Deadspin | Texas Southern’s challenge: Slow Vanderbilt’s high-powered offense

Deadspin | Texas Southern’s challenge: Slow Vanderbilt’s high-powered offense

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Nov 15, 2025; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores guard Tyler Tanner (3) shoots under the arm of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions forward Milhan Charles (9) during the second half at Memorial Gymnasium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

Vanderbilt will put the nation’s fourth-highest scoring offense on display when it hosts Texas Southern in Nashville on Thursday.

The Commodores (4-0) are averaging 101.5 points per game, having reached triple figures in three of their four contests.

Vanderbilt shoots 52.9% from the floor, 40.3% from 3-point range and 74.7% from the line.

Duke Miles (16.3 points per game), Tyler Tanner (15.0), Tyler Harris (14.8), Tyler Nickel (14.0), AK Okereke (12.0), Frankie Collins (9.7) and Devin McGlockton (9.5) are part of a balanced scoring effort.

The Commodores, who check in at No. 24 in the coaches’ poll, rank No. 4 according to KenPom.com in adjusted offensive efficiency.

However, the schedule hasn’t exactly provided tough tests. Vanderbilt’s opponents are 4-14 against Division I teams.

The Commodores’ relative weakness so far is interior play. With 6-foot-10 Jacksonville State transfer Mason Nicholson still out, an extra burden has been placed on 6-7 McGlockton, who leads the team in rebounding (7.8 per game).

“In the first half, when he got two fouls, I thought it kind of set us back a little bit. We lost some momentum,” Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington said after his team’s 104-75 home win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday.

McGlockton finished the game with 17 points and nine rebounds in 26 minutes.

Texas Southern coach Johnny Jones is familiar with Vanderbilt, having faced the Commodores in his playing tenure within the Southeastern Conference at LSU and later while serving as LSU’s coach between 2012-17.

Texas Southern struggled in its two games against top-tier opponents, falling 98-43 to Gonzaga in the season opener and 104-70 to Texas A&M.

The Tigers have 13 players on their roster listed as seniors or graduate students. Troy Hupstead (19.7 ppg) and Zaire Hayes (14.0) are among that group, and they lead the Tigers in scoring. Neither played vs. Gonzaga, and Hayes didn’t play against A&M.

In Texas Southern’s latest outing, Hupstead put up 19 points and Hayes had 17 in a 77-67 road loss to Texas State on Saturday.

–Field Level Media

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The Spurs trailed by six points at halftime and were down 82-67 past the midpoint of the third quarter before roaring back to take an 88-87 lead into the fourth. Harper scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds in the third to lead the comeback.

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De’Aaron Fox added 18 points for the Spurs, with Luke Kornet racking up 14 points and 10 rebounds while Devin Vassell contributed 11 points.

Holiday finished with 29 points to lead Portland. Scoot Henderson added 21, Deni Avdija scored 19, Jerami Grant tallied 13 and Robert Williams put up 11 for the Trail Blazers. Donovan Clingan grabbed 11 rebounds, and Avdija handed out nine assists.

Portland led 29-27 after the first quarter. San Antonio was up 41-35 before the Trail Blazers rode Holiday’s eight straight points as part of an 18-4 run that produced a 53-45 lead.

Grant’s 3-pointer with nine seconds left allowed Portland to carry a 65-59 lead to the break.

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