Vanderbilt Opens Season With 46-Point Win Over Bellarmine
No. 24 Vanderbilt beat Bellarmine 93-47 in Nashville on November 2, opening its season with a dominant second-half surge led by Tyler Tanner’s 20 points.
Vanderbilt turned a close start into a rout, defeating Bellarmine 93-47 in the teams’ first meeting on November 2. The Commodores were tied 14-14 with nine minutes left in the first half, then pulled away with a sustained scoring run that carried into the second half. They led 64-21 early in the second half before finishing the season opener with a 46-point margin.
Tyler Tanner led Vanderbilt with 20 points, shooting 7-for-10 from the floor. The preseason Associated Press All-American also recorded six assists and two rebounds. Berke Büyüktuncel added 13 points, Ace Glass scored 12 and Chandler Bing had 11.
Vanderbilt shot 60% from the field and scored 48 points in the paint. The Commodores also had 35 points off turnovers, 12 steals and 19 assists, and outrebounded Bellarmine 38-20. DeMarcus Surratt led Bellarmine with nine points; Jacob Wassler scored eight.
The win opens a season for a young Vanderbilt squad with seven freshmen and four sophomores. Tanner and Bing are back from last year’s team, which won 27 games, while four starters departed. Vanderbilt hosts Wake Forest on Thursday night. Bellarmine travels to Indiana that night.