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The Tennessee Volunteers and No. 22 Vanderbilt Commodores meet in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals Friday. Tip is set for 3:30 p.m. ET.
Vanderbilt basketball rendered Tennessee's Ja'Kobi Gillespie ineffective as Tyler Tanner put up 25 points for a key win in Knoxville.
Vanderbilt women's basketball coach Shea Ralph was ejected in the fourth quarter against Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament for arguing a foul call.
There are plenty of possibilities this weekend as the final weekend of SEC basketball tips off. Vanderbilt can finish anywhere from a two-day bye spot to playing on the first day.
Ralph led the Commodores to the upper echelon of women’s hoops this season, going 27-3 overall and 13-3 in conference play during the regular season, setting a school record for the most conference wins. Despite being selected to finish fifth in the SEC, the Commodores finished second.
Vanderbilt defeated Ole Miss 89-86 in an overtime basketball game on March 3. Tyler Tanner led the Commodores with 34 points, including 10 in overtime. Vanderbilt won the rebounding battle 44-40 and forced 17 turnovers.
Vanderbilt women’s basketball guard Mikayla Blakes likes being the first sophomore since A'ja Wilson in 2016 to win Southeastern Conference player of the year. “She’s historic,” Blakes said Wednesday of the AP female athlete of the year in 2025 and four-time WNBA MVP.