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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Luke Kornet played with a sore knee and wrist, but it was Belmont that felt the pain.?Kornet led Vanderbilt with 20 points and played a strong defensive game against the Bruins top player in the Commodores 80-66 win Tuesday night.?Matthew Fisher-Davis added 16 points and first-year coach Bryce Drew won first game at Vanderbilt (1-1) after replacing Kevin Stallings, now at Pittsburgh.?I thought we did a good job defensively of contesting every shot, Kornet said. Thats something we really emphasized. Just getting a hand up, the difference that it can make sometimes.?Vanderbilt won its 10th consecutive home opener, improving to 58-7 all-time.?Kornet made 12 of 16 foul shots and the Commodores hit 25 of 31.It started with Luke, Drew said. He was a warrior out there. You guys all know hes not playing at 100?percent.?Evan Bradds, the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year last season, led Belmont (0-1) with 19 points in its season opener.?Bradds led the nation in field goal percentage the past two seasons, but hit only 6 of 15 -- in part due to the effective defense of the 7-foot-1 Kornet.Three blocks, it felt like he had about 15, the 6-foot-7 Bradds said. That height difference was big and his arms are long.?Belmont coach Rick Byrd was impressed by Kornets defense.?Evan is normally 10 for 15, Byrd said. I dont think were going to face many guys that can alter his shot as easily as Luke did.?Teammate Amanze Egekeze scored 18 and Taylor Barnette had 11.?Vanderbilt made 9 of 18 shots from 3-point range.?Vanderbilts Jeff Roberson and freshman Payton Willis both scored 10. Willis was pressed into duty when Riley LaChance suffered a second-half ankle injury.?Vanderbilt jumped out to a 36-21 halftime lead, hitting six of its first nine shots from beyond the 3-point arc.?The Bruins missed 17 of their first 18 shots from 3-point range.?Belmont has the second-most 3-pointers nationally since 1995 when it moved from the NAIA to the NCAA. Only Duke has more.?Vanderbilt improved to 5-0 against Belmont, located 2 miles away.?TURNING POINT?Belmont cut the gap to 62-58 with 6:50 left, but Fisher-Davis four-point play gave the momentum back to Vanderbilt. He hit a 3-pointer and foul shot with 6:18 left.MISSING STAR?Belmont played its first game without Craig Bradshaw, who graduated last spring with 1,698 career points and led the Bruins to two NCAA tournaments and two NIT tournaments.?BIG PICTURE?Belmont: Coach Rick Byrd was concerned about his defense in the preseason, but his long-range shooters let him down, hitting just 9 of 41 from 3-point range against Vanderbilt.?Vanderbilt: The Commodores proved they could play defense under their new coach after allowing 95 points, the most since a 2003 loss to Kentucky, in Fridays season-opening loss to Marquette.?UP NEXT?Belmont plays its home opener against Western Kentucky on Saturday before facing another Southeastern Conference team, Florida, on Monday.?Vanderbilt hosts Norfolk State on Friday in the second of a three-game homestand.??Air Max 90 Cheap Sale . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Air Max 90 Cheap .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. http://www.airmax90cheap.us/ . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. Cheap Authentic Air Max 90 . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. Air Max 90 Cheap Free Shipping .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court.The Texas Longhorns?landed multiple players on this years list of finalists for individual college football awards.Junior running back?DOnta Foreman?is up for the Doak Walker Award (premier running back). He will run against Dalvin Cook of the Florida State Seminoles and?Donnel Pumphrey of the San Diego State Aztecs.?Foreman leads the nation with?1,863 rushing yards and has rushed for 15 touchdowns this season. He ran for a season-high?341 yards in a?45-37 win at Texas Tech?and has ran?for 124 yards or more in every game hes played.?Sophomore punter Michael Dickson?is in the running for the Ray Guy Award (punter of the year) against Cameron Johnston?of tthe Ohio State Buckeyes?and?Mitch Wishnowsky of the Utah Utes.dddddddddddd?Dicksons 57 punts this season have gone for a distance of 47.3 yards per punt. His longest punt of the season went for 64 yards in the season-opening 50-47 (2OT) win against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He also booted 63-yarders in the Longhorns close wins against?Baylor and Texas Tech.?The winners of the Doak Walker Award and Ray Guy Award will be named on Dec. 8 during The Home Depot College Football Awards show at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.-- John Wilmhoff ' ' '