COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Mikayla Blakes scored 25 points, Justine Pissott added 22 and No. 7 Vanderbilt got off to its best start in school history with a 91-51 victory over Texas A&M on Sunday.
The Commodores (17-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) won their first 17 games for the first time since advancing to the Women’s Final Four in 1992-93. Fifth-year coach Shea Ralph’s team also won its first four SEC games for the first time in 17 years, winning those games by an average of 23 points.
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Ny’Ceara Pryor scored 11 points to lead the Aggies (8-5, 1-3), who fell short of a win Thursday against Florida State. Texas A&M committed a season-high 25 turnovers to the Commodores’ 10.
Blakes, the SEC’s leading scorer at 24.9 points per game, scored 18 points in the first half and Pisot scored 14 points in the first two quarters as the Vanderbilt duo easily defeated the Aggies. Vanderbilt led 43-24 at halftime.
In the decisive first half, the Commodores shot 52% (15-for-29) from the field, including 47% (7-for-15) from three-point range. The Aggies shot 35 percent from the field (18 of 51) but never posed a threat to the rising Commodores in the final two quarters.
Vanderbilt has defeated Texas A&M in three straight games, although the Aggies still lead the series at 10-9 overall.
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Vanderbilt is the only program in the nation with both men’s and women’s teams undefeated. The No. 11 Vanderbilt men’s team (16-0) also matched their best start in school history (2007-08).
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Vanderbilt: At Mississippi State on Thursday.
Texas A&M: No. 2 Texas on Sunday.
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