Lawrence returns, paces Vanderbilt past Ole Miss, 74-71

AP
Feb 04, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) After sitting out a blowout loss for disciplinary reasons, Tyrin Lawrence returned to the Vanderbilt lineup Saturday and sparked the Commodores to a hard-fought, 74-71 win over Mississippi in a Southeastern Conference battle that featured 20 lead changes and nine ties.

Lawrence earned the ire of Vanderbilt Coach Jerry Stackhouse following a 72-66 loss to Texas A&M and was held out of a 101-44 loss to No. 4 Alabama, the program's worst loss since 2003.

''I'm not a coach to hold grudges ... '' Stackhouse was quoted following the Alabama loss. ''But at the end of the day, this is a benevolent dictatorship. You got to do it my way. You got to do it this way.''

Lawrence played 37 minutes in his return and scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He scored eight points in Vanderbilt's closing push that saw it take its biggest lead of the game, 72-61 after Myles Stute air balled a wide open 3-point attempt. Lawrence gathered the rebound and fired a pass to a still wide-open Stute, who this time buried the 3 with 57 seconds left.

Liam Roberts, sporting a black eye left over from the Alabama game, led the Commodores (11-12, 4-6 SEC) with 19 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots. Quentin Millora-Brown added 10 points.

Ole Miss (9-14, 1-9) got 15 points and 12 rebounds from Jaemyn Brakefield and Myles Burns contributed 12 points and grabbed eight boards.

Vanderbilt plays host to No. 2 Tennessee Wednesday. Mississippi travels to play Georgia Tuesday.

