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Blakes scored 30 points to set Vanderbilt's single-season scoring record with 867 points in a 102-61 NCAA Tournament win, marking her 13th 30-point game this season.
- In Nashville on March 21, Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes scored 30 points in a 102-61 win over High Point at Memorial Gymnasium.
- Vanderbilt entered the tournament as a No. 2 seed and hosted a first-round game at Memorial Gymnasium, its first home since 2012, led by SEC Player of the Year Blakes who averaged 27.0 points.
- Statistically, Blakes' night also rewrote the school record with 30 points on 11-for-16 shooting and 6-for-6 free throws, plus three rebounds and five assists, reaching 867 points this season.
- On Monday, March 23, Vanderbilt advances to the Round of 32 and will play either seventh-seeded Illinois or No. 10 seed Colorado at Memorial Gymnasium.
- Longer term, the night cements Blakes' historic run as an AP first-team All-American and fastest Vanderbilt player to reach 1,000 career points in 42 games, boosting her major award chances.
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Mikayla Blakes Makes Scoring History During Vanderbilt Women's First Round NCAA Tournament Game Against High Point
NASHVILLE, Tn -- No. 2 Vanderbilt women's basketball took to their home court for the first round of NCAA Tournament action vs. No. 15 High Point on Saturday.
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Mikayla Blakes storms past Vanderbilt women's single-season scoring mark in NCAA opener
All-American Mikayla Blakes needed only part of the first half Saturday night of the NCAA Tournament to become the best single-season scorer in Vanderbilt women’s history.
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