{"id":192209,"date":"2026-03-15T05:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192209\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T05:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T05:33:20","slug":"vanderbilt-ends-floridas-winning-streak-at-12-to-reach-1st-sec-tournament-final-since-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/192209\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt ends Florida’s winning streak at 12 to reach 1st SEC Tournament final since 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Tyler Tanner scored 20 points as No. 22 Vanderbilt beat fourth-ranked Florida<\/a> 91-74 on Saturday, ending the defending national champion\u2019s bid to win a second straight Southeastern Conference Tournament title and possibly hurt the Gators\u2019 bid for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

The fourth-seeded Commodores won their fourth straight game. Vanderbilt<\/a> (26-7) will play either Mississippi or No. 17 Arkansas on Sunday as it goes for its first tournament title since 2012.<\/p>\n

Four other Vanderbilt players scored in double figures, with Jalen Washington adding 17, Duke Miles 15, Devin McGlockton 12 and AK Okereke 11. Six different Commodores made at least one 3-pointer, and everyone<\/a> who played scored at least a bucket.<\/p>\n

The Gators (26-7) saw their 12-game winning streak end. Thomas Haugh led them with 19 points, Boogie Fland had 15, Alex Condon 13 and Rueben Chinyelu 12.<\/p>\n

Florida had been dominant during its streak, winning by an average of 21.7 points to end the regular season. On Saturday, it never led by more than 2 early on. The nation\u2019s top rebounding team dominated the boards (38-23) again, but the Gators struggled to find the basket, missing 12 of 13 shots in the first half.<\/p>\n

Miles hit a 3-pointer putting Vanderbilt ahead to stay, and he finished off a spurt of 11 straight points with a layup. Vanderbilt led 47-34 at halftime.<\/p>\n

Florida never got closer than 13 in the second half. Vanderbilt pushed its lead to as much as 76-51 with 8:11 to go on seven straight points, capped by a pair of Miles\u2019 free throws for a technical called on Florida coach Todd Golden.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt has a chance to win its third SEC Tournament title. The Commodores first won this event in 1951.<\/p>\n

Florida waits to see if winning the SEC regular-season title was enough for a No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a> and here<\/a> (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-basketball<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 Tyler Tanner scored 20 points as No. 22 Vanderbilt beat fourth-ranked Florida 91-74 on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3107,3108,8294,111,48194,48193,1882,28,2530,89586,30,29,48196,2537,110,10195,3115,10194,3116,48198,10254,89585],"class_list":["post-192209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-alex-condon","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-sports","tag-devin-mcglockton","tag-duke-miles","tag-fl-state-wire","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-gators-mens-basketball","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jalen-washington","tag-mens-college-basketball","tag-sports","tag-tennessee","tag-thomas-haugh","tag-tn-state-wire","tag-todd-golden","tag-tyler-tanner","tag-vanderbilt-commodores","tag-vanderbilt-commodores-mens-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}