ATLANTA -- Justin Thomas threw an 81-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Marshall on the first play of the game, Dedrick Mills ran for three touchdowns and Georgia Tech beat Vanderbilt 38-7 on Saturday, holding the Commodores scoreless in the final three quarters.Mills ran for 58 yards with touchdown runs of 15, 4 and 5 yards. His last two scoring runs came in the third quarter, when Georgia Tech extended a 17-7 halftime lead.Thomas threw for 136 yards and ran for 84 yards before sitting out the final quarter as Georgia Tech (3-0) remained undefeated against Vanderbilt (1-2) since World War II.Today was our day, Thomas said.The Yellow Jackets gained momentum for Thursday nights visit from No. 5 Clemson as they won their sixth straight game in the series and improved to 12-0-1 against the Commodores since 1941.Vanderbilt was held to 275 total yards, including 69 yards rushing on 18 carries by Ralph Webb, who led the Southeastern Conference in rushing through two games.Georgia Tech produced a surprising 222 yards passing, including a late 77-yarder from backup Matthew Jordan to Clinton Lynch.The Commodores were held to 85 yards rushing while averaging only 2.8 yards per carry.Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason gave credit to Georgia Tech defenders for looking sort of like popcorn as they shed blockers.A guy was on a block and all of a sudden got off a block and our back would have to change direction, Mason said.Kyle Shurmur capped Vanderbilts opening drive with a 10-yard touchdown pass to Kalija Lipscomb.We werent expecting that big play out the gate for them, but they scored fast and we had to come back and score fast, Lipscomb said.Mills, a freshman, had the game-winning touchdown in Georgia Techs season-opening win over Boston College but was held out of last weeks win over Mercer as punishment for an undisclosed violation of team rules.Sitting out last week made me think a lot, Mills said. It hurt my team.THE TAKEAWAYVANDERBILT: The Commodores were held to one touchdown for the second time in three games. Vanderbilt opened with a 13-10 loss to South Carolina before beating Middle Tennessee 47-24. Webb was effective at times but had too little help. Vanderbilts defense was fooled too often on late option pitches by Thomas.GEORGIA TECH: The Yellow Jackets already have matched their win total from 2015, when they finished 3-9. The offense struggled at times in a 17-14 win over Boston College to open the season but has since gained momentum. It was no surprise to see the spread option attack produce 289 yards rushing.UP NEXTVANDERBILT: The Commodores will be looking to make up for last years 14-12 home loss to Western Kentucky when they face the Hilltoppers in Bowling Green, Kentucky.GEORGIA TECH: The Yellow Jackets will have a quick turnaround but at least wont have to travel before playing No. 5 Clemson on Thursday night. 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Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night.RIO DE JANEIRO -- Even after two gold medals as a head coach and one as an assistant, Mike Krzyzewski has been telling his players they will experience something as equally special Friday night.The opening ceremonies is a showcase for sport worldwide, Krzyzewski said Thursday after Team USAs introductory news conference at the Rio Games. Its a celebration of every sport, from every country, under one roof. Its the most beautiful thing in the world, and it happens once every four years.I think theres no greater honor and no greater day than tomorrow. For all these athletes.These Olympics began in earnest for Krzyzewski and his squad on Wednesday, when they arrived in Rio via Houston and boarded the cruise ship that will serve as the home for both the mens and womens basketball teams for the next two weeks.Its like a hotel on water, said Team USA star Kevin Durant.Thursdays half-hour session with the worlds media was next, followed by a Friday morning practice session in advance of Saturday nights Group A opener against China.Most team insiders expect Coach K to go with Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson?at guard, Kevin Durant and Paul George at forward and DeMarcus Cousins at center, but Krzyzewski insists he hasnt yet settled on a starting lineup.Such details, to the coach, appear to fall on the trivial side, especially after the Americans throttled Yi Jianlian-led China by 49 and 50 points, respectively, in recent back-to-back exhibitions in California.On Thursday, Krzyzewski was far more concerned that his 10 first-time Olympians -- Chicagos Jimmy Butler, Dallas Harrison Barnes, Golden States Draymond Green and Thompson, Torontos Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, Clevelands Irving, Indianas George, Sacramentos Cousins and the Los Angeles Clippers DeAndre Jordan -- were soaking up every moment of a scene theyll never experience anywhere else.Tomorrow during the opening ceremonies theyll feel that even more, Krzyzewski said. I think our guys already understand it to a high level. But after they march tomorrow, theyll understand it to an even higher level. And then see what that does to our performance in the first game. Im looking forward to seeing how we react that way.Said Jordan: Amazing. Never seen a press conference this big. Its something I really cant describe or put into words. And Im sure [the opening ceremonies] will be another shocking moment for me.Added Butler: Its not the 15 reporters after a Chicago Bulls game. All the eyes of the world are on you right now. Its cool. I like it.Whats not to like?The Americans, despite a slew of high-profile absentees, are overwhelming favorites to win a third successive gold medal, with both Spain and France -- widely regarded as the only two nations capable of giving Team USA a push -- coming off major disappointments in their own countries.ddddddddddddSpain failed to even reach the medal round on home soil as hosts and co-favorites in the 2014 FIBA World Cup, when the United States fielded a weakened and largely untested roster. France then had to settle for bronze at EuroBasket 2015 on French soil when it lost to the Spaniards in the semifinals.The Americans, by contrast, have the sort of depth to make every other hoops-playing country in the world drool. The team is a 1-to-20 favorite to win gold, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, despite the absences of LeBron James, Stephen Curry, James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Kawhi Leonard,?LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard and Anthony Davis.Yet Krzyzewski insisted Thursday that hes as nervous as I can be about Team USA living up to the billing. He has been trying as hard as he can to keep the group grounded.Not easy when Team USA has won 68 games in a row under Krzyzewski, including exhibitions, taking his record to 80-1 since he succeeded Larry Brown as the Yanks head coach in the wake of an embarrassing bronze-medal showing at the Athens Games in 2004.Everyone says youre [already] in the medal round, Krzyzewski said. Well ... no youre not. You have to earn your way there.Nothing is easy. And when somebody tells you its easy, or youre the best, or whatever ... it can put you in a comfort zone that you actually believe that. The one thing about competition is that you have to show it. We can talk about it -- or people can talk about it -- [but] we would like to show it with our play. And hopefully well be that good.He hasnt been alone in trying to preach that message. The New York Knicks Anthony was on that 2004 squad and doesnt hesitate to remind his teammates or reporters of how low that moment was.I know what it felt like when the rest of the world was supposedly catching up with the USA as far as from a basketball standpoint, Anthony said. So I know what it feels like to be at the bottom and I know what it feels like to be at the top of the game as well. So for me to be able to be here, representing the USA for my fourth time, saying its an honor, [saying] its a blessing, is an understatement.This collection of NBA stars from the United States, especially when theyre measured against the rest of the competitiohe USA for my fourth time, saying its an/url] ' ' '