Mikayla Blakes has set records in her freshman season with Vanderbilt women's basketball by choosing her own path and remaining guided by family.

Mikayla Blakes is The Associated Press women's college basketball player of the week. The freshman guard set the NCAA freshman single-game scoring record with 55 points against Auburn.

Vanderbilt's Mikayla Blakes added to her record-setting season by scoring 55 points, the most in women's Division I basketball by a freshman, in the Commodores' 98-88 overtime win against Auburn on Sunday.

Vanderbilt women's basketball has settled into the No. 6-7 seed range in NCAA tournament projections. The Commodores (19-7, 6-6 SEC) have struggled somewhat against the upper echelon of the SEC, but they have won the games they're supposed to win and are guided by freshman sensation Mikayla Blakes,

Vanderbilt basketball was projected in the No. 10-11 seed range in the latest March Madness bracketology after a loss to Tennessee.

The Memphis basketball team's sharp drop in the national rankings came Monday. Less than 24 hours after a Quad 3 overtime road loss to Wichita State, the Tigers (21-5, 11-2 AAC) sank from No. 14 to No.