NASHVILLE, TENN. - Vanderbilt was in the process of getting routed by Georgia Tech, but once the light went on, it never went off.
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The Commodores, who trailed by 14 in the first half, used a late-first-half run to get within striking distance, took the lead early in the second half, and never looked back as they beat the Yellow Jackets by a 76-63 score at Memorial Gym on Saturday afternoon.
Rod Odom led VU with 18, Dai-Jon Parker had 13, and Kyle Fuller added 12 for the Commodores, who improved to 7-3 as they picked up their third-straight win.
VU rallied back just before half to get within 31-29 just before the break. Parker hit a 3 with 50 seconds left, and Fuller added a three-point play both in the half's two seconds, to give VU momentum h half.
Vandy took the lead on Odom's 3 with just under 19 minutes remaining and added to it when Jones hit a reverse lay-up on the next possession.
That lead stretched to double-digits at 50-39 on a pair of Luke Kornet free throws with 11:04 left. A Kornet lay-up at 9:32 pushed the margin to 56-41, the largest lead of the game.
That made for a 39-10 turnaround from the earlier deficit to that point.