Key Highlights
- 12 in the latest AP Women’s Basketball Top 25, with the most damaging setback coming against Vanderbilt.
- The Commodores’ win not only marked a major upset, but it also signaled a turning point in how the nation is viewing LSU as SEC play ramps up. The loss to Vanderbilt was especially jarring given the stakes and the opponent.
- Entering the matchup, LSU had not dropped a conference game and was still viewed as a legitimate national title contender.
- Vanderbilt, meanwhile, was climbing but still searching for a signature moment.
- That moment arrived behind a dominant 32-point performance from Mikayla Blakes, who carved up LSU’s defense and powered the Commodores to their first win over a top-five team since the 2008–09 season. For LSU, the defeat followed an earlier loss to Kentucky, making it the first time a Kim Mulkey-led team has ever started conference play 0–2.
