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FILE – Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes (1) plays in the first half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament against Illinois, March 23, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.
FILE – Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes (1) plays in the first half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament against Illinois, March 23, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn.
What: No. 10 Iowa (3-1) vs. No. 8 Vanderbilt (4-0), women’s college basketball
When/where: Noon Sunday, Tyson Events Center, Sioux City
TV: FS1
Radio: Hawkeye Radio Network affiliates
Iowa’s next game: vs. Montana State, 7 p.m. Thursday
What to know: The Hawkeyes head to the banks of the Missouri River in search of their first win in series history against Vanderbilt. The Commodores are 4-0 all-time against Iowa; the teams haven’t played since the 1997-98 season.
Iowa held UNI to 11 points in the first half and subdued the Panthers 78-40 in its last game, Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes held UNI to 14-of-55 shooting and forced 26 turnovers.
Dani Carnegie scored 22 points and delivered six assists. She went over the 1,000-point mark for her career.
Carnegie leads the Hawkeyes at 16.8 points per game and is joined in double-figure average by Ava Heiden (13.0), Chit-Chat Wright (12.5) and McKenna Woliczko (12.5).
Vanderbilt has crossed the 100-point barrier in each of its four games and ranks fourth nationally in scoring average at 103.8 points per game. They are shooting 55.5 percent from the field.
The Commodores were 101-59 winners against Western Kentucky on Wednesday. This game marks their first game this season outside of Nashville.
Junior All-American Mikayla Blakes is averaging 22.0 points per game. The 5-foot-8 guard has scored 1,775 points in her 71-game career and has gone over 50 points twice. She was a consensus first-team all-American as a sophomore.
Forward Mia Woolfolk (6-3, junior) adds 19.5 points per contest.
Vandy Coach Shea Ralph became the first head coach in program history to be named SEC Coach of the Year, guiding the Commodores to a 29-5 record and a Sweet 16 appearance last year.
Jeff Linder covers high school sports and Iowa women’s basketball for The Gazette. Contact him at jeff.linder@thegazette.com.
For the second straight Sunday, Iowa women’s basketball will deal with one of the nation’s top players; this time, it’s Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes.
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