Sophomore goes for career-high 15 in victory over Prairie View
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chandler Bing dropped a career-high 15 points to lead Vanderbilt to an 89-62 victory over Prairie View A&M on Friday night at Memorial Gymnasium.
Bing was one of four Commodores to finish the night in double figures as Ace Glass dropped a game-high 19 while Tyler Tanner added 14 and T.O. Barrett 12. Vanderbilt (4-0) shot 56.7 percent from the field and owned a commanding 44-19 edge on the glass in the victory.
Tanner stuffed the stat sheet with six rebounds, five steals and four assists to compliment his 14-point night. Bing and Glass also added four assists to their double-digit scoring outputs. Sebastian Williams-Adams turned in nine points and seven boards on 4-of-5 shooting from the floor while Bangot Dak pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds.
Glass jumpstarted the evening with back-to-back threes as the sophomore guard scored the first eight points of the game. Vanderbilt’s defense was once again stifling in the opening stanza, holding Prairie View (2-3) to just 8-of-29 from the field while building a 46-17 edge at the break. The Commodores closed the half with a 23-4 run over the final 6:34.
Vandy ran its advantage out to 45 points early in the second half as the Dores hit nine of their first 10 shots after the break.
Elijah Mitchell led the Panthers with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor. The Panthers finished the night shooting 44.3 percent from the field but only 2-of-8 from three.
Vanderbilt continues its season-opening homestand on Tuesday with a 7 p.m. tipoff against Eastern Illinois at Memorial Gymnasium.
