After an awful shooting performance against NC State on Saturday, Vanderbilt needed to see some shots fall.
That happened in a big way on Wednesday night. The Commodores shot 9-of-21 from three and made their first 17 free throws in a 79-51 beat down of Middle Tennessee State. The Blue Raiders came into Memorial Gym having won two straight against the Commodores — 71-48 in Murfreesboro two years ago, and 66-63 at Memorial Gym last season — but it wasn’t happening on Wednesday night as Vanderbilt played lockdown defense and looked much less disjointed on the offensive end.