Jaylen Carey, Tennessee basketball return to Vanderbilt: Live updates from Memorial Gymnasium – The Daily Beacon

1:25 2H: Tennessee 64, Vanderbilt 63
Bishop Boswell has gotten back-to-back tough baskets to fall and Tennessee has the lead.
2:23 2H: Vanderbilt 62, Tennessee 60
Duke Miles somehow gets a crazy shot to fall. That’s the second time the Commodores have gotten that tonight.
3:35 2H: Vanderbilt 58, Tennessee 57
Nate Ament gets tied up on his way to the rim. Tennessee hasn’t scored in 2:25 and still trail by one.
4:42 2H: Vanderbilt 58, Tennessee 57
Ja’Kobi Gillespie gets stuffed at the rim and is slow to get up. Tyler Nickel drills a 3-pointer on the other end to put the Commodores back ahead.
7:25 2H: Tennessee 55, Vanderbilt 53
Ethan Burg has turned the corner over these last couple of minutes and has Tennessee ahead. He ripped away a steal, though Nate Ament turned the ball over on offense. Tight game down the stretch.
9:47 2H: Ethan Burg gets a tough layup to tie the game at 51, then blows up a screen on the defensive end that causes an offensive foul. Huge momentum swing by Burg.
11:58 2H: Vanderbilt 49, Tennessee 42
Ja’Kobi Gillespie drills a huge 3-point shot from the corner to end a long scoring drought for Tennessee. Duke Miles answers with one of his own on the next possession. Tennessee has only made three shots in the second half.
15:15 2H: Vanderbilt, 40, Tennessee 39
Tennessee is getting to the free-throw line in the second half, but not making shots. DeWayne Brown tied the game with two quick buckets, and the Vols haven’t scored since. Three Jaylen Carey free throws have kept Tennessee hanging around, despite theatrics from Tyler Tanner that has him at 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting.
19:05 2H: DeWayne Brown II gets two buckets out of the break and ties the game on a dunk, 35-all.
Tennessee closes the half strong after a rough middle portion. The Commodores haven’t made a field goal in the last 6:08 of gameplay and lead by four at the break.
:52.8 1H: Vanderbilt 34, Tennessee 31
The Commodores haven’t scored in 3:42 and Tennessee has cut the deficit to three. Amari Evans misses two free throws, but DeWayne Brown II corrals the offensive rebound and Jaylen Carey gets a putback to cut into the margin.
3:57 1H: Vanderbilt 34, Tennessee 27
Amari Evans somehow gets a layup to fall where his back was to the rim. It ends a two-plus-minute scoring drought for Tennessee. Vanderbilt has limited the Vols to 42% shooting and just one made three.
 
 
7:24 1H: Vanderbilt 27, Tennessee 23
The Vols have gone cold. They have made just two shots in the last five minutes, and the last has evaporated at the hands of sloppy offensive play. Tennessee is 2-for-8 since the 12:52 mark.
11:24 1H: Tennessee 19, Vanderbilt 18
The Commodores are struggling on the interior as Tennessee has four offensive rebounds and 12 points in the paint. The Vols are struggling to defend the 3-point line as Vanderbilt is 4-for-7 from deep.
 
 
16:00 1H: Tennessee 9, Vanderbilt 8
The rival schools are exchanging even blows. Jaylen Carey has been involved and has made an early impact. Each of Gillespie, Boswell, Ament and Carey has a bucket with an even attack.
18:22 1H: Jaylen Carey established his positioning and gets inside for the basket.
19:37 1H: Jaylen Carey possesses the opening tip and gets it inside to Nate Ament, who gets fouled. He gets the ball and scores a tough layup at the rim to open the scoring.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Memorial Gymnasium was not a kind venue to Tennessee basketball a season ago. It won’t be any kinder for Jaylen Carey in his return to Vanderbilt.
The Vols hit West End for a conference rivalry duel with the Commodores between two teams fighting for SEC Tournament positioning. Tennessee (19-7, 9-4 SEC) sits in good standing with wins in seven of the last eight games. No. 19 Vanderbilt (21-5, 8-5) has slumped with two one-point losses in the last four games.
Follow along for live updates from The Daily Beacon.
Tennessee
Guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie
Guard Bishop Boswell
Forward Nate Ament
Forward Jaylen Carey
Center Felix Okpara
Vanderbilt
Guard Tyler Tanner
Forward Tyler Nickel
Forward AK Okereke
Forward Jalen Washington
Forward Devin McGlockton
How to watch Tennessee basketball
The Vols will tip off at Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN. Dave O’Brien will be the play-by-play broadcaster, along with Cory Alexander as an analyst. They will be joined by legendary basketball voice Dick Vitale, who announced on social media that he will be on the call Saturday.
Radio listeners can hear Mike Keith and analyst Chris Lofton describe the action on their local Vol Network affiliate.
Jaylen Carey comes home
Saturday will be Vols big man Jaylen Carey’s first time back at Memorial Gymnasium since he transferred from Vanderbilt to Tennessee after last season. The junior’s 6.0 rebounds in 18.4 minutes this season are a big reason why the Vols are fourth in the country in rebounding at 43 rebounds per game.
The last time Tennessee played at Vanderbilt, Carey put up 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Commodores in a 76-75 upset victory. He’ll hope to have a similar impact Saturday, but this time for the Vols.
Vanderbilt’s near misses
Wednesday’s loss to Missouri was not a unique occurrence for Vanderbilt. It marks the second time in the last four games that the Commodores were down 21 points to an unranked opponent and nearly came back to win, falling short by a point. The first time was on Feb. 7 in a 92-91 loss to Oklahoma.
This means that if the Vols become comfortable in the second half, they leave themselves open to a comeback. It also shows, though, that this Vanderbilt team is susceptible to going down big to inferior teams when its 3-pointer isn’t falling. The Commodores were just 3-for-11 from deep in the first half against Missouri, but 7-for-14 in the second half.
Tanner trouble
Vanderbilt is led by sophomore guard Tyler Tanner, who is averaging 23.4 points in his last five games, including a career high of 37 against Oklahoma. More than just his scoring, though, Tanner leads the SEC in steals at 2.5 per game, contributing to the Commodores’ conference-best 8.7 steals per game.
The Vols, meanwhile, have struggled with turnovers this season, tied for the SEC’s worst mark at 12.4 given up per game. They have been better at ball security during this winning streak, though, and Ja’Kobi Gillespie had plenty of takeaways of his own on Wednesday night, grabbing a school record 8 steals in the win over Oklahoma.
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