If I scored 53 points, you’d never be able to shut me up. For Vanderbilt freshman Mikayla Blakes, that’s just another day at the office.
Yeah, I’m not kidding.
Mikayla averages 22.4 points a game and has created this kind of production on the court over her last four matchups: 23 points and a game-winner against Tennessee, 24 points versus Arkansas, 33 points against Alabama and 53 big ones versus Florida.
EXCUSE ME, MIKAYLA BLAKES. WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?!
The 53-point outing is the most impressive. She did it on 67 percent shooting and was 5-of-9 from deep. MY GIRL WAS COOKING. She broke a Vandy record, an SEC freshman scoring record and JuJu Watkins’ NCAA D1 record. WHEW.
FIFTY-THREE.
MIKAYLA BLAKES.🤯🤯🤯@VandyWBB x #SECWBB pic.twitter.com/1xk5YkyLYG
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) January 31, 2025
You would think she’d be screaming from the mountaintops after a performance like that. But, nope, she was totally cool.
“Just come in and take over the game,” Blakes said casually after the matchup. WHAT?
However, I guess I can’t expect too much. That seems pretty on-brand for a top-tier hooper. She just scored 53 points and broke multiple records—no big deal.
