I thought, to start that game defensively we played extremely well. I thought Glen Davis was outstanding, even though I don't like to say that with him sitting here, but what the heck. But I thought he was outstanding throughout the game. You know, evidently other people thought Darnell Darnell played extremely well.

I told Darnell yesterday at the practice I really need him to play better. He's had a couple starts without Tyrus. He's an experienced guy, extremely intelligent player, and I said, "I just need you to play better tomorrow." I said, "I believe you can do that," and I don't think Darnell remembers he shook my hand.

He said, "Coach, I appreciate that. I am." And that's great coaching there, I guess, just ask a guy to play better and he does. It's kind of easy.

Tasmin, I thought, played well. I was so happy for Tasmin Mitchell to be selected when the coaches voted on the All freshman Team because I remember talking to our coaches in a staff meeting that Tasmin Mitchell has been as consistent a player as we've had all year, and sometimes his play has been overshadowed a little bit by the spectacular plays that Tyrus Thomas can make, and for him to get voted on the all freshmen team I thought was really I'm happy that our coaches did that for him because he showed tonight and he showed at South Carolina without Tyrus when he had his career high of 20, he showed tonight what kind of player he is in terms of scoring baskets with Tyrus not there tonight up there.

It also shows you what kind of team player Tasmin Mitchell is when Tyrus Thomas is there, because he doesn't need to score baskets in order to feel like he's important to our team and knows that I have a lot of respect for him as a young player.

Two other guys I need to mention I thought played really well night. Ben Voogd had 25 really good minutes. I thought this was Garrett Temple's best game.

You know, Garrett Temple the first of the year was shooting about 18 percent from the three, and since as he's improved, he's gotten more confident with his shooting, and Vanderbilt was determined to leave him open a little bit night and he really made some big baskets for us throughout the game, and I was proud of him.

I think now as we go back to the hotel and eat a meal together, watch the game on TV, have a little scouting tonight about 10:30 or 11:30, depending on the time before we go to bed, and then we'll convene in the morning about 9:30.

We're going to get back to the hotel, get some rest, and we're excited about whoever we play tomorrow.

THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions for Glen, Darnell or Tasmin. If you have one for any of those, please raise your hand.

Q. For Tasmin and Darnell, can you guys talk about doing some different things offensively both before and after Darrell came up a little bit lame.

THE MODERATOR: Tasmin, you go first, please.

TASMIN MITCHELL: When Darrel Mitchell got hurt, we had to step it up a little bit. That was our second scoring threat on the team. Me and Darnell had to dish the ball a lot. Got the ball into the middle, and when it was passed out to me, I hit the wide open shot.

THE MODERATOR: Same for Darnell.

DARNELL LAZARE: We knew Mitch was down a little bit. We still had Glen inside. We still had Tasmin on the outside, myself inside, Garrett. I think all of us did a good job of scoring as at some point in the game. So we wanted to keep our intensity up and keep playing hard.

THE MODERATOR: Other questions, raise your hand. Alright. Right here.

Q. This is for Glen. Just talk about your night tonight. Have you had a night outside shooting like that before?

GLEN DAVIS: I think when we said when we played Southern Lab in high school. That's about the last time I remember shooting like that. Just felt like a big ole just ocean, you know. Just I just felt it tonight, you know. One of those nights. What can I say? I made it.

THE MODERATOR: Got a question on the left side?

Q. Glen, obviously this team has earned the respect of the rest of this league but not really mentioned as a top two, three seed. You haven't cracked the top 15. Is that disturbing at all as a player?

GLEN DAVIS: You know what, we don't worry about that. You know, we just play day to day. You know, we take we look at it and we look at our critics. Whatever they say, they say it, but, you know, when we step on the court, you know, that's all that matters that we're one at one.

So, you know, it really doesn't matter, you know, what's said to me because you got to go win. Anybody can beat you any day. We just keep the intensity that we have. We're going to deserve we're going to get the respect that we deserve.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up, other questions? Go ahead and take it in the back.

