National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tennessee 60, Vanderbilt 51
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials: # John Cahill, # Michael Kitts, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance: 14316

Tennessee once again rallied in the second half to down in-state rival Vanderbilt, coming back from 11 points down Tuesday in Nashville to upend the 18th-ranked Commodores, 60-51.

Scotty Hopson’s 19 points led the Volunteers (17-11, 7-6 SEC), who came back from 17 points down to beat the Commodores 67-64 on Jan. 15 in Knoxville. Festus Ezeli and John Jenkins each scored 11 points to pace Vanderbilt (20-7, 8-5 SEC), which did not score in the final 5:02 and saw its five-game winning streak end.

The Commodores led 42-31 on Ezeli’s dunk with 13:07 left, but the Volunteers rallied to tie the game at 51-51 on two Hopson free throws with 2:52 to play. Hopson then gave the Volunteers a 53-51 lead with two free throws with 1:57 remaining. Two more Hopson free throws pushed the lead to 55-51 with 1:14 left, and Tobias Harris hit two free throws with 44 seconds left to make it 57-51.

Tennessee, which started 3 of 9 from the free-throw line, finished 14 of 21.

The Commodores, second in the SEC in scoring at 77.6 points, shot just 38.6 percent and was outscored 29-9 in the final 13 minutes.

Tennessee plays host to Mississippi State on Saturday. Vanderbilt travels Saturday to LSU.
Top Game Performances
 
Tennessee   Vanderbilt
Scotty Hopson 19 Scoring Festus Ezeli 11
Trae Golden 3 Assists John Jenkins 3
Tobias Harris 11 Rebounds Lance Goulbourne 6
Scotty Hopson 6 Free Throws Made Brad Tinsley 8
Melvin Goins 3 Steals Brad Tinsley 3
Cameron Tatum 1 Blocks Festus Ezeli 4
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Tennessee 60 38.6 2-15 14-21 8 35 1 15
Vanderbilt 51 38.6 3-16 14-19 11 30 6 8