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Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes named SEC Freshman of Year, first-team All-conference
Vanderbilt women's basketball guard Mikayla Blakes found her eyes on two prizes Tuesday. Blakes was named SEC Freshman of the Year and was selected All-SEC first team. She is averaging 23.3 points per game, which is tops in the nation among freshmen and sixth overall. Twice she has set NCAA freshman and SEC single-game scoring records − first with 53 points Jan. 30 against Florida and again with 55 points Feb. 16 against Auburn. She has broken Vanderbilt's single-game scoring mark three times. Her other notable accomplishments include: Commodores' record for most points by a freshman (699) Seven SEC Freshman of the Week awards, a program best Four National Freshman of the Week honors Donna Harris (1989-90) was the second, and most recent Vanderbilt player to earn SEC Freshman of the Year. Wendy Scholtens (1987-88) was the first. Vanderbilt's next game is at 10 a.m. Thursday against either Tennessee or Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament in Greenville, S.C. Paul Skrbina is a sports enterprise reporter covering the Predators, Titans, Nashville SC, local colleges and local sports for The Tennessean. Reach him at pskrbina@ and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @paulskrbina. Follow his work here. CRYSTAL BALL: Where Vanderbilt women's basketball ranks in latest March Madness bracketology This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Vanderbilt basketball's Mikayla Blakes named SEC Freshman of Year
Associated Press
27-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Jaloni Cambridge scores 33 points in No. 12 Ohio State women's 89-78 win over No. 23 Michigan State
The AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jaloni Cambridge scored a career-high 33 points, Ajae Petty had 23 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 12 Ohio State defeated No. 23 Michigan State 89-78 on Wednesday night. Cambridge, the current Tamika Catchings National Freshman of the Week, scored 14 points in the third quarter, including the Buckeyes' last nine as they stretched their 13-point halftime lead to 79-59 entering the fourth. The Spartans rallied early in the final period, as their 13-0 run made it a seven-point game with four minutes remaining. Ohio State answered with a layup by Cotie McMahon and a Cambridge jumper to deny the Spartans. Cambridge made 5 of 9 3-pointers and was 12-for-22 shooting overall. Petty's 15 rebounds were a season-high, as were her six assists. McMahon had 17 points for the Buckeyes (24-4, 13-4 Big Ten). Theryn Hallock scored a career-high 29 points, Grace VanSlooten 19, Julia Ayrault 11 and Jaddan Simmons 10 for Michigan State (20-8, 10-7). Petty scored 17 points and Cambridge added 15 in the first half as the Buckeyes rolled to a 54-41 lead. Ohio State shot 67% in the first quarter and scored 31 points. Ohio State visits No. 19 Maryland in a regular-season finale on Sunday. The Buckeyes and Terrapins are chasing third place in the conference. Michigan State, with a shot at fifth place, wraps up with a home game against Minnesota on Saturday. ___
