Here's what Shea Ralph said about the impact Mikayla Blakes made for Vanderbilt women's basketball against Alabama.

The Commodores (17-4, 4-3 SEC) have been receiving votes in both the AP and USA TODAY Coaches Polls for most of the season but have yet to crack the rankings. Vanderbilt has not been ranked in the AP poll since 2014, though the Commodores were ranked in the Coaches Poll in January of last year.

The No. 19 Alabama women's basketball team came up short on Sunday, losing 66-64 to Vanderbilt at home. The Crimson Tide welcomed Sarah Ashlee Barker back into the lineup for the first time in five games.

Soon as Shea Ralph turned the corner to enter the locker ... double digits in all 19 games except one (and that was a rout of Alabama A&M in which she played less than half the game).

Alabama's head coach Kristy Curry knew it ... Vanderbilt's defense was everything it needed to be Shea Ralph has made the defense the point of emphasis this season. "We've really started to ...

Vanderbilt is back in The Associated Press women's basketball Top 25 for the first time since 2014, ranked No. 23 this week.

The Commodores beat Tennessee, 71-70, at Memorial Gymnasium, then beat Arkansas, 101-60, before the win over Alabama. Mikayla Blakes scored 33 points against the Crimson Tide. Under Shea Ralph ...

Vanderbilt Commodores freshman Mikayla Blakes is rewriting the record books this season.

Blakes scored a career-high 53 points in Vanderbilt's 99-86 win over Florida on Thursday at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center in Gainesville, setting a new NCAA record for the most points scored in a game by a freshman.

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

Vanderbilt women's basketball freshman Mikayla Blakes delivered a historic performance Thursday night, scoring an SEC women’s basketball record 53 points to lead the No. 23 Commodores past Florida 99-86 at Exactech Arena.

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.