Q. Glen, "Big Baby" really doesn't fit your game or your size anymore. Have you thought of another nickname perhaps that would be more fitting?

GLEN DAVIS: You know, what, I haven't thought of that yet. You know, I'm a nice guy, you know, but you step on the court, you know, it's a different thing. I don't mind. You know, if you use it in a right way, you know. I don't mind. If you use it in the wrong way, I might have to pound you or something like that. But, you know, it's grown on me and, you know, you got if you can't beat them, you know, join them, you know?

THE MODERATOR: Question down front.

Q. Glen, can you talk about that poor photographer you crushed in the first half?

GLEN DAVIS: You know, I just wanted to show Coach Brady how hard I was hustling, you know? So I just dove and I was just like I got to call timeout, you know. Like slow motion. I seen the referee, and then I seen cameraman. I was just praying to God I didn't paralyze nobody or hurt anybody, you know. I was just glad the referee was alright so we could continue the game. I love my refs even though they don't work with me sometimes, but, you know, I'm just glad everybody was okay.

THE MODERATOR: Alright. Couple more down here in the front, I believe.

Q. Darnell, how much more open was the inside after Glen's first half?

DARNELL LAZARE: It was real open, man. The way Glen was scoring, the way Tas was shooting the ball, you know, I just wanted to get myself in the right spot so I could make some baskets if we need it. So since Glen was so hot and everybody else was so hot, it was kind of easy for me. I just wanted to be in the right spot at the right time.

THE MODERATOR: One or two more for players, anybody? Alright. Go back to the middle, Scott.

Q. First of all, Tasmin, sounded like you had a suggestions for the a nickname or if you want to share for everyone.

Glen, you sat on the bench to start the second half. You came out in a little while. Were you feeling a little bad at some point yourself or something like that?

GLEN DAVIS: What?

Q. Started the second half you didn't shoot and you came out, Magnum came in for you.

GLEN DAVIS: I sat out for several minutes?

Q. I was wondering if something was bothering you.

GLEN DAVIS: You know, well, it was time for a break, I feel, you know. Coach Brady made the right decision, get me out and sit me down for a little while because I don't remember the last time I played a whole half. So I didn't feel down on myself, you know? We was winning, so it really doesn't matter to me. If we're winning, I'm good, you know. So I don't know. I was fine. I was okay. I'm good.

THE MODERATOR: All right. Last question right over here for the three players.

Q. Again, how good was your game against Southern Lab?

GLEN DAVIS: This is a good story. Let me tell you. It was the week me and my girlfriend broke up. Love bird thing. She came to the game with another boy, and so I was just kind of upset. I'm going to make every shot tonight, and I just went crazy, berserk. I think I had like 40 points.

TASMIN MITCHELL: 45.

GLEN DAVIS: 45 points. I was just shooting from just throwing it up, just blindfolded. Like I'm so serious. Every time I make a shot, I'll look at her and be like yeah. I still loved her. We're still together.

Hey baby, how are you doing?

TASMIN MITCHELL: Oh, my God. Oh my God.

GLEN DAVIS: Come on, man.

COACH JOHN BRADY: It's a wonder we can get serious and play a game with this group.

THE MODERATOR: Unfortunately, it's time to excuse the players back to the locker room. Thank you for coming. We'll continue on with questions for Coach Brady. If you have any, please raise your hand. Let's start over here on the left.

Q. John, keeping with that tune, what went through your mind when Glen bailed over the baseline there and the refs went down with him?

COACH JOHN BRADY: I was just hoping LSU had its liability insurance paid up because I saw a lawsuit coming. I was hoping he wasn't injured. You know, I didn't know was there an official under him?

THE MODERATOR: Official yeah.

COACH JOHN BRADY: Oh, me. I couldn't see him. When Glen went down, all I saw was Glen. It would be hard to picture who was under him because you couldn't see anything but Glen's back.

