No. 4 Alabama piles up points, cruises past Vanderbilt

Fourth-ranked Alabama got 22 points each from Aden Holloway and Mouhamed Dioubate in a 103-87 win over Vanderbilt on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.Dioubate, a sophomore, registered a career high in points and had his second career double-double as he added 10 rebounds.Mark Sears scored 21 points and dished out seven assists while Grant Nelson and Jarin Stevenson added 10 points each for the Crimson Tide (16-3, 5-1 Southeastern Conference).Alabama outshot Vanderbilt 56.3 percent to 38.8 percent from the floor and led for the game’s final 34:05. The margin never dipped below eight points in the second half.Vanderbilt’s Devin McGlockton had 10 points and 14 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season. Jason Edwards scored 21 points, Tyler Nickel 19, AJ Hoggard 11 and MJ Collins Jr. 10 for the Commodores (15-4, 3-3).It was Vanderbilt’s most lopsided loss this season and the sixth time Alabama eclipsed 100 points in the campaign.Vanderbilt cut into what had been a 19-point lead when Nickel canned three 3-pointers in the first 2:53 of the second half, the last making it 53-42.However, the nation’s highest-scoring offense then went on a spurt that included two treys from Chris Youngblood, the second giving the Crimson Tide a 67-45 advantage (their biggest of the night) with 12:22 remaining.

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