Vanderbilt Beats Prairie View to Stay Unbeaten

On November 13, No. 22 Vanderbilt beat Prairie View A&M 89-62 in Nashville, staying unbeaten at 4-0. The Commodores never trailed, pulling away with a 27-6 run late in the first half after Prairie View had cut the margin to eight points.

Vanderbilt went into halftime ahead 45-17. A 20-4 start to the second half extended its run across the break and helped the Commodores build a lead of as many as 45 points.

Ace Glass scored 19 points for Vanderbilt, while Chandler Bing added 15 and Tyler Tanner had 14. Bangot Dak led the team with 11 rebounds. Vanderbilt outrebounded Prairie View 44-19 and scored 56 points in the paint to the Panthers’ 36.

Vanderbilt shot 56% from the field but made six of 21 attempts from three-point range. Prairie View’s leading scorer was Elijah Mitchell with 15 points; Anthony Gause scored 13, and Michael Eley and Davis Bynum had 11 apiece.

Prairie View, now 2-3, visits Ohio State on Monday as part of a six-game road stretch. Vanderbilt continues its six-game homestand by hosting Eastern Illinois on Tuesday at Memorial Gymnasium, with tipoff scheduled for 7 p.m. Central on SEC Network+.