THE MODERATOR: Let's take a question on the aisle.

Q. Coach Glen said in the locker room the coaching staff has been encouraging him to shoot a little bit more from the outside. Talk about that a little bit.

COACH JOHN BRADY: What coach? Who are you talking about?

Q. His coaches.

COACH JOHN BRADY: You know, honestly that's a good point there because really the last couple of weeks in practice, Glen has really looked good shooting the ball, and we have told him those are good shots for him to take, and tonight they just happened to go in.

Glen is a smart enough guy that if he doesn't make the first couple, he's not going to force them. But he made his first three, four, and he got in a nice rhythm, and his confidence was up, and he started making some baskets.

On the other end, if Glen would have shot two, three, they hadn't gone in, he wouldn't force it. But really the last couple of weeks he's really been shooting the 12 to 15, 16 foot jump shot quite well and it looked like Vanderbilt early in the game, they weren't going to come out and guard our post, and they were going to back off.

And, you know, Glen made a couple and really kind of opened it up, as Darnell said, for him. And you know Magnum got a couple easy baskets around the goal. Also opened up some driving opportunities for us, too.

THE MODERATOR: Go right to the front.

Q. Could you tell us a little bit more about Darrel's ankle, and, regardless of how his ankle is, how concerned are you about kind of getting him on track here in the next couple of games?

COACH JOHN BRADY: Well, I don't know. Darrell I think it's a compounding little problem there with him. Since he's been hurt, he hasn't shot the ball as well and he's forced a few shots because he wants to get back in his old rhythm of making baskets, which I understand. So that's what we're working with him tonight.

And, you know, Vanderbilt and everybody is trying to really take Darrel Mitchell out of the game, but one positive thing for our team is we've been able we scored 92 points tonight without Darrel Mitchell really being a factor for us offensively except drawing a crowd every time he drove to the goal. I think the second half he had a few kickouts for baskets as opposed to trying to turn the court, then maybe forcing a shot that he shouldn't have.

But his ankles, we'll just see. It's the same ankle. I think the doctor told me at halftime when he tweeked it tonight, it scared him more than it actually hurt him.

Now, I haven't talked to Darrel since after the game. I haven't had time to sit down and speak with him, but I'm sure the doctor that's here and Sean, our trainer, you know, are with Darrell right now. And we get back to the hotel and settle down, I'll know more about what we want to do with him tomorrow and through Saturday.

But, you know Darrell wanted to play and he wants to play, and if it's not going to injure him anymore, then that will be something I'll let Darrel Mitchell decide on what he wants to do.

But Tyrus Thomas will not play here, and he will certainly be ready, and we think he'll probably be almost a hundred percent for either Thursday or Friday depending on what day we play in the NCAA.

THE MODERATOR: Other questions. Alright.

Q. John, what's it say about you guys that he did get hurt right before halftime? You pick it back up, come out in the the second half, you play the way did you, and also if he can't play tomorrow, does today give you a little bit more confidence without him?

COACH JOHN BRADY: I think we can play some good basketball without Darrel Mitchell in the game, but the problem we have or the problem we will have if he doesn't play is that it's a 40 minute game. To sustain the play we're going to need, whichever opponent we play, Arkansas or Florida, will be very difficult for us to manufacture.

I don't know. What was the other part you wanted to know? Well, I'll tell you, when you look at our team, we scored 92 points tonight, and Darrel Mitchell scores six points, and Tyrus Thomas doesn't even hit the floor, and we put 92 points on the board.

You know, I complimented Darnell Lazare for his play already. I complimented Garrett Temple for having his best game overall. Not only did he score some baskets, he really defended Shan Foster quite well. And in Ben Voogd stabilized us a little bit and gave us some positive minutes. I think it says a lot about our team.

You know, again, I go back to what I said about Tasmin in the opening, Tasmin Mitchell. I had someone say to me, "Tasmin Mitchell really hadn't done as well as you may have thought."

