No. 2Vanderbilt Commodores

Regional 1 in Fort Worth · 2nd Round

Past match

Vanderbilt Commodores won.

Vanderbilt Commodores beat the Illinois Fighting Illini

Ranked #7 · 22-12 57 – 75

Ranked #2 · 29-4

Final · Mon, Mar 23

Game Details

Memorial Gymnasium (TN) (Nashville) · 4,440 fans · ESPN2 View tournament bracket →

Highlights

Blakes leads Vanderbilt to 1st Sweet 16 since 2009 with near triple-double in March Madness

Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points as No. 2 seed Vanderbilt beat seventh-seeded Illinois 75-57 Monday night to advance to the Sweet 16 in the women's NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.

Recap via ESPN

0:13 Lety Vasconcelos drills basket vs. Vanderbilt Commodores

0:16 Justine Pissott drills the trey

0:15 What a shot by Justine Pissott

0:16 Berry Wallace drills basket vs. Vanderbilt Commodores

Clips play on ESPN

Memorial Gymnasium (TN) · Nashville

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ILL	8	17	16	16	57
VAN	21	15	24	15	75

Game Flow

ILL VAN

Q1Q2Q3Q4

5-0Biggest Run11-0

2Largest Lead22

1 lead change · tied 1 time

Win Probability · Vanderbilt Commodores

tip-offnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Illinois Fighting Illini

Berry Wallace · 18Points
Destiny Jackson · 3Assists
Berry Wallace · 9Rebounds

Vanderbilt Commodores

Mikayla Blakes · 25Points
Mikayla Blakes · 9Assists
Mikayla Blakes · 10Rebounds

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

Team	GB
UCLA	-
Michigan	3
Iowa	3
Ohio State	5
Minnesota	5
Maryland	7
Michigan State	7
Washington	8
Illinois	9
USC	9
Oregon	10
Nebraska	11
Indiana	12
Wisconsin	13
Purdue	13
Penn State	14
Northwestern	16
Rutgers	17

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team	GB
South Carolina	-
Texas	2
Vanderbilt	2
LSU	3
Oklahoma	4
Kentucky	7
Georgia	7
Ole Miss	7
Tennessee	7
Alabama	8
Texas A&M	8
Mississippi State	10
Florida	10
Missouri	11
Auburn	12
Arkansas	14

Team Stats

Illinois Fighting IlliniVanderbilt Commodores

Shooting

21-71, 30% Field Goals 28-64, 44%

3-23, 13% 3-Pointers 11-26, 42%

12-15, 80% Free Throws 8-11, 73%

Possessions

45 Rebounds 45

22 Offensive Rebounds 15

9 Assists 15

12 Steals 9

2 Blocks 10

16 Turnovers 19

17 Fouls 15

Scoring

30 Points in Paint 22

9 Fast Break Points 9

2 Largest Lead 22

Box Score

Illinois Fighting Illini ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
C. ParchmentF	12	8	0	32	5-13	0-1	2-2	3	0	1	5	3	3
B. WallaceF	18	9	1	40	7-20	2-9	2-3	2	3	0	5	4	3
D. JacksonG	2	6	3	32	0-7	0-2	2-2	7	4	0	1	5	4
A. GuytonG	2	3	2	22	1-6	0-3	0-0	2	2	0	1	2	3
J. Brown-HaggerG	12	5	2	23	5-11	0-2	2-3	1	2	0	4	1	2
Bench
L. VasconcelosC	6	7	1	21	1-2	0-0	4-5	1	1	1	3	4	0
M. WebberG	5	3	0	30	2-12	1-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	3	2
N. BensonF	DNP: Did not play
M. AlvesF	DNP: Did not play
G. SeguraF	DNP: Did not play
I. Noya CatoiraF	DNP: Did not play
H. SmithC	DNP: Did not play
E. FinneyG	DNP: Did not play
M. ZenereG	DNP: Did not play
G. DolanG	DNP: Did not play
Team	57	45	9		21-71	3-23	12-15	16	12	2	22	23	17

Vanderbilt Commodores ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
S. WashingtonF	4	5	1	18	2-6	0-0	0-0	3	0	3	3	2	1
A. GalvanG	12	4	2	36	3-9	1-3	5-7	4	2	0	0	4	3
M. BlakesG	25	10	9	38	10-22	4-10	1-2	3	4	0	1	9	1
N. MwenentandaG	5	5	0	11	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	1	4	1
J. PissottG	18	3	1	36	7-12	4-8	0-0	4	0	2	2	1	2
Bench
M. WilliamsF	0	0	0	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
T. WilsonF	4	1	0	2	1-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	0
A. MitchellF	4	9	0	20	2-8	0-0	0-0	0	2	4	5	4	2
A. Del RosarioC	0	1	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	1
A. BlackG	0	3	0	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	2	1
A. MakuratG	0	1	0	4	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
J. BrownG	3	1	1	26	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	3
M. GreeneG	DNP: Did not play
Team	75	45	15		28-64	11-26	8-11	19	9	10	15	30	15

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