LAKE BUENE VISTA, Fla. (AP) - De'Mon Brooks scored 19 points and Davidson beat Vanderbilt 75-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Old Spice Classic.
Nik Cochran and Jake Cohen added 14 points each for Davidson (2-2).
Kedren Johnson had a career-high 28 points for Vanderbilt (1-2). The Commodores, coming off a 78-48 loss to Oregon, also got 14 points from Kyle Fuller.
Baskets by Brooks and Chris Czerapowicz put Davidson ahead 57-52. The Wildcats, keyed by Clint Mann's dunk and a 3 by Cochran, scored the next nine points and increased their lead to 66-52 with 6 minutes remaining.
Davidson will play West Virginia in a winner's bracket game Friday. Vanderbilt will play Marist, which lost 87-44 to West Virginia.
Johnson had a three-point play and hit a 3-pointer helping Vanderbilt get within 35-33 early in the second half. His three-point play gave the Commodores a 49-48 advantage with 12 minutes to go.
Cochran and Cohen had nine points each as Davidson took a 33-25 halftime lead.
Jordan Barham had a fast-break slam and a pair of layups to put Davidson up 31-25 with 51 seconds left in the half. Cohen made it 33-25 with a rebound basketball just before the buzzer.
Barham wound up with nine points.
Cochran's third 3-pointer got Davidson, which trailed by six early on, to 16-14. The senior guard entered averaging 3.3 points this season.
Johnson's previous career best was 25 points against Nicholls State on Nov. 10.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Vanderbilt (1-2) | 25 | 37 | 62 |
| Davidson (2-2) « | 33 | 42 | 75 |
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Odom, F | 31 | 1-7 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Moats, F | 18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Fuller, G | 39 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| K. Bright, G | 31 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Johnson, G | 30 | 11-17 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Henderson | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Jeter | 18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Siakam | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 25-56 | 6-8 | 29 | 6 | 15 | 62 | |
| 44.6% | 75% | ||||||
| Davidson Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Brooks, F | 24 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| J. Cohen, F | 23 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| T. Kalinoski, G | 33 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| N. Cochran, G | 26 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| C. Czerapowicz, G | 23 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Mann | 25 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Droney | 23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Barham | 14 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Y. Mejri | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Archie II | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Belford | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Mackay | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Perkey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Tormey | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-58 | 8-10 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 75 | |
| 50% | 80% | ||||||
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