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Nashville, Tennessee: No. 24 Vanderbilt Routs Bellarmine 93-47 Behind Tyler Tanner's 20 Points

Tyler Tanner scored 20 points on 7 of 10 shooting as No. 24 Vanderbilt held Bellarmine scoreless for more than 10 minutes, led 44-17 at halftime and opened the season with its largest opening game margin since 1913.

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Nashville, Tennessee: No. 24 Vanderbilt Routs Bellarmine 93-47 Behind Tyler Tanner's 20 Points

Key points

  • No. 24 Vanderbilt opened its season with a 93-47 win over Bellarmine on Monday night at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • The game was close for the first nine minutes.
  • Vanderbilt closed the first half on a 30-3 run and led 44-17 at halftime.

No. 24 Vanderbilt opened its season with a 93-47 win over Bellarmine on Monday night at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee. Tyler Tanner led the Commodores with 20 points, and Vanderbilt pulled away with a long scoring run that covered the end of the first half and the start of the second.

The game was close for the first nine minutes. Bellarmine tied the score at 14-14 with about 10:50 left in the first half, and the Knights were still within reach at 17-14 after a Chandler Bing steal and score for Vanderbilt. From there, the Commodores took the game over.

The run that decided it

Vanderbilt closed the first half on a 30-3 run and led 44-17 at halftime. The run reached 41-3 early in the second half, when a 3-pointer from Ace Glass pushed the lead to 51-17. Vanderbilt's defense went 10 minutes and 15 seconds without giving up a basket during the stretch, according to the school's game report.

Tanner and the rest of the Vanderbilt starters came out of the game with 6:49 left in the second half and the Commodores ahead 80-34. Vanderbilt shot 60 percent from the field and 37 percent from 3-point range for the game, outrebounded Bellarmine 38-20, and forced 23 turnovers. The 46 point margin was Vanderbilt's largest in an opening game since 1913, when the Commodores opened against Middle Tennessee.

Tanner leads a balanced night

Tanner, a junior guard and a preseason All-Southeastern Conference first team pick, shot 7 of 10 from the field and finished with 20 points, six assists and four steals. He finished fourth in the SEC in scoring last season and chose to return to Vanderbilt instead of entering the NBA draft.

Berke Buyuktuncel added 13 points, Glass scored 12 and Bing finished with 11, giving Vanderbilt four players in double figures. Sebastian Williams-Adams just missed a double-double with nine points and a career high nine rebounds.

Bellarmine's side

Freshman guard DeMarcus Surratt led Bellarmine (0-1) with nine points off the bench, making all four of his shots in his first college game. Jacob Wassler added eight points. It was the first meeting between the two programs, and the Knights stayed with a ranked home team for nine minutes before the run buried them.

What comes next

Vanderbilt (1-0) stays home and hosts Wake Forest on Thursday, November 5, at Memorial Gymnasium. Bellarmine travels to Indiana on Thursday night.

Timeline

  1. Nov 2, 2026Bellarmine ties the game at 14-14 with about 10:50 left in the first half at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville.
  2. Nov 2, 2026Vanderbilt closes the first half on a 30-3 run and leads 44-17 at halftime, holding Bellarmine without a basket for 10 minutes and 15 seconds during a run that reaches 41-3.
  3. Nov 2, 2026Vanderbilt beats Bellarmine 93-47 in the season opener for both teams, its largest margin of victory in an opening game since 1913.

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