NASHVILLE — Vanderbilt men’s basketball is having quite the day on its opening night of the college basketball season.

The Commodores are up 64-21 on Bellarmine at the under-14 minute mark of the second half. But the story of the game so far is what happened leading up to the 43-point lead early in the second half.

Vanderbilt went on a 50-7 run to open up a massive lead that is going to end up in a Commodore win. With the game tied at 14-14, it looked like Vanderbilt was just getting some first game jitters out in the first few minutes. Whether that was the case or not, Vanderbilt locked in on offense and defense.

It started with a 12-0 run to give Vanderbilt its first substantial lead of the game. The Commodores hit a few shots and got to the line before Bellarmine ultimately hit a shot to make it 26-16. After that, though, Vanderbilt finished the first half on a 18-1 run.

That run extended into the first few minutes of the first half, where the Commodores continued to dominate.

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