Dores Ready for Top-10 Challenge – Vanderbilt Commodores

No. 8 Vanderbilt travels to Sioux City, Iowa, to take on No. 10/13 Hawkeyes in the 2026 Bad Boy Mowers Series
No. 8/8 Vanderbilt (4-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. No. 10/13 Iowa (3-1, 0-0 BIG TEN)
Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026 • Noon CT
2026 Bad Boy Mowers Series – Sioux City
Tyson Events Center • Sioux City, Iowa
FS1 • 94.9 The Fan • Vanderbilt Athletics App • Live Stats • Game Notes
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A top-10 matchup awaits the No. 8-ranked Vanderbilt women’s basketball team on Sunday, as the Commodores travel to the Hawkeye State to take on No. 10/13-ranked Iowa in the 2026 Bad Boy Mowers Series. Tipoff from Tyson Events Center is set for noon on FS1.
Starting Five
>> The Dores travel to the Midwest looking to keep their perfect 4-0 record intact. Vandy is coming off a 101-59 victory over Western Kentucky Wednesday night to close out a season-opening four-game homestand. Junior Mia Woolfolk led a group of five Commodores who scored double figures against the Lady Toppers.
>> Sunday’s contest between Vanderbilt and Iowa at Tyson Events Center is part of the Sioux City event for the 2026 Bad Boy Mowers Series, a multi-city, multi-national college basketball showcase featuring premier nonconference men’s and women’s matchups across the United States and France. The Commodores will also take on Belmont at Bridgestone Arena on Dec. 18 as part of the Nashville stop on the Bad Boy Mowers Series.
>> Vanderbilt takes the national stage for the first time in 2026-27, as Sunday’s contest airs on FS1. It is the first of 16 nationally televised games for the Commodores this season, the most under head coach Shea Ralph.
>> The Commodores have won 24 consecutive regular-season games against non-SEC teams. The Commodores are 67-20 against nonconference foes under head coach Shea Ralph and 47-5 over the last four seasons.
>> Vanderbilt and Iowa meet for the fifth time in a series that dates back to the 1990 NCAA Tournament, where the No. 6-seed Commodores pulled off a 61-56 upset over No. 3-seed Hawkeyes at Carver Arena on March 17, 1990. Vandy and Iowa also met in the Sweet 16 at the 1996 NCAA Tournament, with the No. 3-seed Dores prevailing over No. 2-seed Iowa, 74-63, in Rosemont, Illinois. Vandy is 4-0 against the Hawkeyes. It will be the fourth neutral-site contest between the two schools. The two last met Dec. 21, 1997, in Orlando, Florida, for the Honda Elite Four Classic.
Game Coverage
Sunday’s contest against No. 10/13 Iowa airs live on FS1, with Joey Lindstrom and Kim Adams on the call.
Fans can also listen to Andrew Selover call all the action locally on 94.9 The Fan and on the Vanderbilt Commodores app outside of Nashville.
50th Season of Commodores Women’s Basketball
The 2026-27 campaign makes the 50th season that Vanderbilt has sponsored varsity-level women’s basketball. The Commodores’ first varsity season came in 1977-78 and competed in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), the precursor to NCAA women’s basketball.
Vanderbilt is 963-560 (.632) coming into Season 50. The Dores are 913-505 (.644) at the NCAA Division I level, which began in the 1981-82 season.
Mikayla’s Streak
Junior Mikayla Blakes has one of the more prolific active scoring streaks in all of NCAA Division I. The guard has scored 10-plus points in 57 straight games, which is the third-longest active streak among all active NCAA Division I players. It is the longest double-digit scoring streak by a Commodore this century (1999-00).
Record-Setting Offense
Vanderbilt has registered 100 or more points in four straight games to start the 2026-27 season. It is the first time in school history that the Dores have scored 100-plus points in three consecutive contests.
The Commodores are just the sixth NCAA Division I team since 1999-00 to have four or more consecutive games scoring 100 or more points.
Barnstorming Begins
Three of Vanderbilt’s next four games will take place away from Memorial Gymnasium, starting with Sunday’s Bad Boy Mowers Series contest vs. Iowa in Sioux City, Iowa.
The Commodores briefly return home for a game against North Alabama on Nov. 18. Vandy then heads back out on the road to play in the Scout Jacksonville Classic in Jacksonville, Florida, where the Dores battle Arizona (Nov. 23) and Oregon State (Nov. 25).
Amazing Mia
Junior Mia Woolfolk is coming off her best game as a Commodore, as she scored a season-high 27 points vs. Western Kentucky Wednesday night. The 6-3 shot 85.7 from the field, going 12-of-14 from the field.
Woolfolk’s 27-point performance extended her double-digit scoring streak to 17 games, while it was the eighth time scoring 20-plus in her collegiate career.
The Midlothian, Virginia, native ranks in the top-20 nationally in field goal percentage (15th; 69.4) and points scored (15th; 78).
Facing Ranked Foes
Vanderbilt will face a ranked opponent for the first time in the 2026-27 season.
Last season, Vandy posted seven wins over top-25 teams, going 7-4 overall. It was the most wins in a season against ranked teams for Vanderbilt since 2000-01, while it is the first time accomplishing the feat in the regular season since 1995-96.
Scouting the Hawkeyes
Iowa holds a 3-1 overall record heading to Tyson Events Center, roughly 292 miles from the Iowa campus. The Hawkeyes are tied for No. 10 in the Associated Press top 25 and No. 13 in the USA Today/WBCA Coaches Poll. Iowa has picked up wins over Towson (73-45), Eastern Illinois (80-39) and Northern Illinois (78-40). Iowa’s lone loss was at No. 4 UConn, 91-79.
Junior Dani Carnegie, who was a teammate of Mia Woolfolk last season at Georgia, paces the Hawkeyes at 16.8 points per game. The 5-9 guard is shooting 46.6 percent from the floor, while her 4.0 assists per game lead the team. Carnegie is one of four double-digit scorers for Iowa, as 6-4 junior center Ava Heiden averages 13.0 points per contest, while junior Chazadi Wright and McKenna Woliczko are each putting up 12.5 points per game.
The Hawkeyes are averaging 77.5 points per game while allowing 53.8. Iowa is shooting 48.2 percent from the field and 33.0 percent from behind the arc. Defensively, the Hawkeyes allow teams to shoot 36.6 percent from the field and 29.6 percent on 3-point field goals.
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