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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Getting benched in Thursdays loss to Butler might end up being one of the best things to happen to Matthew Fisher-Davis.The junior guard has played well in the two games since, including a 22 point-effort on Tuesday night in Vanderbilts 83-59 win which gave Tennessee State its first loss of the season.I got sat down against Butler and me and (assistant) coach (Roger) Powell went back to the hotel and probably had a two-and-a-half hour talk about basketball, Fisher-Davis said. And then we started talking about life. . Ever since then Ive had a completely different outlook and Ive been at peace.Fisher-Davis certainly looked peaceful, making 6 of 10 shots from the floor and 8 of 11 from the foul line at Memorial Gym.Tennessee State (6-1), off to its best start since moving to Division I in 1977, fell to 1-36 against Southeastern Conference teams and 0-9 against Vanderbilt (4-3).Vanderbilts Jeff Roberson added 13 points and 7-foot-1 forward-center Luke Kornet and Riley LaChance both scored 12.Freshman Payton Willis looked comfortable in his second game as a starter at point guard.The Commodores went 10 of 23 from 3-point range and have made 25 3-pointers in the last two games.We have some excellent shooters and the hard part is getting them good looks, Commodores coach Bryce Drew said. With Payton, when he can get the ball into the lane that helps us get some looks and then when Luke can collapse the defense and throws it out that gets us some good looks, too.KenDarrius Hamilton led the Tigers with 19 points. Darreon Reddick added 12.We werent us, Hamilton said. That was just the only thing to it. Weve got to get back to Tennessee State.Vanderbilt outrebounded Tennessee State 39-20 and enjoyed a 22-9 advantage in second-chance points.Our biggest fear coming into the game was their size and that was the deciding factor because weve never been outrebounded by 19, which happened tonight, Tigers coach Dana Ford said. Some of that is size and some of it is lack of attention to detail and willingness to box out when their shot goes up, which well try to fix starting tomorrow.Tennessee States Delanie Spencer, who came off the bench to score a career-high 18 points in Saturdays win over Reinhardt, was held to six points.TSUs Tahjere McCall (14. 5 ppg) fouled out with eight points and Wayne Martin (14 ppg) scored just five. Jordan Reed was also well below his average (12 ppg) with six points.The Commodores broke a 7-all tie with a 10-2 run capped by Fisher-Davis five straight points. Vanderbilt closed the first half with a 14-0 run, stretching its lead to 43-22 at halftime.BIG PICTURETennessee State: The Tigers must regroup after their first loss and regain their offensive rhythm after shooting 41 percent from the floor.Vanderbilt: The Commodores enter December with a little momentum, winning two consecutive games after solid outings by Fisher-Davis, Roberson, LaChance and Kornet.SOCIAL SPHEREMemphis Grizzlies rookie Wade Baldwin, a former Vanderbilt point guard, tweeted Mathew Fisher-Davis is the best shooter in the entire NCAA late in the first half.HOT 3-POINT SHOOTERLaChance went 4 for 6 from 3-point range, making him 18 of 26 for a 69.2 percent clip in the last four games. He has played shooting guard, his best position, the past two games.When Matts got it going (from 3-point range), guys definitely help off me and other guys a lot so when he gets shots like that he definitely gets other guys open shots, LaChance said of Fisher-Davis, who hit two 3-pointers.UP NEXTTennessee State visits Lipscomb, another Nashville opponent, on Saturday before heading to North Carolina State on Dec. 10.Vanderbilt plays Minnesota (6-1) in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Saturday before returning home to face High Point on Dec. 6. High Point (4-3) rallied from a 20-point deficit during the final 10 minutes to edge Morgan State on Monday. Cheap Air Max 2019 China . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Nike Air Max 2019 China . 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COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A former University of Missouri tutor said she can document at least a dozen instances of serious academic fraud involving mens and womens athletes during a 16-month period.Yolanda Kumar told The Kansas City Star that she felt pressured to keep athletes academically eligible , especially football and mens basketball players. Her allegations come less than a year after the school sanctioned its mens basketball team for violating NCAA rules.Hours after Kumar posted in her personal Facebook account Tuesday afternoon that she had taken entrance exams and completed entire courses for Mizzou athletes, the university issued a statement announcing its investigation.The University of Missouri has received allegations of potential academic rules violations by a former tutor in the Athletics Academic Services area, the athletics department said in a statement. Consistent with our commitment to rules compliance and to operating our athletics program with integrity, we are conducting a review of the allegations.Of the hundreds of Missouri athletes she has tutored since 2010, Kumar said, 15 involved serious academic fraud. She told The St. Louis Post-Dispatch she felt like she had been groomed over time by her superiors to participate in what she described as academic dishonesty.The last straw for Kumar involved a male athlete she said needed help during the summer on a core class she was told he needed to graduate. The student passed, she said, but he really was struggling with very basic things that my eighth-grader could do.The same student was assigned to her in the fall and became depressed after he wwas unable to grasp basic statistics equations, she said.ddddddddddddThis kid, he has no hope, Kumar said. Hes so lost, and I helped. I helped ruin him. I probably cant take it all, because its not all me. Its not all me at all, but he was the one who forced me. That was enough. I couldnt do it anymore.During an 18-minute phone call on Nov. 2 with Mary Ann Austin, the universitys executive associate athletic director for compliance, Kumar came clean about her involvement.Initially it felt good to have provided that information, she said, but she soon realized the evil was out of the box and you cant put it back in.Kumar didnt immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press on Wednesday seeking comment.In her Facebook post Tuesday, she said at least two academic coordinators for athletes in revenue-generating sports encouraged, promoted and supported her activities. Kumar resigned her position Nov. 7 prior to a meeting with a member for compliance, general counsel and an individual that reports to the chancellor.The universitys announcement comes 10 months after it self-imposed sanctions against the mens basketball program stemming from a sham internship program and impermissible benefits received by players and their families at Tan-Tar-A resort at the Lake of the Ozarks.Third-year basketball coach Kim Andersons team was banned from the 2016 postseason and forfeited two scholarships as part of the sanctions that were accepted by the NCAA when it closed the case in August. ' ' '