Nation’s Best Backcourt Honored Again – Vanderbilt Commodores

Vanderbilt women's basketball standouts Mikayla Blakes (SEC Player of the Week) and Aubrey Galvan (SEC Freshman of the Week) earn SEC weekly honors in the same week for the fourth time this season
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Vanderbilt women’s basketball duo of Mikayla Blakes and Aubrey Galvan earned SEC weekly honors in the same week for the fourth time this season, as Blakes was named SEC Player of the Week and Galvan was selected for SEC Co-Freshman of the Week.
Blakes averaged 34.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in a pair of wins over No. 24/23 Alabama and at Tennessee to pick up her sixth SEC Player of the Week selection of the season. It is the second-straight week the sophomore has earned the award and the third time in the past four weeks she has been named SEC Player of the Week. This week’s selection also extends her Vanderbilt school record for most SEC Player of the Week selections in a season.
Galvan averaged 15.5 points, 7.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in the final week of her first collegiate regular season to share SEC Freshman of the Week honors with Oklahoma’s Aalyah Chavez. It is Galvan’s fifth overall SEC freshman weekly honor this season, which ties her with Khamil Pierre (2023-24) for the second-most SEC Freshman of the Week awards won by a Commodore in a season.
It is the fourth time this season that Blakes and Galvan have earned SEC weekly honors in the same week, as it previously happened on Jan. 6, Jan. 20 and Feb. 10.
Blakes opened her week by scoring 35 points in an 85-60 win against No. 24/23 Alabama to record her fifth-straight 30-point performance against a top-25 team. She is the first SEC player this century to have five games with 30 or more points against ranked foes, while it is the second-most by an NCAA Division I player this season. The guard shot 52.4 percent from the floor and went 6-of-13 from behind the arc, dished out five assists and had four steals vs. Alabama. Blakes capped off the regular season by scoring 34 points at Tennessee to help the Commodores post an 87-77 victory. The guard shot 52.2 percent from the floor in her first visit to Thompson-Boiling Arena and hit six 3-pointers for the second consecutive game. Her 34 points vs. the Lady Vols marked Blakes’ third-straight 30-point performance, while it was her 12th game with 30-plus points this season.
Galvan had 24 points, five assists and two steals in her first visit to Thompson-Boiling Arena on Sunday. Galvan shot 58.8 percent from the floor against the Lady Vols, going 10-of-17. The first-year point guard’s four 3-pointers at Tennessee equaled a career high and marked Galvan’s fourth 20-point outing of the season, while it was third-straight game with five-plus assists.  In the win over No. 24/23 Alabama, Galvan contributed a total of 22 points to the Commodores between points and assists. The point guard dished out nine assists, scored seven points and had six rebounds to go along with a pair of steals against the Crimson Tide.
Vanderbilt concluded the 2025-26 regular season with a 27-3 overall record and a 13-3 mark in SEC play. The 27 wins are the most collected in a regular season by Vanderbilt, while it is the fifth-most wins in an overall season in school history. The 13 league wins set the school record for most SEC wins in a season. Vandy also posted its seventh win over a ranked team this season, which is the most by a Commodore team in the regular season since 1995-96.
The No. 5/5 Commodores head to Greenville, South Carolina, this week for the 2026 SEC Tournament. Vanderbilt has secured the tournament’s No. 2 seed and will play in its first game at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on Friday at 5 p.m. CT on SEC Network.
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