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1st Half
MISS
Rebels
31
VAN
Commodores
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Commodores gains possession)
19:40	+2	Liam Robbins makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Ezra Manjon assists)	0-2
19:09		TJ Caldwell misses three point stepback jump shot
19:07		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
19:05		Robert Allen personal foul (Commodores draws the foul)
18:35	+2	Quentin Millora-Brown makes two point turnaround jump shot	0-4
18:18	+2	Theo Akwuba makes two point pullup jump shot (Myles Burns assists)	2-4
17:51		Tyrin Lawrence misses two point driving reverse layup
17:49		Robert Allen defensive rebound
17:42	+3	Amaree Abram makes three point pullup jump shot (Jaemyn Brakefield assists)	5-4
17:25	+2	Ezra Manjon makes two point driving reverse layup	5-6
17:06		TJ Caldwell misses two point floating jump shot
17:04		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
16:51		Liam Robbins misses two point driving layup
16:49		Liam Robbins offensive rebound
16:49		Liam Robbins turnover (lost ball) (Jaemyn Brakefield steals)
16:32		Liam Robbins blocks Myles Burns's two point driving layup
16:30		Quentin Millora-Brown defensive rebound
16:20		Ezra Manjon misses three point pullup jump shot
16:18		Amaree Abram defensive rebound
16:08		Robert Allen misses two point pullup jump shot
16:06		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
15:45		TV timeout
15:34		Trey Thomas misses three point pullup jump shot
15:32		Myles Burns defensive rebound
15:27		Ezra Manjon personal foul
15:19		TJ Caldwell misses two point stepback jump shot
15:17		Myles Stute defensive rebound
14:59		Myles Stute misses three point pullup jump shot
14:57		Liam Robbins offensive rebound
14:57		Jayveous McKinnis shooting foul (Liam Robbins draws the foul)
14:57	+1	Liam Robbins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	5-7
14:57	+1	Liam Robbins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	5-8
14:45		Jaemyn Brakefield misses three point pullup jump shot
14:43		Jayveous McKinnis offensive rebound
14:35		Matthew Murrell misses three point pullup jump shot
14:33		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
14:20		Liam Robbins misses three point pullup jump shot
14:18		Jayveous McKinnis defensive rebound
14:07	+2	Jayveous McKinnis makes two point driving hook shot	7-8
13:51		Myles Stute misses three point pullup jump shot
13:49		Amaree Abram defensive rebound
13:40		Amaree Abram misses two point pullup jump shot
13:38		Myles Stute defensive rebound
13:30		Ezra Manjon turnover (lost ball) (Amaree Abram steals)
13:20	+2	Amaree Abram makes two point floating jump shot	9-8
13:04	+3	Tyrin Lawrence makes three point pullup jump shot (Liam Robbins assists)	9-11
12:42		Liam Robbins blocks Jayveous McKinnis's two point driving hook shot
12:40		Jaemyn Brakefield offensive rebound
12:40	+2	Jaemyn Brakefield makes two point putback layup	11-11
12:40		Myles Stute shooting foul (Rebels draws the foul)
12:40	+1	Jaemyn Brakefield makes regular free throw 1 of 1	12-11
12:31	+2	Quentin Millora-Brown makes two point driving hook shot	12-13
12:17		Jaemyn Brakefield turnover (bad pass)
11:52		Jayveous McKinnis blocks Tyrin Lawrence's two point driving layup
11:50		Jaemyn Brakefield defensive rebound
11:34	+2	Jayveous McKinnis makes two point driving layup (Jaemyn Brakefield assists)	14-13
11:04		Jayveous McKinnis shooting foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
11:04		TV timeout
11:04		Tyrin Lawrence misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:04	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-14
10:54		Matthew Murrell misses two point stepback jump shot
10:52		Theo Akwuba offensive rebound
10:50		Trey Thomas personal foul (Rebels draws the foul)
10:34		TJ Caldwell misses two point driving layup
10:32		Commodores defensive rebound
10:10		Myles Stute misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot
10:08		James White defensive rebound
9:54		James White misses three point pullup jump shot
9:52		Colin Smith defensive rebound
9:39		Paul Lewis misses two point stepback jump shot
9:37		Rebels defensive rebound
9:26	+2	Matthew Murrell makes two point driving layup	16-14
9:11		Theo Akwuba blocks Quentin Millora-Brown's two point driving layup
9:09		Matthew Murrell defensive rebound
8:46		TJ Caldwell misses three point pullup jump shot
8:44		Quentin Millora-Brown defensive rebound
8:27		Matthew Murrell blocks Trey Thomas's three point stepback jump shot
8:25		Commodores turnover (shot clock violation)
8:00		James White misses three point pullup jump shot
7:58		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
7:51	+2	Tyrin Lawrence makes two point driving layup	16-16
7:51		Rebels 30 second timeout
7:28	+2	Robert Allen makes two point turnaround jump shot	18-16
7:09		Myles Burns personal foul (Commodores draws the foul)
7:00	+2	Colin Smith makes two point turnaround jump shot	18-18
6:39		Amaree Abram misses two point pullup jump shot
6:37		Liam Robbins defensive rebound
6:29	+2	Liam Robbins makes two point driving dunk (Tyrin Lawrence assists)	18-20
6:12		Amaree Abram misses two point pullup jump shot
6:10		Theo Akwuba offensive rebound
5:51	+3	Myles Burns makes three point pullup jump shot (Robert Allen assists)	21-20
5:32	+3	Colin Smith makes three point pullup jump shot (Liam Robbins assists)	21-23
5:05	+3	Jaemyn Brakefield makes three point pullup jump shot	24-23
4:47		Myles Stute misses three point pullup jump shot
4:45		Liam Robbins offensive rebound
4:38		Liam Robbins misses two point driving layup
4:36		Colin Smith offensive rebound
4:26	+2	Colin Smith makes two point putback layup	24-25
4:19		Liam Robbins blocks Theo Akwuba's two point driving layup
4:17		Myles Stute defensive rebound
4:07		Myles Stute misses three point pullup jump shot
4:05		Amaree Abram defensive rebound
3:56		Liam Robbins blocks Amaree Abram's two point driving layup
3:54		Rebels offensive rebound
3:55		TV timeout
3:43		Jayveous McKinnis misses two point pullup jump shot
3:41		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
3:25		Jayveous McKinnis shooting foul (Tyrin Lawrence draws the foul)
3:25	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-26
3:25	+1	Tyrin Lawrence makes regular free throw 2 of 2	24-27
3:12		Matthew Murrell misses two point stepback jump shot
3:10		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
2:59	+3	Liam Robbins makes three point pullup jump shot (Ezra Manjon assists)	24-30
2:41		Robert Allen misses two point pullup jump shot
2:39		Jaemyn Brakefield offensive rebound
2:39		Emmanuel Ansong personal foul
2:26		Amaree Abram misses three point pullup jump shot
2:26		Robert Allen offensive rebound
2:26	+2	Jaemyn Brakefield makes two point driving reverse layup	26-30
2:16		Liam Robbins misses three point pullup jump shot
2:14		Myles Burns defensive rebound
2:04		Matthew Murrell misses three point pullup jump shot
2:02		Jaemyn Brakefield offensive rebound
1:59		Jaemyn Brakefield turnover (lost ball)
1:40		Emmanuel Ansong misses two point driving layup
1:38		Emmanuel Ansong offensive rebound
1:26		Emmanuel Ansong misses two point driving layup
1:26		Emmanuel Ansong offensive rebound
1:26	+2	Emmanuel Ansong makes two point putback layup	26-32
1:14	+2	Robert Allen makes two point driving dunk (Myles Burns assists)	28-32
0:58		Liam Robbins misses two point driving layup
0:56		Emmanuel Ansong offensive rebound
0:46		Emmanuel Ansong misses two point driving layup
0:44		Myles Burns defensive rebound
0:37	+3	Jaemyn Brakefield makes three point pullup jump shot (TJ Caldwell assists)	31-32
0:35		Commodores 30 second timeout
0:21		Theo Akwuba shooting foul (Liam Robbins draws the foul)
0:21	+1	Liam Robbins makes regular free throw 1 of 2	31-33
0:21	+1	Liam Robbins makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-34
0:05		Jaemyn Brakefield misses three point pullup jump shot
0:03		Tyrin Lawrence defensive rebound
0:00		Ezra Manjon misses three point pullup jump shot
0:00		End of period

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Lawrence returns, paces Vanderbilt past Ole Miss, 74-71

1st Half
MISS
Rebels
31
VAN
Commodores
34

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Lawrence returns, paces Vanderbilt past Ole Miss, 74-71

1st Half MISSRebels31VANCommodores34

1st Half
MISS
Rebels
31
VAN
Commodores
34