Tennessee made easy work of Vanderbilt Saturday, routing the Commodores 69-50 in Knoxville to clinch a season sweep of the in-state rivalry.

Cold shooting and sloppy play were the story all day for the Commodores, who led 6-5 before Tennessee went on a 14-0 run and never let Vanderbilt within five after that.

"For the first time this conference season, I was disappointed in our effort and disappointed in our toughess and disappointed in the things we needed to win this game," sad Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings. "This was not representative of how we normally play."

The Volunteers (16-8, 7-3 Southeastern Conference) forced Vanderbilt into 23 turnovers and scored 21 points off Commodore miscues. Tennessee was cold from outside but consistently got dribble penetration for easy lay-upson Vanderbilt (15-9, 4-6), much to the chagrin of Stallings.

"I hate to say this but I could see this was coming in the way that we prepared this week," Stallings said. "When you don't come ready, when you don't come at your highest level of aggression and physicality on the road, then you're going to get beat."

"We tried to come in and not turn over that much," said freshman guard Brad Tinsley, who tied for the lead for Vanderbilt with 11 points in a team-high 37 minutes. "They pressured us a lot. They got too many fastbreak lay-ups and we couldn't get back."

Sophomore A.J. Ogilvy also scored 11 points for Vanderbilt in 27 minutes of play.

Senior Tyler Smith scored a career-high 30 points to be the only Volunteer in double figures. Sophomore J.P. Prince grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out seven assists to go along with three blocks.

The defense of the Volunteers, who held Vanderbilt to a season-low 18 points in the first half, impressed Stallings but he was more concerned with Vanderbilt's lackluster play, which included an anemic 2-16 showing from beyond the arc.

"You play into their hands when you make bad decisions and take bad shots and make careless turnovers," he said. "We should be beyond a lot of that at this juncture of the season, and obviously today we weren't."

Vanderbilt never got closer than a 33-24 deficit in the second half. Tennessee went on a 6-0 run and the Commodores were kept safely at bay the rest of the game.

The Commodores have a quick turnaround with a home game Tuesday night against Kentucky.

104.5's radio broadcast of today's game contributed to this article.