Jan. 31, 2010
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Coach Balcomb’s Postgame Press Conference
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Freshman Elan Brown scored a career-high 16 points as No. 24 Vanderbilt got a key Southeastern Conference road win at Arkansas, 67-61, Sunday at Bud Walton Arena.
The game included nine ties with the last coming at the 6:31 mark of the second half when VU freshman Tiffany Clarke made a layup and was fouled. Clarke would convert the free throw to give Vanderbilt a 56-55 advantage, marking the seventh and final lead change of the contest. Clarke scored 12 while senior Merideth Marsh added 11 and junior Hannah Tuomi had 10.
Arkansas held an eight-point halftime lead, 39-31, after shooting 56 percent over the initial 20 minutes. The Commodore defense would hold the Razorbacks to 22 more points on 22 percent shooting in the second stanza.
Lyndsay Harris led Arkansas with 20 points. Charity Ford added 12 before fouling out in the final minute.
Arkansas held a five-point lead at 55-50 with 8:31 to play on a Harris layup. But the Commodores scored the next eight points and held the Razorbacks scoreless for more than five and a half minutes.
After Arkansas answered a Jence Rhoads jumper with a layup by Sarah Watkins to cut the VU lead to 58-57, Brown stepped up and hit a dagger three-pointer right in front of the Commodore bench. Four of VU’s final six points came from the free throw line, where the Commodores were 14-of-17 for the day.
The Commodores shot 48 percent from the floor and 44 percent from behind the arc. Vanderbilt (16-6, 5-4 SEC) travels to Gainesville, Fla., on Thursday to face the Lady Gators. Florida (12-9, 5-3) won at Ole Miss on Sunday.
