Vanderbilt WBB Looks To Get Back On Track Sunday: The Anchor – Sports Illustrated

Vanderbilt women’s basketball returns to Memorial Gymnasium hoping it can get back to its winning ways. The Commodores host the Florida Gators in Vanderbilt’s first home game in 10 days.
Vanderbilt is coming off back-to-back losses to No. 2 South Carolina and No. 17 Ole Miss. The Commodores’ game against Ole Miss was moved to Birmingham, Alabama after weather in Mississippi caused the schedule change. In the game, Vanderbilt got off to a slow start in the first half and it came back to haunt them late in the game.
Now, Vanderbilt is hoping to get back into the win column in search of win No. 21. Vanderbilt’s 20-2 record is the second-best start to a season in program history. Vanderbilt comes into the game undefeated at home and winners of 12 in a row in Memorial Gymnasium.
Under head coach Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt 57-21 at home and 36-9 since the 2023-2024 season. It is the 66th time Vanderbilt has met Florida and the Commodores lead the all-time series 36-29. Vanderbilt is 3-3 against the Gators under Ralph.
“We certainly weren’t ourselves in the first half. It wasn’t any better than our last game. Then, when we played like us in the second half, we won the second half. But, you know, that’s just not going to cut it in this league. It’s not a matter of technique or tactics; it’s just toughness and competitiveness and having the discipline and focus to be able to do it for 40-straight minutes,” Ralph said after the loss to Ole Miss.
Vanderbilt and Florida tipoff at 3 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
Vanderbilt men’s tennis at Virginia, 11 a.m. CT.
Vanderbilt women’s tennis vs. Northwestern, 1 p.m. CT.
No. 5 Vanderbilt women’s basketball vs. Florida, 3 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
Vanderbilt women’s golf at the Puerto Rico Classic, Day 1.
No. 18 Vanderbilt men’s basketball beat Ole Miss 71-68.
Vanderbilt women’s golf’s spring season begins today. The Commodores are making the trip down to Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Classic, a three-day event. Last season, Vanderbilt participated in the event and finished in a tie for second place.
“We are very thankful to have the opportunity to be playing golf again,” Vanderbilt women’s golf head coach Greg Allen. “We have a fresh perspective on things after the past month where this team has been to two funerals and lived through a historic winter storm that caused so much damage on our community, so being able to play golf in Puerto Rico this week is something we don’t take for granted.” 
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Graham Baakko is a writer for Vanderbilt Commodores On SI, primarily covering football, basketball and baseball. Graham is a recent graduate from the University of Alabama, where he wrote for The Crimson White, WVUA-FM, WVUA 23 as he covered a variety of Crimson Tide sports. He also covered South Carolina athletics as a sportswriting intern for GamecockCentral.
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