Dores Challenge Morehead State – Vanderbilt Commodores

No. 8/9 Vanderbilt hosts the Eagles Monday at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network+
Vanderbilt (2-0, 0-0 SEC) vs. Morehead State (0-2, 0-0 OVC)
Monday, Nov. 9, 2026 • 6:30 p.m. CT
Salute to Service
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 8/9-ranked Vanderbilt women’s basketball team continues its season-opening, four-game homestand Monday, as the Commodores welcome Morehead State. Tipoff from Memorial Gymnasium is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on SEC Network+.
Starting Five
>> The Commodores come into Monday’s game against Morehead State fresh off a 100-42 victory over Queens at Memorial Gym last Wednesday. All 12 Vandy players who appeared scored, led by junior Mikayla Blakes’ game-high 24 points. Blakes led five Commodores who registered double-digit points against the Royals, as Mia Woolfolk had a season-high 16 points, Olivia Jones scored a career-high 15 points, sophomore Aubrey Galvan tallied 13 points and senior Aiyana Mitchell had 10 points off the bench.
>> Mikayla Blakes’ 24 points against Queens extended her double-digit scoring streak to 55 games, which is the third-longest active streak in NCAA Division I. It also pushed her consecutive-games streak with 20-plus points to 17 games, which leads all active NCAA Division I players.
>> The Dores have won 31-straight nonconference home games dating back to the 2022-23 season. Under head coach Shea Ralph, Vanderbilt is 43-3 inside Memorial Gym against non-league teams. Overall, Vandy is 66-21 at home in six seasons under Ralph.
>> Vanderbilt has won 22 consecutive regular-season games against non-SEC teams. The Commodores are 65-20 against nonconference foes under head coach Shea Ralph and 45-5 over the last four seasons.
>> Vandy and Morehead State will play for the third time in a series that dates back to the 1982-83 season. The Commodores are 2-0 against the Eagles and 1-0 in home games. It will be the first time Vanderbilt and Morehead State tip off in 38 seasons, as the last contest took place Dec. 16, 1989, at Memorial Gym, where the Dores posted a 92-46 victory. Vandy collected a 69-68 victory over MSU in the first game of the series on Dec. 4, 1982, in Morehead, Kentucky.
Game Coverage
Monday’s contest against Morehead State streams live on SEC Network+ via the Watch ESPN app, with Alex Gould and Vanderbilt Hall of Famer Carolyn Peck 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.
Game Day Information
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Salute to Service
Join Vanderbilt women’s basketball on Monday as the Commodores honor the brave men and women who serve our country. Fans can receive a special Patriotic V pin giveaway and in-game recognitions celebrating our veterans and active-duty military members.
Fans can purchase tickets by clicking the link here.
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 961-560 (.632) coming into Season 50. The Dores are 911-505 (.643) at the NCAA Division I level, which began in the 1981-82 season.
Total Team Effort
In back-to-back games, Vanderbilt has had all 12 Commodores who played score at least one point. The Dores have had five players score 10-plus points in consecutive games to begin the 2026-27 season.
Record-Setting Offense
Vanderbilt has registered 100 or more points in back-to-back games to start the 2026-27 season. It is the first time in school history that the Dores have opened a campaign with two consecutive 100-point games.
High-Octane
Through two games, Vanderbilt ranks seventh in the nation in scoring at 106.0 points per game. The Commodores have scored 100-plus points in consecutive games for the first time since the 1994-95 campaign, when Vandy scored 107 points in back-to-back games against Mississippi State (Jan. 29) and DePaul (Jan. 31).
Blakes Climbing Up Vandy’s All-Time Scoring List
Mikayla Blakes enters Monday needing five points to pass Christina Foggie (1,743 points; 2011-14) for seventh on Vanderbilt’s all-time scoring list. She needs 36 points to move into sixth, currently held by Carla Thomas (1,774 points; 2004-07).
Scouting the Eagles
Morehead State, out of the Ohio Valley Conference, travels to Music City with a 0-2 record after falling at No. 14/14-ranked Kentucky (85-42) and dropping a home game to Eastern Kentucky (63-58). The Eagles are in their first year under the direction of Jackie Alexander.
Junior Kensley Feltner, who transferred to MSU from Belmont, leads the Eagles in scoring at 19.0 points per game. The 5-11 guard shoots an even 50 percent from the field (12-of-14) and has made six of the team’s 10 3-point field goals. Sophomore Heidi Smith is putting up 9.5 points and 8.5 rebounds through two games this season.
Morehead State averages 50.0 points per game and allows 74.0 points per contest. The Eagles shoot 31.8 percent from the field and 30.3 percent from behind the arc. Defensively, MSU allows opponents to shoot 38.5 percent from the field and 22.0 percent beyond the 3-point line.
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