LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) - Kedren Johnson scored 17 points and Rod Odom added 16 as Vanderbilt beat Texas El-Paso 73-49 in the consolation round Sunday at the Old Spice Classic.
Kyle Fuller added 14 points for Vanderbilt (2-3). The Commodores, looking to replace their top six scorers from last season's 25-win team, entered averaging 55.8 points a game.
John Bohannon had 11 points for the Miners (1-4), who have lost four in a row. The streak matches their longest skid under coach Tim Floyd.
Both teams lost their previous two games at the classic.
Vanderbilt was coming off a 50-33 loss Friday to Marist. The Commodores were also defeated 75-62 by Davidson. UTEP's losses came against Clemson (69-48) and Oklahoma (68-61).
Johnson's 3-pointer made it 57-36 with 7:30 to play. The guard, who had a career-high 28 points in Thursday's loss to Davidson, was held to four points one day later by Marist.
Vanderbilt opened the second half with a 9-2 run to grab a 42-19 lead. Shelby Moats had a 3 during the stretch.
UTEP narrowed the gap to 49-34 midway through the second on C.J. Cooper's basket.
Odom had eight points in helping Vanderbilt go ahead 33-17 at halftime.
Kevin Bright had two 3-pointers, and Odom and Fuller also hit long-range jumpers during a 19-0 stretch as Vanderbilt took a 28-12 advantage 14 minutes into the game.
UTEP went scoreless for more than eight minutes before Cedrick Lang's basket cut the deficit to 28-14 four minutes before intermission.
Lang finished with 10 points.
Bohannon's 3-point play gave UTEP an early 7-1 lead. Odom made a jumper to conclude an 8-0 run for Vanderbilt that put the Commodores up 9-7.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Vanderbilt (2-3) « | 33 | 40 | 73 |
| Texas-El Paso (1-4) | 17 | 32 | 49 |
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| Vanderbilt Commodores | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Odom, F | 33 | 5-11 | 4-6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Henderson, C | 17 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| K. Johnson, G | 36 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| K. Fuller, G | 34 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| K. Bright, G | 27 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Moats | 23 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Jeter | 17 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Siakam | 11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C. Josephs | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Watkins | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Gendelman | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-49 | 14-19 | 25 | 10 | 18 | 73 | |
| 51% | 73.7% | ||||||
| Texas-El Paso Miners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Lang, F | 20 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| J. Bohannon, C | 28 | 4-4 | 3-5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Streeter, G | 32 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Washburn, G | 28 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Ragland, G | 26 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Cooper | 26 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Washburn | 20 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Howard | 11 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| M. Moore | 9 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 17-39 | 11-15 | 24 | 11 | 15 | 49 | |
| 43.6% | 73.3% | ||||||
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