COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Vanderbilt women’s basketball team cruised to a 100-59 win at Missouri on Sunday to close out the 2024-25 regular season.
Vanderbilt shot 55.6 percent from the floor and hit a season-high 15 3-pointers on Sunday. The 15 made 3-pointers are tied for the second-most in a single game in program history. The Commodores forced Missouri into 24 turnovers, which gave Vandy a 33-5 edge in points off turnovers. Additionally, it is the seventh time this season that Vanderbilt has scored 100 or more points in a game.
With the win and coupled with Tennessee’s loss to Georgia on Sunday, Vanderbilt earns the No. 8 seed in the 2025 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament and the final bye into the second round. The Commodores will open their run in Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday at 10 a.m. CT, where they will play the winner of Monday’s first round game between No. 9 Tennessee and No. 16 Texas A&M.
The victory pushed Vanderbilt’s overall record to 21-9, as the Dores conclude the regular season at 8-8 in SEC games. It is the first time since the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons that Vandy has collected 21 or more wins in back-to-back seasons.
Freshman Mikayla Blakes led the Commodores with a 29-point performance against the Tigers. Blakes’ 29 points at Missouri extends her double-digit scoring streak to a career-long 15 games, while it was her 18th game this season with 20-plus points. Blakes hit six 3-point field goals in the win and collected three steals.
Senior Iyana Moore tallied 18 points, dished out a season-high seven assists and collected a team-high four steals.
Sophomore Khamil Pierre registered 16 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to record her 15th double-double of the season, passing Ashley Earley (2004-05) for the most double-doubles by a Dore in a season since 1999-00. Pierre also handed out a career-best six assists in the win.
A pair of extended runs by the Commodores allowed them to run past the Tigers on Sunday. Vanderbilt closed out the second quarter on a 15-0 run to turn a three-point Vandy lead into an 18-point advantage. The Dores came out of the locker room and used a 17-5 spurt in the third quarter to take a 31-point lead.
Head Coach Shea Ralph on the Win
“I want to say how proud I am of my entire team. I’ve been really hard on them all this month. I know what it looks like and feels like to want to be competitive in March. I know you need to be playing your best basketball and need to have a…