Vanderbilt (12-12, 5-6 SEC) defeated No. 5 Tennessee (19-5, 8-3 SEC), 66-65, Wednesday at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee.
In a tightly contested sport, the Commodores defeated Tennessee on a last-second 3-point shot by Tyrin Lawrence as time expired.
The Vols, who trailed by as many as three factors within the second half, had a 65-63 lead within the waning moments of the competition. Vanderbilt had simply two crew fouls and needed to foul 5 instances to place the Vols on the free throw line.
On their seventh foul of the second half, the Commodores fouled Santiago Vescovi with 4.8 seconds remaining.
Vesovi, Tennessee’s senior guard, was 14-for-17 from the free throw line late in video games this season, however he missed the entrance finish of the one-and-one.
Vanderbilt rebounded, setting the stage for Lawrence’s buzzer beating heroics.
Lawrence completed with a game-high 19 factors.
Tyreke Key and Vescovi led the Vols with 14 factors every, whereas Olivier Nkamhoua and Julian Phillips completed with 10 factors apiece for Tennessee, which led, 34-32, at halftime.