Missouri Tigers vs Vanderbilt Commodores Match Player Stats On Feb 26, 2020

Missouri outrebounded Vanderbilt by 15 and inched ahead in the second half to win their Southeastern Conference matchup 61-52 on Wednesday night.

Guard Xavier Pinson scored 17 points and forward Reed Nikko added 14, for the Tigers (14-14, 6-9 SEC). Fifteen of Pinson's points came in the second half, as Missouri outscored Vanderbilt 34-24.

The Tigers held the Commodores to 6-of-18 shooting from the floor in the second half, and won the overall battle of the boards by 42-27.

Guards Scotty Pippen Jr. and Saben Lee scored 19 and 14 points to lead Vanderbilt (9-19, 1-14).

Vanderbilt led by nine at 27-18 with four minutes left in the first half after Pippen's short jumper in the lane, but the Commodores, managed only a free throw for the rest of the half, and led 28-27 at intermission.

Missouri grabbed the lead right away in the second half when Nikko rammed home a dunk off an alley-oop from Pinson.

Guard Dru Smith hit a 3-pointer with 14:10 left, expanding the Tigers' lead to 39-33. Nikko's added a three-point play 40 seconds later to further widen the lead.

Walk-on guard Drew Weikert drove the lane and banked in a lay-up to pull the Commodores within 42-37 with 11:32 left. It was only their second field goal in a span of 12:27.

Missouri grew its lead to double digits at 47-37 on forward Mitchell Smith's 3-pointer with 9:43 left.

Mitchell Smith's offensive rebound led to a Pinson drive and lay-up to keep Missouri up 53-46 with 4:21 left, and Vanderbilt never got closer than five.

Both teams started slowly. Lee's 3-pointer with 11:05 left tied the game at nine.

Pippen, who had 15 points in the first half, took over the game for a spell. He made a dunk, hit two treys and made a jumper that put Vanderbilt up 19-16 at 6:06 left.

Forward Dylan Disu's 3-pointer from the left corner made it 25-18, before Pippen's short jumper extended the lead to nine.

--Field Level Media