Women's Basketball

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Dee Davis made a driving layup with less than 2 seconds left, lifting No. 15 Vanderbilt to a 63-62 victory over Kentucky on Thursday night.

Christina Wirth scored 14 points and Carla Thomas added 11 to help the Commodores (18-4, 4-4) win their 11th straight against Kentucky.

The Wildcats, seeking their first win against a ranked team since beating then-No. 25 Florida in the quarterfinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament last season, have lost five of six.

Kentucky took a 62-61 lead when Amani Franklin scored inside with 11 seconds left. Vanderbilt called timeout with less than 7 seconds to go.

After Davis scored, the Commodres picked off Jennifer Humphrey’s inbounds pass to preserve the win.

Humphrey led the Wildcats with 16 points, and Nastassia Alcius matched a season high with 14.

Vanderbilt scored the first nine points of the game and led by nine in the second half, too.

Kentucky went on a 10-2 spurt to tie the score at 25. Vanderbilt went ahead 31-28 when Thomas scored on a layup, but Alcius hit a jumper 52 seconds before halftime to cut the Commodores’ lead to 31-30 at the break.

The Commodores, who lead the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage, shot just 3-of-9 from behind the arc.

Kentucky returns to action Sunday when it plays host to Florida. Tip-off in Memorial Coliseum is set for Noon EST and the game will be carried live on FSN South and the Big Blue Sports Network (radio) with Neil Price.

Single-game general admission tickets are available for $5 adults/$2 senior citizens and children 6-18. Ages five and under are admitted free. UK students, faculty and staff also are admitted free with valid identification based on availability. For ticket information, log on to ukathletics.com or call the UK ticket office at 859-257-1818 or 1-800-928-CATS (2287).

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