Iyana Moore scored 22 points, Sacha Washington had a double-double and Vanderbilt celebrated its return to the NCAA Tournament with a 72-68 win over Columbia in a battle of 12-seeds in the First Four on Wednesday night.
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Washington had 16 points on 8-of-9 shooting and 15 rebounds for Vanderbilt. Khamil Pierre added 11 points for Vanderbilt and Justine Pissott had 10. Kitty Henderson had 20 points and nine rebounds for the Lions , who were making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Abbey Hsu and Cecelia Collins both had 13 points.
Vanderbilt's largest lead was 10 points on several occasions, the last after a Washington layup made it 66-56 with four minutes to play. Fliss Henderson made a layup and then Kitty scored Columbia's next seven points, cutting it to 69-65 with on a three-point play with 18.1 seconds to go.
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