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No. 23 Vanderbilt takes on the Florida Gators after Mikayla Blakes scored 33 points in the Commodores' 66-64 win over the Alabama Crimson Tide.

Blakes is the only player in Division I — men’s or women’s — to score at least 50 points in a game this season.

Both Vanderbilt basketball programs are enjoying successful seasons on the hardwood, and the women kept things rolling for themselves on Thursday. Vanderbilt (1

Vanderbilt is turning around its basketball program in a positive way; earning accolades in the Associated Press Top 25 rankings.

The Florida Gators (18-2, 5-2 SEC) face the Vanderbilt Commodores (16-4, 4-3 SEC) in a clash of SEC squads at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday. The game airs on SEC Network.Buy tickets for Florida vs.

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Blakes scored 53 points in the No. 23 Commodores’ 99-86 win at Florida, breaking the NCAA freshman single-game scoring record. The University of Southern California’s JuJu Watkins had set the previous mark of 51 last season.

Vanderbilt freshman Mikayla Blakes set an SEC single-game scoring record by exploding for 53 points in the Commodores' 99-86 win over Florida on Thursday night. Blakes' 53 points are tied for the second-most points ever scored by a freshman in a Division I game,

Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer led the program to a 9-4 overall record in his first season with the program.

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.