Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia threw for 275 yards and a touchdown and ran for 82 and another score, leading the Commodores to a 24-14 win over Ball State in Nashville on Saturday night. Tight end Eli Stowers caught eight passes for 130 yards and a touchdown for Vanderbilt (5-2) and kicker Brock Taylor connected on all three of his field-goal attempts. Tight end Tanner Koziol led Ball State (2-5) with nine catches for 68 yards and a score. Neither team committed a turnover. The Commodores came in as two-touchdown favorites but didn’t lead for good until the fourth quarter, when Pavia made several big plays on the game’s key possession. Martel Hight had a 25-yard punt return to the Cardinals 45 to set up the drive and Pavia took over from there. He hit Stowers for 8 on a third-and-7, added an 11-yard rush to the Ball State 25 and ended the drive with a 6-yard keeper for a score with 7:28 left. The Cardinals had tied it on a 94-yard drive that ended with 6:03 left in the third…..