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Women's Basketball

Vandy’s Mikayla Blakes scores NCAA Division I freshman record 55 points in win over Auburn

The Associated Press

February 16, 2025

Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes scored a Division I women’s freshman record 55 points on Sunday in a 98-88 overtime victory over Auburn.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, basketball, college sports, Vanderbilt, Women's Basketball

UT basketball is on the rise: Men grab No. 1 in AP Top 25, and women reenter rankings after a rare absence.

John Marshall, APandDoug Feinberg, AP

December 9, 2024

The men’s team received 58 first-place votes from a 62-person media panel Monday to reach No. 1 for the first time since the 2018-19 season. And the women have returned to the Associated Press Top 25 at No. 19, ending the school’s longest drought in the 48-year history of the poll.

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Associated Press, basketball, University of Tennessee, Women's Basketball

Women’s basketball stars will compete in Nashville next year. What would it take to make the sport a permanent fixture?

Marianna Bacallao

September 13, 2024

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Athletics Unlimited announced that it would be holding its fourth women’s basketball championship in Nashville this February.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Business, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Freddie O'Connell, metro, WNBA, Women's Basketball

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