Live Blog: No. 19 Vanderbilt Basketball at Missouri

The final six-game stretch of Vanderbilt’s regular season starts with a tough road matchup.

Feb 14, 2026; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores guard Tyler Tanner (3)drives to the basket past Texas A&M Aggies guard Pop Isaacs (2) during the second half at Memorial Gymnasium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images | Steve Roberts-Imagn Images

It is go time for No. 19 Vanderbilt as the final pursuit of a SEC regular season title and even just a spot in the top four of the conference continues. The Commodores have six games left in the regular season to best position themselves for a postseason run in the conference tournament and in the NCAA Tournament.

Vanderbilt is 21-4 and 8-4 in SEC play, which is two games behind Florida for the top spot in the conference and a game behind Arkansas for second in the conference. But perhaps the real docs Vanderbilt should think about is the logjam between itself and three others tied with a 8-4 record. It is a four-way tie between Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky for the final two spots for double-byes in the SEC Tournament.

The recipe is simple for Vanderbilt: continue to win and naturally separate itself from the crowd of the standings.

But it will not be easy as Vanderbilt rolls into Missouri to face a Tigers team that is coming off what was an unpredictable week. Missouri won at Texas A&M a week ago, but lost at home to Texas Saturday night.

Missouri sits at 17-8 and seems to be squarely on the bubble right now for the NCAA Tournament. If Vanderbilt is to expect one thing tonight, it will be to expect Missouri to play desperate and play hard as the Tigers try to put a noteworthy win on their resume.

Tipoff between Vanderbilt and Missouri is set for 8 p.m. CT on SEC Network.

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2nd Half

• Oh my goodness Vanderbilt almost pulled off a miracle. Tyler Nickel hit a three with 1.8 seconds before Tyler Tanner just barely missed a half court prayer at the buzzer. Vanderbilt runs out of time and falls 81-80. Just a heartbreak ending for Vanderbilt.

• Vanderbilt makes it 79-77 with 6.9 seconds remaining. Missouri calls timeout on the inbound. Commodores have no quit in them at all. This game is very similar to the Oklahoma game just a couple of weeks ago.

• Wow, could a miracle actually happen? Vanderbilt went on a 8-0 to cut it to 76-72, but AK Okereke fouled a Missouri player as the shot clock winded down. 78-72 Missouri with 1:15.

• A 14-3 Vanderbilt run makes it a eight-point game, but Missouri has scored two baskets since. 74-64 Vanderbilt with 3:15 to go. Can Vanderbilt pull off a comeback?

• And here comes Vanderbilt...the Commodores are on a 9-0 run and have now cut the lead to 67-57 with 6:43 to go.

• After the review, McGlockton is charged with his second flagrant foul while simultaneously losing the appeal on the hook and hold. So, Missouri keeps a timeout and Vanderbilt loses a timeout and Missouri gets two free throws plus the ball back. The worst possible outcome for Vanderbilt. It is now 65-44 Missouri.

• There has been a long review stoppage. There is a lot going on in the same play. Missouri appealed for a flagrant foul on Devin McGlockton and now Mark Byington is appealing for a hook and hold foul on Missouri's Jayden Stone.

• Vanderbilt has not been able to go on any sort of run at all tonight. No offensive consistency and the shooting for Vanderbilt itself has not been good. Meanwhile Missouri has been cruising and opened up a 62-44 lead with 8:43 to go.

• Vanderbilt has not done a ton of positive stuff tonight, especially on offense. Vanderbilt is two for its last 11 on a 32 percent shooting night. Commodores are also 4-for-15 from three as well. 54-38 Missouri.

• Vanderbilt is leaving Stone wide open on the perimeter and he is drilling threes and making uncontested cuts to the basket. Missouri is on a 10-0 run and makes it 47-33. Vanderbilt needs to start playing tighter defense on Stone before this gets worse for the Commodores.

• AK Okereke gets his third foul with 18:42 to go. That's brutal when trying to defend against Mark Mitchell. 39-33 Missouri.

1st Half

• HALF: Vanderbilt goes into the locker room down 36-30 to Missouri. Commodores were able to get McGlockton going early and Tyler Tanner going as well, but Vanderbilt just has not established much of an offensive rhythm this half.

• Vanderbilt has not had consistent offense this half. Vanderbilt is on another scoring drought, this time it is 3:31. Missouri hit another three and the Commodores have their biggest deficit of the night of eight points.

• Missouri is 5/9 from 3 as Vanderbilt trails 29-25 at the under 4 timeout. Vanderbilt has done a good job of trying to take away Mark Mitchell, but it has created open perimeter looks for Missouri.

• Vanderbilt has gone cold from the floor with a 2:32 scoring drought and Missouri has hit five of its last seven shots. The Commodores have committed six fouls by six different players. The good news is nobody is in foul trouble yet. The bad news is there are plenty of guys that are very close to being in foul trouble 11 minutes in.

• Devin McGlockton stops a 8-0 Missouri run with his ninth point of the game. Missouri now leads Vanderbilt 14-13. The Tigers have been able to get out in transition over the past few minutes and it has worked.

• Vanderbilt is up 9-4 at the first media timeout. Vanderbilt’s bigs have ran the floor well as McGlockton has 7 points already.

Pregame

• Ole Miss and Texas A&M are running late. Ole Miss leads 77-74 with 2:43 to go on SEC Network. Vanderbilt and Missouri are scheduled to tip at 8:10 p.m.

• It should be interesting how Vanderbilt handles the environment at Missouri. The Tigers have been rock solid in SEC home games this season because their crowd gives them an advantage. Missouri has shown the capability to pull out upsets at home under Dennis Gates, so it will be interesting to see if Vanderbilt is able to take the crowd out of the game early.

• Vanderbilt Commodores On SI will be covering tonight’s Vanderbilt and Missouri from home. It will hopefully be one of the final games this season in which we will not be in-person. But as always, we got fans covered with coverage of what is a crucial game in a lot of ways for both Vanderbilt and Missouri.