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In this story:NASHVILLE — Vanderbilt men’s basketball started its 2026-27 season off right, beating Bellarmine by a score of 93-47.While it was not immediate, the big run that was expected of Vanderbilt eventually happened. The Commodores were tied with Bellarimine at 14 at the midway point of the first half. In fact, Vanderbilt was getting outrebounded early in the game as well.But then, Vanderbilt got settled in on both ends of the floor and used a 21-2 run to run away with the game. From being tied at 14 to taking a 35-16 lead the Commodores found success with their…

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In this story:NASHVILLE — Perhaps nothing was more indicative of a dominant defensive performance than what Vanderbilt basketball did to Bellarmine over a 15-minute stretch Monday night.The Commodores were tied at 14-14 against Bellarmine a little over nine minutes into the season-opener. Bellarmine was making tough shots and even outrebounded Vanderbilt for a few moments before the water broke through the dam.After that, a 50-7 scoring run lasted for the final 10 minutes of the first half all the way through the first five minutes of the second half. While Vanderbilt did have a great night shooting the ball at…

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In this story:NASHVILLE—Mark Byington knows what Bellarmine coach Doug Davenport is feeling as he leaves Memorial Gymnasium on Monday night and boards the bus ahead of an hours-long trip back to Louisville. He knows the demoralization, the questioning Davenport will inevitably go through before the bus pulls into the arena.“I’ve been on the other side of these where I’ve gotten beaten pretty bad,” Byington—who had to schedule a few buy games a year when he was Georgia Southern’s coach—said. “The school’s got to make money and everything else. But, with us and with our team, the whole focus was we…

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