Tyler Tanner Posts 17 Points and 10 Rebounds as No. 24 Vanderbilt Beats Wake Forest 74-51

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Tyler Tanner had 17 points and 10 rebounds as No. 24 Vanderbilt beat Wake Forest 74-51 on Thursday night at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville. He shot 6 of 14 from the field and 5 of 5 at the line in 30 minutes, per the official box score, and finished with two assists, two turnovers and one steal. Eleven of his 17 points came after halftime, by our count from the play-by-play. The Commodores led 39-27 at the break. Attendance was 7,240. Vanderbilt moved to 2-0. Wake Forest fell to 1-1.

Ace Glass added 16 points and seven rebounds, including four 3-pointers on 11 attempts. Ant Brown Jr. scored 14 off the bench on 5-of-10 shooting with four more 3s in 18 minutes. Glass and Brown combined for eight of Vanderbilt's 10 made 3-pointers, by our count. Chandler Bing had 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 22 minutes.

A 39-27 half, then a 23-point margin

Ace Glass hit a 26-foot 3 on Vanderbilt's first basket of the night, per the play-by-play. Halftime was 39-27. Vanderbilt outscored Wake Forest 35-24 in the second half and led 68-47 with 3:10 left, on a Bing layup from T.O. Barrett, by our count. The largest lead was 23.

Kevair Kennedy led Wake Forest with 20 points on 7-of-15 shooting, including two 3s, in 37 minutes. He had nine before the break and 11 after, by our count. Gavin Placide added 10 points and eight rebounds. Nobody else on the Demon Deacons reached double figures. Wake Forest shot 19 of 54 from the field (35.2%) and 6 of 26 from 3 (23.1%), and it turned the ball over 12 times against Vanderbilt's seven.

The box score, side by side

Full-game team numbers, per ESPN box:

| Category | Vanderbilt | Wake Forest | | --- | --- | --- | | Field goals | 28-72 (38.9%) | 19-54 (35.2%) | | 3-pointers | 10-27 (37.0%) | 6-26 (23.1%) | | Free throws | 8-11 (72.7%) | 7-14 (50.0%) | | Rebounds | 48 | 33 | | Offensive rebounds | 17 | 7 | | Assists | 14 | 8 | | Turnovers | 7 | 12 | | Points in the paint | 30 | 26 | | Points off turnovers | 11 | 4 | | Second-chance points | 13 | 4 | | Bench points | 21 | 8 |

Vanderbilt's 17 offensive rebounds produced 13 second-chance points. The Commodores also forced the 11-4 edge in points off turnovers. Tanner alone grabbed 10 of Vanderbilt's 48 rebounds, including three on the offensive glass, and seven of the team's 31 defensive boards, by our count from the box. Brown's 14 points were the high off the Vanderbilt bench; the bench total was 21 to Wake Forest's 8.

Three nights earlier, Vanderbilt had beaten Bellarmine 93-47 in the same building, per ESPN. Thursday was a step up in opponent and a second straight win by 20-plus. Vanderbilt entered the night No. 24 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25. Wake Forest was unranked.

What the box leaves next

Forty-eight to 33 on the boards is the number that travels with this result. Ten 3s helped, but eight of those came from Glass and Brown, and Tanner did the work inside the arc and at the line on 5-of-5 free throws. Vanderbilt hosts Memphis on Tuesday night. Wake Forest hosts Charleston Southern on Tuesday.

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Sources:

• ESPN: Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt box score and play-by-play
• ESPN: Wake Forest vs. Vanderbilt game page
• ESPN: Bellarmine vs. Vanderbilt final (Nov. 2, 2026)
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 men's basketball poll
• Vanderbilt Athletics: Tyler Tanner official roster page