Shan Foster scored 32 points as Vanderbilt University beat No. 1-ranked Tennessee 72-69, one day after the Volunteers moved atop the AP college basketball poll for the first time in school history.
Jermaine Beal added 17 points last night for 18th-ranked Vanderbilt, which has won seven straight games and improved its home record at Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tennessee, this season to 18-0.
The Commodores are 24-4 overall, including a 9-4 record in the Southeastern Conference.
Vanderbilt has now won four straight games against opponents that were ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. The Commodores most recently beat top-ranked Florida 83-70 on Feb. 17, 2007.
Tennessee, which is about 200 miles from Vanderbilt’s campus, had a nine-game winning streak snapped to fall to 25-3 overall and 11-2 in the conference. Chris Lofton scored 25 points to lead the Volunteers, who moved atop the national polls following a 66- 62 win over previously unbeaten Memphis.
