McNeese Cowboys vs Vanderbilt Commodores, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship South Region 1st Round

College Basketball

28-6

68-78

Final

27-8

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TV: truTV

Team	1H	2H	T
MCN	35	33	68
VAN	38	40	78

Who won: Vanderbilt 78-68

The Vanderbilt Commodores beat the McNeese Cowboys 78-68 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship South Region 1st Round on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Paycom Center. Tyler Tanner led the Vanderbilt in points (26). Garwey Dual led the McNeese in points (16).

Leaders

MCNVAN

Points

Garwey Dual

16

Tyler Tanner

26

Assists

Garwey Dual

6

Tyler Tanner

5

Rebounds

Jerrell Colbert

6

AK Okereke

9

Scoring

2nd Half

18:14

JumpShot

Tyler Nickel makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyler Tanner assists)

35-45

16:46

JumpShot

Garwey Dual makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyshawn Archie assists)

38-45

16:20

MadeFreeThrow

Larry Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2

39-45

16:20

MadeFreeThrow

Larry Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2

40-45

15:55

LayUpShot

Larry Johnson makes driving layup (Garwey Dual assists)

42-45

14:33

LayUpShot

Jalen Washington makes layup

42-47

13:59

LayUpShot

Javohn Garcia makes driving layup

44-47

13:49

MadeFreeThrow

Duke Miles makes free throw 1 of 2

44-48

13:49

MadeFreeThrow

Duke Miles makes free throw 2 of 2

44-49

13:33

MadeFreeThrow

Larry Johnson makes free throw 1 of 2

45-49

13:33

MadeFreeThrow

Larry Johnson makes free throw 2 of 2

46-49

12:31

LayUpShot

Tyler Tanner makes driving layup

46-51

12:31

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Tanner makes free throw 1 of 1

46-52

11:44

LayUpShot

Tyshawn Archie makes driving layup

48-52

11:23

LayUpShot

Tyler Tanner makes driving layup

48-54

11:00

LayUpShot

Tyshawn Archie makes driving layup

50-54

9:16

LayUpShot

Duke Miles makes driving layup

50-56

8:53

JumpShot

Garwey Dual makes 17-foot pullup jump shot

52-56

8:32

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Tanner makes free throw 1 of 2

52-57

8:32

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Tanner makes free throw 2 of 2

52-58

8:15

LayUpShot

Garwey Dual makes driving layup

54-58

7:56

LayUpShot

Chandler Bing makes driving layup

54-60

7:25

JumpShot

DJ Richards Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Garwey Dual assists)

57-60

7:00

JumpShot

Tyler Tanner makes 27-foot three pointer

57-63

6:33

MadeFreeThrow

DJ Richards Jr. makes free throw 1 of 3

58-63

6:33

MadeFreeThrow

DJ Richards Jr. makes free throw 2 of 3

59-63

6:33

MadeFreeThrow

DJ Richards Jr. makes free throw 3 of 3

60-63

6:06

LayUpShot

Duke Miles makes layup

60-65

3:51

JumpShot

Tyler Tanner makes 25-foot three pointer

60-68

1:40

LayUpShot

Tyler Tanner makes driving layup

60-70

1:04

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Tanner makes free throw 1 of 2

60-71

1:04

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Tanner makes free throw 2 of 2

60-72

0:55

JumpShot

DJ Richards Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Garwey Dual assists)

63-72

0:45

DunkShot

Devin McGlockton makes 1-foot dunk (Duke Miles assists)

63-74

0:38

LayUpShot

Garwey Dual makes driving layup

65-74

0:36

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Nickel makes free throw 1 of 2

65-75

0:36

MadeFreeThrow

Tyler Nickel makes free throw 2 of 2

65-76

0:29

JumpShot

Javohn Garcia makes 25-foot three point jumper (Garwey Dual assists)

68-76

0:21

MadeFreeThrow

Duke Miles makes free throw 1 of 2

68-77

0:21

MadeFreeThrow

Duke Miles makes free throw 2 of 2

68-78

Scores shown as MCN-VAN.

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