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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Vanderbilt 76, Georgia Tech 63
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2013
Where: Memorial Gym, Nashville, Tennessee
Officials: # Tony Greene, # Joe Lindsay, # Brian Shey
Attendance: 9022

Vanderbilt 76, Georgia Tech 63: Rod Odom scored 18 points as the host Commodores stifled the Yellow Jackets after trailing by 14 points in the first half.

Dai-Jon Parker added 13 points for Vanderbilt (7-3), which trailed 31-17 with six minutes left in the first half before taking control and winning its third game in a row. The Commodores closed the first half on a 12-0 run, and a 13-2 spurt early in the second half pushed Vanderbilt ahead by 15 points.

Daniel Miller finished with 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for the Yellow Jackets (8-4), whose three-game winning streak ended. Marcus Georges-Hunt, Georgia Tech’s leading scorer at 12.7 points, shot 1-for-7 from the field and scored just three points.

The Yellow Jackets used a 21-6 run to build a 31-17 advantage on Stacy Poole Jr.’s jumper with 6:09 remaining in the first half, but Georgia Tech did not score again in the half. Vanderbilt scored the final 12 points of the session, Kyle Fuller’s three-point play with two seconds left bringing the Commodores within 31-29 at the break.

Vanderbilt moved ahead 34-33 on Odom’s 3-pointer 1:09 into the second half, and after the Yellow Jackets pulled within 43-39 on Solomon Poole’s 3-pointer with 13:06 left, the Commodores pulled away. Vanderbilt scored 13 of the next 15 points, building a 56-41 advantage on Luke Kornet’s layup with 9:32 remaining.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Commodores shot 50 percent from the field, the first time in eight games Vanderbilt has hit at least half of its shots. … Odom, who ranks second in the SEC in 3-point shooting, finished 4-for-5 from beyond the arc. … Miller scored 11 points in the opening 10:09 of the first half.
Top Game Performances
 
Georgia Tech   Vanderbilt
Daniel Miller 16 Scoring Rod Odom 18
Marcus Georges-Hunt 5 Assists Kyle Fuller 5
Daniel Miller 10 Rebounds Kyle Fuller 6
Trae Golden 4 Free Throws Made Kyle Fuller 4
Marcus Georges-Hunt 1 Steals Shelby Moats 2
Daniel Miller 4 Blocks Damian Jones 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Georgia Tech 63 38.5 4-25 9-16 11 34 6 2 11
Vanderbilt 76 50.0 7-15 17-29 17 31 3 5 9