How Blakes’ Near Triple-Double Propelled Vanderbilt to a Stunning Sweet 16 Breakthrough After 14 Years
Berry Wallace led the Fighting Illini with 18 points, and Cearah Parchment and Jasmine Bown-Hagger each added 12.
These teams split the previous two games with this the first between the programs since November 1987. A lot has changed, especially for Vanderbilt.
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Blakes is the nation’s leading scorer averaging 27.1 points a game, and she set Vanderbilt’s single-season scoring record in the first round. The AP All-American and Southeastern Conference player of the year missed her first three shots, so she stayed busy helping her teammates.



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