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.??Patrick Willis Super Bowl Jersey . The 17-year-old native of Marystown, N.L., pulled out of Skate Canada International last month in Saint John, N.B., with the same problem. Colin Kaepernick Super Bowl Jersey . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. https://www.49ersrookiestore.com/49ers-Kwon-Alexander-Jersey/ . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Laken Tomlinson Super Bowl Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. Tevin Coleman Super Bowl Jersey . Numbers Game looks into the Canadiens securing the services of Thomas Vanek in a trade with the New York Islanders. The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick.SAN DIEGO -- San Diego States Donnel Pumphrey can continue to climb the NCAA career rushing chart when the Aztecs host the San Jose Spartans on Friday night.Pumphreys 5,383 yards rushing currently place him eighth on the all-time chart. He needs 1,015 yards to surpass Ron Daynes record of 6,397 yards. If SDSU plays eight more games, which would mean playing in a the Mountain West Conference championship game and a bowl game, Pumphrey would need to average 126.9 yards to break the record.Hes cuurrently averaging 185.dddddddddddd17 yards.Pumphrey needs 158 yards to pass Cedric Benson of Texas (5,540) and 214 yards to pass Travis Prentice of Miami (5,596).Pumphreys second-highest single-game total of 263 yards came in the 2014 game against the Spartans. In three career games against SJSU, he has 491 yards rushing with five touchdowns, as well as a TD catch. ' ' '