The Twenty third-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores took care of enterprise, 99-86, in opposition to the Florida Gators on Thursday.
The story of the sport was the sensational freshman for the Commodores. With 53 factors (16-of-24 FG, 16-of-18 FT), Blakes posted a career-high and set a number of information within the course of.
She broke teammate Khamil Pierre’s school-record of 42 points, which was set in opposition to Evansville earlier this season. That is the second Blakes achieved the feat with over 4 minutes remaining.
On prime of that, Blakes set the NCAA Division I freshman record for factors, surpassing USC star Juju Watkins (51). Blakes additionally broke the SEC scoring record of 51 points, which was set by South Carolina’s Jocelyn Penn in 2003 and Tennessee’s Patricia Roberts in 1976.
This comes after Blakes beforehand set the Vanderbilt freshman report with 36 factors in opposition to Georgia, hit the game-winning shot to upset Tennessee and scored 33 at Alabama on Sunday.
The five-star recruit within the 2024 class got here into the evening averaging 21 factors per sport and is the one D-I freshman with a number of 30-point video games this season, per Aria Gerson of The Tennessean.
The group shot 53.1% total and 52.4% from deep within the sport. The Commodores (18-4, 5-3 SEC) have gained 4 straight and seem like a legit contender within the convention.
Blakes has put up 20 or extra factors 14 instances this season and isn’t displaying any indicators of slowing down. After setting a number of information in opposition to the Gators, the freshman is taking part in like probably the greatest gamers in the whole nation, and it is just her first season. The remainder of the convention and all of D-I’ve been placed on discover as soon as once more by her heroics.
