Vanderbilt basketball made quick work of High Point in the first round of the 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament on March 21 at Memorial Gymnasium.
The second-seeded Commodores’ 102-61 victory secured them a second-round game on March 23 (6 p.m., ESPN2) against No. 7 Illinois (22-11), a 66-57 winner against Colorado.
Mikayla Blakes led the Commodores (28-4) with 30 points and broke Vanderbilt’s single-season scoring record of 855 points in the process. She pushed her season total to 867.
Vanderbilt will attempt to advance past the second round of March Madness for the first time since the 2012-13 season when it fell to UConn. Time and TV broadcast information for the March 23 game. The winner of that game will advance to the Sweet 16 in Fort Worth
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