No. 15 Vanderbilt vies to halt 3-game slide in visit to Mississippi State

The season has taken a turn for the worse for Vanderbilt.

The No. 15 Commodores (16-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) won their first 16 games before losing their last three, including a season-worst 93-68 setback at No. 20 Arkansas on Tuesday night. Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington called that loss "embarrassing."

The Commodores will try to end the losing streak when they face Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon in Starkville, Miss.

Byington said he tried two different forms...