NASHVILLE—Vanderbilt basketball is now in rare air after Saturday’s 84-73 win over LSU. Mark Byington’s team is 16-0 and is just one win away from setting the program record for most-consecutive wins to start a season. Here’s a few takeaways on the Commodores’ win and where they stand.

On Sunday, the No. 12 Tigers survived their semiannual rock fight with Texas in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. LSU won 70-65, picking up one of the most impressive regular-season wins of the Mulkey era.

Tyler Tanner scored 20 points to lead five Commodores in double figures as No. 11 Vanderbilt matched the best start in program history Saturday by beating LSU 84-73

The 10th-ranked Commodores (15-0, 2-0 SEC) won the first top-15 matchup at Memorial when they beat the Crimson Tide. Now, Vanderbilt will face a team in LSU (12-3, 0-2) that has struggled to get its season going.

South Carolina led by as many as 28 points in the first half and was up 25 on LSU at the half. USC slowed to a near halt in the second half, shooting 40.9% from the floor and 25% on 3-pointers, but the game’s hot start was enough to make LSU’s late efforts all for naught.

LSU women's basketball star Flau'jae Johnson's big performance leads her team to its first SEC win of the season over Georgia on the road.

No. 12 LSU stuns No. 2 Texas as MiKaylah Williams leads Tigers to 70‑65 upset and Iowa State drops third straight to West Virginia.

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