Tyler Nickel guides Vanderbilt past Seton Hall, into Charleston final

Tyler Nickel matched a career high by scoring 24 points as Vanderbilt constantly found holes in the nation’s top-ranked scoring defense and pulled away in the second half for a 76-60 victory over Seton Hall in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic Friday in South Carolina.Off to their best start since starting 2007-08 with 16 straight wins, the Commodores (6-0) will face Drake in the championship game on Sunday night.Nickel made 8 of 16 shots and hit a career-high six 3s after missing five of six field goal attempts in Thursday’s two-point win over Nevada.Devin McGlockton added 13 and Jason Edwards contributed 10 as Vanderbilt shot 51.9 percent, hit 10 3s and converted 13 layups against a defense that entered the game allowing 50.6 points.Isaiah Coleman scored 20 for Seton Hall (3-3), which was unable to follow up its impressive overtime win over VCU in the opening round. Coleman was the only double-figure scorer for the Pirates as leading scorer Chaunce Jenkins was held to three points on 1-of-7 shooting after scoring 22 points Thursday.

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