Mia Woolfolk Goes 12-of-14 for 27 as No. 8 Vanderbilt Beats Western Kentucky 101-59

Photo: Vanderbilt Athletics. Mia Woolfolk, official roster headshot. Card design: The Dyme.

Mia Woolfolk scored 27 points on 12-of-14 shooting in 20 minutes as No. 8 Vanderbilt beat Western Kentucky 101-59 on Wednesday at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, per the ESPN box score. Woolfolk did not attempt a three. She went 3-of-4 at the line and had three rebounds, all offensive, and a steal. Attendance was 3,190. The game streamed on SEC Network+. Vanderbilt moved to 4-0 (4-0 at home). Western Kentucky fell to 2-1 (0-1 on the road).

Woolfolk scored 15 of her 27 in the first quarter, by our count from the ESPN play-by-play. Her tip-in at 2:47 of the first made it 24-14, Vanderbilt's first double-digit lead.

64 points in the paint

Vanderbilt won this inside: 64 of its 101 points came in the paint, per ESPN, and Woolfolk scored all 27 of hers without attempting a three. Western Kentucky scored 20. The Commodores made 33 two-point field goals, by our count from the team box (41 made, eight of them threes).

The turnover line was just as lopsided. Western Kentucky committed 22 and Vanderbilt committed seven. The Commodores scored 29 points off turnovers to Western Kentucky's two, with a 20-8 edge in fast-break points and 13 steals to four. Olivia Jones had four steals. Mikayla Blakes had three.

Western Kentucky led early, by as many as four, and led for 9% of the game, per ESPN. Vanderbilt led 31-18 after the first quarter. From 1:12 of the first through 9:01 of the second, the Commodores scored 11 straight to make it 37-18, by our count. Western Kentucky scored seven points in the second quarter, and Vanderbilt led 57-25 at halftime, per the ESPN linescores.

Vernell Atamah's three off an Aubrey Galvan assist at 3:30 of the second quarter made it 53-22, the first 30-point margin, by our count. Sther Ubaka's layup with 1:23 left made it 101-56. That 45-point margin matched ESPN's listed largest lead. The final margin was 42.

Galvan's five threes

Aubrey Galvan scored 19 on 7-of-12 shooting and 5-of-8 from three, with six assists, in 30 minutes. All 19 came in the first half: eight in the first quarter and 11 in the second, by our count. Jones scored 14 on 4-of-6 shooting and 6-of-6 at the line with five assists. Blakes scored 12 on 6-of-15. Atamah added 10. Five Commodores reached double figures, by our count.

Vanderbilt assisted on 26 of its 41 field goals, by our count. Western Kentucky assisted on 16 of 23. Vanderbilt outrebounded Western Kentucky 38-30, including 14-8 on the offensive glass. Aiyana Mitchell had seven rebounds off the bench, three of them offensive.

Hayven Smith led Western Kentucky with 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Torri James scored 12 on 4-of-5 and 4-of-4 at the line. Trinity Rowe scored 10 on 3-of-11. Josie Gilvin had 10 points, six rebounds and four assists in 38 minutes. Kamille Brown had six rebounds, six assists and five turnovers.

The box score, side by side

Full-game team numbers, per the ESPN box and checked against the CBS Sports gametracker box:

Category	Vanderbilt	Western Kentucky
Field goals	41-75 (55%)	23-55 (42%)
3-pointers	8-26 (31%)	6-23 (26%)
Free throws	11-13 (85%)	7-7 (100%)
Rebounds	38	30
Offensive rebounds	14	8
Assists	26	16
Turnovers	7	22
Steals	13	4
Blocks	5	1
Points in the paint	64	20
Points off turnovers	29	2
Fast-break points	20	8
Largest lead	45	4

Quarter scoring, per the ESPN linescores:

Quarter	Vanderbilt	Western Kentucky
1	31	18
2	26	7
3	23	21
4	21	13
Final	101	59

Vanderbilt held the No. 8 spot in the Associated Press women's Top 25, per the NCAA.com AP poll and ESPN's game ranking. Western Kentucky was unranked.

Next on the schedule

Vanderbilt plays Iowa at Tyson Events Center on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. ET, per the ESPN team schedule.

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Sources:

• ESPN: Western Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt box score
• ESPN: Western Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt play-by-play
• CBS Sports: Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt gametracker box score
• NCAA.com: AP Top 25 women's basketball poll
• Vanderbilt Athletics: women's basketball schedule
• WKU Athletics: women's basketball schedule