I said, "What are you talking about?" You know, Tasmin Mitchell is the most consistent freshman in the Southeastern Conference this year, bar none. I wouldn't trade him for anybody.

When Tyrus Thomas is not there, he's picked up his game offensively. He knows he has to do that. When Tyrus Thomas is there, it's a tribute to Tasmin, the kind of team player that he is.

And for us to be able to score 92 points with Darrel Mitchell getting six and Tyrus Thomas not playing, I think it speaks volumes about some of our other guys and how they're developing and that they're getting better.

Q. Will Ben start if Darrell can't go?

COACH JOHN BRADY: It will be he or Magnum at the point. I think I'll go with Ben.

THE MODERATOR: Maybe one more. Anybody? Alright. Thank you.

Vanderbilt Post-Game Quotes

THE MODERATOR: We're ready to begin with Vanderbilt. We'll ask Coach, if he will, to give us some opening remarks and then we'll take questions for Julian and Derrick. Coach.

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: Well, I think that the story of the game was just that they were better than us. They were quicker to balls, and Davis was obviously dominate in every facet and, that's probably the best that I've seen LSU play with or without Tyrus Thomas, and I didn't think they were capable of playing as well without him as they can play with him, and I believe that's the best that I've seen them play, and you just give them a lot of credit.

They're a confident team. They play well together. They defend you very well. They rebound the ball great, and tonight they were just much, much better than we were.

THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions first for the Julian and Derrick. If you have one for either of them, please raise your hand, and we'll get a microphone to you. Hands up. Questions. Start right here. Go ahead.

Q. Derrick, were you surprised by how lethal Davis was at least from the outside? I think everybody knows about his low post play, but at least his outside shooting?

DERRICK BYARS: No, I knew about his outside shooting as well. He's multifaceted and he showed it all tonight.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up. Any other questions for either? Okay. Go ahead.

Q. Both players, if you guys go on with this season, what do you feel like you guys have left to kind of dip into the tank, and what do you have left to give kind of if the season goes on that the point?

THE MODERATOR: Julian, go first, please.

JULIAN TERRELL: I think we still have a lot left. Obviously, we're a team that doesn't give up. So, you know, whatever is facing, put in front, you have, we'll just go at it and try our best to do what we can from here on out.

THE MODERATOR: Derrick.

DERRICK BYARS: Well, I have to say that Julian and Mario, this is their last go round as everybody knows. I'm playing for those guys. That is my last go round with them. We have a lot to play for.

THE MODERATOR: Other questions for either Julian or Derrick, raise your hand. Alright.

Q. This is for Julian. Y'all had a little bit more success with Glen the first time y'all played. What was different this time?

JULIAN TERRELL: Obviously his outside shooting. We knew he could shoot, but, you know, it seems like he pretty much knocked down every shot he took within 20 feet. So he did a great job today, so you got to congratulate him. He just got to the free throw line. He was hitting his free throws and outside shot.

THE MODERATOR: Other questions? Raise your hand. Okay. Fellas, we'll excuse you. You can return to the locker room. Thank you.

And we'll continue on with questions for Coach Stallings. If you have a question for coach, please raise your hand. Go ahead, David.

Q. Kevin, how well do you think you guys played? Was it just such a misfit physically?

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: I didn't think we played very well, but I didn't think that we were given much of an opportunity to play well because they start off the game in the first half, they have two guys shooting 27 and 30 percent respectively from the 3 pointer line to make 5 for 5. When you put that on top of how dominate Glen was, it's very difficult.

So, it's one thing if Darrel Mitchell is out there, he's the guy out there beating you from the perimeter because he's very capable. Over the course of the season these other two guys haven't proven to be very consistent, and tonight they shot it great.

So when they get the inside/outside thing going, they got in their groove and I didn't think that we played particularly well, but I don't think that I thought it was much more of a case of them overwhelming us than it was us playing poorly.

THE MODERATOR: Question.

