It was a back and forth game in Nashville on Wednesday night, and in the end it came down to free throws.
Tyrin Lawrence made them.
The visiting Pitt Panthers opened the game by making seven of their first ten three-pointers, but a turnover-fueled 8-0 Vanderbilt run gave the Commodores a 22-17 lead midway through the first half. Pitt responded with a 10-0 run of its own, but Vanderbilt managed to pull even at 34 going into halftime. That five-point lead at 27-22 would be the Panthers’ largest of the night.
Things continued that way for the first 13 minutes of the second frame, but after Pitt took a 56-55 lead with 7:03 left, the Commodores would get consecutive three-pointers from Emmanuel Ansong, Trey Thomas, and Tyrin Lawrence to pull ahead 64-56 for their largest lead of the night.