NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt males’s basketball scored the primary 11 factors of the sport in its 2023 postseason debut, happening to earn a 71-62 victory over Yale Tuesday within the opening spherical of the NIT at Memorial Gymnasium.

Tyrin Lawrence scored a career-best 25 factors and added seven rebounds for the Commodores (21-14), whereas Ezra Manjon chipped in with 18 factors and Quentin Millora-Brown scored seven to go together with a season-high 13 rebounds.

Vandy will now play host to Michigan both Saturday or Sunday within the second spherical of the event.

August Mahoney led the Bulldogs (21-9) with 19 factors, with EJ Jarvis supplying eight factors and eight rebounds and Bex Mbeng recording eight and 7, respectively.

The Dores restricted Yale to 36.4 % taking pictures from the sector and made 20 of 27 makes an attempt from the free-throw line.