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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.?? Fake Nike Shoes .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. 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Lupul and the Flyers were on the road for the decisive tilt in Americas capital, consecutive losses in Games 5 and 6 sending the series back to the Verizon Center. The now 29-year-old, one of only five Leafs with previous Game 7 experience, scored six minutes into overtime to catapult Philadelphia into the second round. "Thats the one great thing about Game 7s and just the playoffs in general," said Lupul, who has scored 17 goals in 45 career postseason games. "Maybe if you havent been satisfied with how things have went for you personally; I know theres some guys on the team that didnt have maybe the year that they wanted personally, statistic-wise, whatever. You go and make a big play tonight, set up a goal, score a huge goal tonight, thats all people are going to remember about your season." And so it was almost poetically, after his error in overtime of Game 4 led to the Bruins snatching a 3-1 series hold, that Toronto captain Dion Phaneuf made a "big play" on Sunday night, the 28-year-old tipping home the first goal in an emotionally charged 2-1 Game 6 victory. Phaneuf is one among many Leafs who have stepped to the forefront and improbably thrust the favoured Bruins onto the ropes in this series; James Reimer outdueled Tuukka Rask on consecutive nights, Phil Kessel iced a pair of game-winners, Clarke MacArthur scored a pair after sitting in the press box, Jake Gardiner rediscovered his rookie season form, James van Riemsdyk found another gear and Cody Franson continued a breakout campaign. "I tthink its good to want to be the hero for sure," said Lupul, a quiet force against the Bruins, tied for the team with three goals, second behind van Riemsdyk with four points.dddddddddddd "Obviously youre not going to go out there and just start playing an individual game or anything, but certainly you cant be afraid of big moments. I think every player should want to be the guy that makes a difference tonight." Despite facing elimination in the past two games and responding with gutsy efforts, Leafs coach Randy Carlyle expects the nerves to be ramped up when the series decides itself at the TD Garden on Monday night. "I think on the surface you can say that," Carlyle said of most recent do-or-die scenarios, "but I think inside theres going to be nervousness with everybody involved." "Got to win a game, thats what it is," he continued. "If were going to continue we have to win a hockey game." "I think guys are a little antsy," MacArthur conceded mid-morning on Monday. "Im actually glad its a back-to-back, get right back into this thing tonight. Were happy with the win last night, but at the same time theres still that big gap, you dont want to come this far and not be able to close the deal out." Unlike the Bruins, who were stranded in Toronto overnight with mechanical issues on their team plane, the Leafs landed in their downtown Boston hotel shortly before 2 a.m. The group reconvened for meetings in the morning, eager to rest and refresh ahead of the biggest game of the year and in many cases, career. "Probably havent played a game as big as this," Jay McClement grinned, one of the more experienced Leafs. "Game 7, Stanley Cup playoffs, doesnt get much bigger than that." ' ' '