KNOXVILLE – One massive in-game turnaround wasn’t enough for the latest installment of the basketball rivalry between Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
After the Volunteers erased a double-digit deficit in the first half, the Commodores returned the favor in the second half.
Thanks to a shooting clinic after halftime, Vanderbilt handed Tennessee a fourth straight loss and avenged an overtime loss to the Vols in Nashville two weeks ago in a 73-65 win at Thompson-Boling on Thursday night.
At different points of the 187th all-time meeting between the instate rivals, it looked like both teams were on the verge of being run off the floor by the other.
The difference, though, was Vanderbilt’s second-half hot streak, which quickly erased Tennessee’s 13-point lead and gave the Commodores their first win in Knoxville since 2010.