Iyana Moore scored 22 points, Sacha Washington had a double-double and Vanderbilt celebrated its return to the NCAA Tournament with a 72-68 win over Columbia in a battle of 12-seeds in the First Four on. The Commodores, who are in their 28th NCAA Tournament but first since 2014, face fifth-seeded Baylor on Friday.
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Iyana Moore scored 22 points, Sacha Washington had a double-double and Vanderbilt celebrated its return to the NCAA Tournament with a 72-68 win over Columbia in a battle of 12-seeds in the First Four on Wednesday night.
Washington had 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 15 rebounds for Vanderbilt. Khamil Pierre added 11 points for Vanderbilt and Justine Pissott had 10.but the win wasn’t secure until Pissott made two free throws with 2.3 seconds left. Columbia is only the second Ivy League team to earn an at-large berth in the tournament, joining the 2016 Princeton team, which featured current Lions coach Megan Griffith as an assistant coach.
After one Vanderbilt free throw, Collins was fouled and after making the first free throw to make it 70-66 she missed the second. A 3 was missed after a long rebound before Collins got the ball in the lane for a short bucket with 3.1 to go, leaving it to Pissott to ice it.
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