Q. Kevin, was it part of the game plan to back off of Glen a little bit to keep him out of inside?

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: We weren't planning to back off that far. I think that we had some players take it on themselves to you know, he hit one of his two 3 pointers he had in league play the first time. It wasn't as though his outside shots caught us by surprise, but we weren't planning to let him stand there and shoot wide open shots. That wasn't the plan.

That was then he made a couple, and then as we got up on him, he started driving and drawing fouls and started making everything he looked at. So but, again, it's it was just a case of him being better.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up. Go to the aisle.

Q. Kevin, will you guys accept an NIT invitation?

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: Absolutely. Absolutely. It's what we've earned.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up. Other questions?

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: All you can hope for in your life is to get what you earn, and not only will we accept it, we'll accept it and be excited about it.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up, other questions? Anybody? Okay. Go to the left side.

Q. Kevin, along those lines, what do you feel like you guys would have left in an NIT situation, just to kind of dip down again and go to the well?

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: Well, you know, do you love to play or do you not love to play? We've got a very classic example right within our own little basketball family of how much of a privilege playing is and how fast it can be taken away.

And if our guys can't get excited after what they watched earlier in this week, if they can't be excited to play, they need to turn their uniform in, because we've got a young man that can't play anymore and now, our guys have played hard all season long, so I'm not the least bit concerned about what's left in the tank and all that kind of stuff.

If you have an opportunity to play, then doggone it, you go out and play to the best of your ability, and you try to win and do everything you can to prepare to win. But the minute you start taking playing for granted and you don't understand that it's a privilege there is no right involved in it; it's a privilege, it's a privilege to coach the game, and it's a privilege to play the game, and if players don't understand that, then they're missing one of the most important lessons that this game has to offer.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up. Any more questions for coach?

Q. Kevin, it seemed like the circumstances of the technical you got was one where coaches ask questions. Were you surprised by the reaction of the referee?

COACH KEVIN STALLINGS: Yeah, I was a little surprised. I just wanted to ask a question. I even motioned for John to come over. I was trying to interrupt his television interview, so I get him over there with me so he could hear the question I wanted to ask.

You're supposed to have the other coach present, and apparently Mike didn't like the notion that I wanted to ask a question out at midcourt. Can't say that I blame him.

THE MODERATOR: Hands up. Any other questions? Alright. Thank you.

Post-Game Notes

• LSU is now 23-7 and has won seven in a row. The Tigers will play in the semifinals Saturday at 2:15 CST vs. the winner of the Florida vs. Arkansas game.
• Vanderbilt is now 17-12.
• LSU jumped out to a 44-30 halftime lead. Glen Davis turned in a dominant performance with 19 points and eight rebounds in the first half alone. The Tigers made 5-of-6 three-pointers in the first half and controlled the rebounding, 21-11.
• Vanderbilt got as close as 13 early in the second half but got no closer.
• LSU stretched its lead to as many as 25 points (92-67).
• LSU capitalized on turnovers, winning points off turnovers 16-3.
• The 19-point victory is the largest margin to this point of the 2006 SEC Tournament.
• Vanderbilt leads the series 53-48 but LSU has won three in a row and five of the last six meetings. LSU has a 6-3 edge when the teams have played in the SEC Tournament.

LSU game notes

• LSU shot 56.7 percent from the field. LSU scored 92 points, the most against an SEC opponent this season.
• Glen Davis totaled a career-high-tying 28 points and 13 rebounds, his 18th double-double of the season and ninth in the last 10 games. He has scored in double figures in every game this season and topped the 20-point mark 11 times.
• It was a career-high night for some Tigers. Garrett Temple had a career-high 11 points. Davis (28 points) and Tasmin Mitchell (20) tied their career bests.

Vanderbilt game notes

• Vanderbilt was paced by Derrick Byars' 17 points. The Commodores got 13 each from Shan Foster and Julian Terrell.
• Foster's two three-pointers gives him 89 on the season, fourth on the VU single-season list. He has attempted 210 this year, seventh on the school single-season list.