Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes joins elite company after hitting 1,000 career points
Nashville, Tenn. — A mid-afternoon, mid-week basketball game isn’t necessarily going to bring out the biggest crowds, and that was true Wednesday when the Vanderbilt Commodores defeated the Virginia Cavaliers 81-68 at Memorial Gymnasium. But that didn’t stop the Commodores from playing with grit, and it certainly didn’t stop sophomore guard Mikayla Blakes from putting on a historic performance.
Blakes joined an elite group of nine NCAA women’s basketball players who scored 1,000 career points in 42 games or fewer. The list includes current Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell, who hit the goal in 41 games, and Caitlin Clark, who made it in 40. Blakes also became the fastest Commodore to achieve that goal since Chantel Anderson did so in 57 games.
Blakes is playing without a ceiling, Coach Shea Ralph told reporters following the game. “When you have a player with that level of talent and skill that also has a heart, a determination, and drive, and competitiveness … there’s a saying, right, ‘God doesn’t give you everything,'” Ralph said.
“He gave her a whole lot,” she continued. “He gave her everything.”
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