Vanderbilt Reaches 100 for a Third Straight Game, Beating Morehead State 102-50 Behind 25 From Mikayla Blakes

Photo: Vanderbilt Athletics. Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt. Card design: The Dyme.

Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points on 7-of-15 shooting with six assists as No. 8 Vanderbilt beat Morehead State 102-50 on Monday night at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, per AP and Field Level Media. She made three 3-pointers and went 8-for-8 at the line before sitting for much of the fourth quarter, per Field Level Media. The Commodores moved to 3-0. Morehead State fell to 0-3, per ESPN.

Vanderbilt opened the season with 112 points against Lipscomb and 100 against Queens, per the Vanderbilt game notes. Those notes called two straight 100-point games to open a season a first in school history. Monday made it three, and AP also lists three straight 100-point games to start a season as a team first.

Blakes passes Foggie

Blakes entered Monday with 1,738 career points, eighth on Vanderbilt's all-time list and five behind Christina Foggie's 1,743 for seventh, per the game notes. Her 25 put her at 1,763, seventh, by our count. Carla Thomas holds sixth at 1,774, 11 points ahead, by our count from the same notes.

The 25 also gave her 20 or more points in 18 straight games, the longest active run among Division I players, per AP. Her double-digit scoring streak, 55 games entering Monday per the notes, is now 56 by our count. Across 27 against Lipscomb, 24 against Queens and 25 on Monday, she is averaging 25.3 points, by our count from the notes.

Galvan, Woolfolk and Mitchell

Aubrey Galvan had 18 points and 10 assists, per AP. Her back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 1:03 of the second quarter made it 53-26 at the half, per AP and Field Level Media. Mia Woolfolk scored 20 with six rebounds, per Field Level Media, after her previous season high of 16 against Queens, per the game notes. Aiyana Mitchell added 15 points and 10 rebounds, per AP, giving Vanderbilt two double-doubles.

Kensley Feltner led Morehead State with 17 points, per AP. She came in averaging 19.0, per the Vanderbilt preview. Breayah Jefferson had 10 points with team highs of six rebounds and three assists, per Field Level Media.

An 11-0 start and four quarters won

Vanderbilt scored the first 11 points and forced Morehead State into the first eight turnovers of the game, per AP. Jefferson's jumper in the paint with 5:21 left in the first quarter was the Eagles' first basket.

The quarter scores were Vanderbilt 28-25-30-19 and Morehead State 10-16-15-9, per ESPN. That is 53-26 at the half and 83-41 after three, with Vanderbilt winning all four quarters and the 28-10 first quarter by the widest margin, by our count. The final margin was 52 points, by our count.

Streaks and the schedule

The win was Vanderbilt's 23rd straight regular-season win against a nonconference opponent, per AP. The game notes listed 20 straight wins at Memorial Gym and 30 straight nonconference home wins entering Monday, which makes those 21 and 31, by our count.

It was the third meeting between the programs and the first since Dec. 16, 1989, when Vanderbilt won 92-46 at Memorial Gym, per Vanderbilt Athletics. Vanderbilt leads the series 3-0, by our count. Morehead State is in its first season under coach Jackie Alexander, per the same preview.

Vanderbilt hosts Western Kentucky on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 6:30 p.m. CT, per the game notes. Morehead State plays at Murray State on Thursday, per AP.

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Sources:

• AP: Mikayla Blakes scores 25 points as No. 8 Vanderbilt routs Morehead State 102-50
• ESPN: Morehead State vs. Vanderbilt game page and line score
• ESPN: Vanderbilt 102-50 Morehead State recap (AP)
• Field Level Media: Mikayla Blakes, Aubrey Galvan lead No. 8 Vandy past Morehead State
• Vanderbilt Athletics: 2026-27 game notes, Game 3 vs. Morehead State (PDF)
• Vanderbilt Athletics: Dores Challenge Morehead State
• Vanderbilt Athletics: Mikayla Blakes roster page