Anchor Of Gold · Jan 29, 2017
Vanderbilt 84, Iowa State 78: Bad start, bad finish, great in between
In the first 12 minutes of the game on Saturday, Vanderbilt was outscored 26-15. Over the final 3:36, the Commodores were outscored 17-9.
For the roughly 24 and a half minutes in between, though, Vanderbilt outscored Iowa State 60-35. Just four days removed from the late collapse against Arkansas, Vanderbilt decided to test its fans’ heart medications by completely forgetting how to function against the press, though the actual danger might have been overstated and a result of fans’ PTSD: Iowa State never actually got closer than five points, but, well, we could have used an easier win than that.