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Dores beat TCU, 78-55 12/18/2004
Dores beat TCU, 78-55 NASHVILLE (AP) — Corey Smith scored 17 points off the bench and Vanderbilt remained undefeated at home with a 78-55 victory over TCU on Saturday night. Box Score | Photo Gallery Mario Moore scored 14 points and had five assists and Shan Foster, in his first career start, tallied 13 points as Vanderbilt (5-4) moved to 5-0 at home. Vanderbilt bounced back after two road losses to post its 17th consecutive non-conference win at Memorial Gym. Nile Murry scored 12 points to lead TCU (6-4). The Horned Frogs were hurt by poor shooting both from the field (35 percent) and the free throw line (9-for-18, 50 percent). The Commodores hammered TCU in the early going of the second half, extending a 41-26 halftime lead to 62-31 in the first nine minutes of play. TCU was 1-for-11 from the field with four turnovers and five missed free throws as Vanderbilt swarmed all over the Horned Frogs defensively. Vanderbilt’s largest lead was 70-36. Vanderbilt looked sharp in the opening 20 minutes as it built a 41-26 lead. Starting center Dawid Przybyszewski picked up his second foul early in the game, but Ted Skuchas came off the bench and put together his strongest play of the season. Skuchas had six points, four rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot before halftime as Vanderbilt seized control. The Commodores used a 10-0 run to take a 19-7 run with 12:39 to play during which Skuchas had two buckets and a backdoor feed to Corey Smith for a layup. Last season, Vanderbilt played perhaps its finest game of the regular season at TCU and beat the Horned Frogs 95-60. Vanderbilt led by 28 points at halftime and never looked back. Saturday night’s game marked a homecoming for TCU coach Neil Dougherty, who was an assistant at Vanderbilt from 1989-93 under Eddie Fogler and was part of Vanderbilt’s last SEC championship team in 1993. |
