Men’s Basketball: Vanderbilt continues dominating with an 89-62 win against Prairie View AM – The Vanderbilt Hustler

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Vanderbilt basketball continues its strong start to the season with yet another resounding victory. The Commodores, ranked No. 22 in the nation, picked up another win behind the strong performance of Ace Glass, who had 19 points on the night. Tanner played an excellent game, leading the team with five steals.
Byington sent out Tyler Tanner, Ace Glass, Berke Buyuktuncel, Chandler Bing, and Sebastian Williams-Adams to start the game.
1st Half
Prairie View won the opening tip. However, the Commodores struck first as Ace Glass put one through from beyond the arc. Glass led Vanderbilt to an 8-0 early lead as he followed with another three and a creative layup. Prairie View was then able to stop this Commodore early run, with back-to-back jumpers from Davis Bynum. A drive from Chandler Bing extended the Commodore lead, and after the Panthers scored another layup, Tanner drove to the rim and finished a tough layup with his right to extend the lead to 13-6 heading into the media timeout.
Out of the media timeout, Vanderbilt scored first after Prairie View missed a layup, with the big man Leverett getting an offensive board before making a hook shot. Bynum drew a foul for the Panthers and made a free throw before a turnover by Leverett on the other end. But, staying involved in the play, Leverett got a block on the other end, allowing Tanner to get his own miss and bank in a two-foot shot. A good defensive possession forced an air-balled three from the Panthers. The Commodores turned the ball over before Bynum converted a clean layup, stepping left before finishing with his right. TO Barrett answered with a reverse layup of his own. After a missed shot by Bynum and a forced turnover by Ant. Brown Jr., Dak missed a three before a Prairie View shot clock violation sent the game into a break at 19-11 Vanderbilt.
Both teams hit a cold streak at this point in the game. With eight missed shots in a row, Dak created a huge block to stop a layup for Prairie View. A Vanderbilt shot clock violation was followed by another tough defensive possession for the Panthers, in which the Commodores forced a contested jumper that fell short. Tanner drew a foul to head into the next media break, marking a two and a half minute span in which neither team scored.
Glass broke the scoreless streak by making a layup. After Bynum missed another shot, Tanner was fouled hard on a massive dunk attempt, making both his free throws. Bynum then drove down the court and banked in a layup for the Panthers. A good layup by Williams-Adams provided the Commodores with an and-one opportunity, but Williams-Adams couldn’t convert. Barett then added another two with a steal and a two-handed slam. Tanner then made a layup and drew the foul, but failed to make his free throw. The Panthers scored another two on a floater by Anthony Gause, but the Commodores would end on a 6-0 run, capped by a massive windmill dunk by Dak before the media timeout, 37-15 Commodores.
As the game resumed, Tanner forced a steal, allowing Bing to make a transition layup. Missed shots by both teams led to another steal from Tanner, who threw up an alley-oop off the backboard to Bing for another two. A layup by Prairie View tried to stop Vanderbilt’s momentum, but Glass answered right back with a three-pointer. Dak was active on the next two possessions on offense and defense, hitting a transition layup after blocking a shot attempt. Vanderbilt had the last shot and took a timeout with seven seconds left, but Berke couldn’t hit the three. A 29-point cushion for the Commodores left them in a good spot for the victory, a 46-17 score.
2nd Half
Jumping back into action, Bing gives the Commodores two quick points after drawing a foul and making both free throws. Prairie View answers with a bucket of their own. After Berke goes 1-for-2 from the line, a steal from Glass leads to a right-handed dunk by Tanner. The Commodores continued their hot streak, with Williams-Adams and Bing both scoring two points before a steal by Glass and a layup by Bing. Leverett then made back-to-back buckets in the paint. This was followed by a Tyler Tanner takeover, forcing steals on back-to-back possessions, slamming one home in transition while assisting Williams-Adams for another bucket to make the score 66-21 at the media timeout.
Prairie View finally got one to go, with a banked-in three. A turnover by Tanner led to a transition bucket by the Panthers before another media timeout. 
Vanderbilt’s momentum was slowed by the Panthers, as they converted a layup after back-to-back Vanderbilt turnovers. T.O. Barrett responded with a layup of his own. After a bad pass turnover by Prairie View on the inbound, Leverett worked his way into the paint and got up for the two-handed dunk. A hook shot by the Panthers was followed by a short bank in, making the score 70-32.
The Panthers continued their stretch of good play with four points out of the break following a Vanderbilt turnover. Ace Glass yet again killed the Prairie View momentum with a step-back three. Glass then missed two shots on the next possession, in a stretch where each team failed to score in consecutive possessions. Glass then nearly had a steal on a trap, but the Panthers found their way out for an easy bucket. Glass then put up yet another three before a layup by Prairie View sent the game to 77-40 at the media break.
Both teams turned the ball over before the Panthers drained a jumper. Bing answered back with a strong two-handed slam. Prairie View made another two shots in a row before a Williams-Adams bucket. A jumper by the Panthers was followed by a layup from Ethan Mgbako, receiving his first playing time of the game. This bucket extended Vanderbilt’s lead to 83-48 at the last media timeout.
In the final minutes of the game, the Panthers were beginning to hold their own. They made another back-to-back two-pointers before a Vanderbilt turnover that allowed them to go 1-2 from the free-throw line. After a three by Mgbako, the Panthers answered with one of their own. A missed three by the Commodores allowed Michael Eley to draw a foul and pick up another point at the free-throw line. The game ended on a made layup by the Panthers, with the final score being 89-62.
The Commodores’ season continues at home this Tuesday, Nov. 17, against Eastern Illinois, with tipoff at 7 p.m. CST
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