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Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points with 10 rebounds and 9 assists, helping Vanderbilt reach its first Sweet 16 since 2009 with a 29-4 season record.
- Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 on Monday, advancing the No. 2 seed Commodores to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009, led by sophomore guard Mikayla Blakes' 25 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists.
- Coach Shea Ralph's team held the Fighting Illini to a season-low 29.6% shooting, securing the Commodores' 29th win and matching the program's most successful campaigns from 1993 and 2001-02.
- Justine Pissott scored 18 points with four 3-pointers while Aubrey Galvan added 12, as Vanderbilt's 14-4 third-quarter run created all 14 points by Blakes to extend the lead to 60-41.
- The Commodores head to the Fort Worth 1 Region for their next NCAA Tournament game on Friday, their 15th regional semifinal appearance in program history.
- Ralph calls Blakes a "generational player" as the team faces UConn on the path to the Final Four; Blakes said this tournament is "a step in the right direction for this program.
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