2025–26 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

2025–26 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
2025–26 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
Paradise Jam Island Division champions
NCAA tournament
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	27–4 (13–3 SEC)
Head coach	Shea Ralph (5th season);
Associate head coach	Tom Garrick
Assistant coaches	Ashley Earley; Kevin DeMille; Kaili McLaren;
Home arena	Memorial Gymnasium

2025–26 SEC women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 South Carolina	15	–	1	.938	31	–	3	.912
No. 6 Vanderbilt	13	–	3	.813	27	–	4	.871
No. 3 Texas †	13	–	3	.813	32	–	3	.914
No. 5 LSU	12	–	4	.750	28	–	5	.848
No. 10 Oklahoma	11	–	5	.688	25	–	7	.781
Tennessee	8	–	8	.500	16	–	14	.533
No. 19 Ole Miss	8	–	8	.500	24	–	11	.686
No. 24 Georgia	8	–	8	.500	22	–	9	.710
No. 16 Kentucky	8	–	8	.500	23	–	10	.697
Texas A&M	7	–	9	.438	14	–	13	.519
Alabama	7	–	9	.438	23	–	10	.697
Florida	5	–	11	.313	18	–	15	.545
Mississippi State	5	–	11	.313	18	–	13	.581
Missouri	4	–	12	.250	17	–	16	.515
Auburn	3	–	13	.188	15	–	17	.469
Arkansas	1	–	15	.063	12	–	20	.375

† 2026 SEC tournament winner As of March 20, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team will represent Vanderbilt University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Commodores, led by fifth-year head coach Shea Ralph, play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

Previous season

The Commdores finished the 2024–25 season 22–11, 8–8 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament, they defeated Tennessee in the second round before losing to South Carolina in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed Birmingham 2 region. They lost in the first round to Oregon.

Offseason

Departures

Vanderbilt Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Leilani Kapinus	5	G	5'10"	GS Senior	Madison, WI	Graduated
Jane Nwaba	10	F	5'10"	GS Senior	Carson, CA	Graduated
Jordyn Oliver	11	G	5'10"	GS Senior	Prosper, TX	Graduated
Khamil Pierre	12	F	6'2"	Sophomore	Phoenix, AZ	Transferred to NC State
Iyana Moore	23	G	5'8"	Senior	Milwaukee, WI	Transferred to Notre Dame

Incoming transfers

Vanderbilt Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda	15	G	6'2"	Graduate Student	Sioux Falls, SD	Texas
Aalyah Del Rosario	32	C	6'6"	Junior	Bronx, NY	LSU

2025 recruiting class

There is no recruiting class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Mikayla Blakes	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Rutgers Prep	Somerset, NJ
G	2	Jada Brown	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Sr	Bentonville HS	Bentonville, AR
G	3	Aubrey Galvan	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Wilmette Loyola Academy	Deerfield, IL
G	4	Madison Greene	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Pickerington Central HS	Columbus, OH
G	8	Ava Black	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Tabor Academy (Mass.)	Auburn, NH
F	11	Monique Williams	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Willetton Sr. HS	Perth, Australia
G/F	13	Justine Pissott	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Sr	Red Bank Catholic HS Tennessee	Toms River, NJ
F	14	Aiyana Mitchell	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Jr	Fountain-Fort Carson HS	Colorado Springs, CO
G	15	Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Washington HS Texas	Sioux Falls, SD
G	24	Aga Makurat	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Sopocka Akademia Tenisowa	Sierakowice, Poland
F	30	Trinity Wilson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	Lakeville North HS	Lakeville, MN
C	32	Aalyah Del Rosario	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Jr	The Webb School LSU	The Bronx, NY
F	35	Sacha Washington	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	Collins Hill HS	Lawrenceville, GA

Head coach

Shea Ralph (Connecticut)

Assistant coach(es)

Tom Garrick (Rhode Island)
Ashley Earley (Vanderbilt)
Kevin DeMille (Connecticut)
Kaili McLaren (Connecticut)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 27, 2025* 5:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 19	at Memphis 2025 Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic	W 104–68		40 – Blakes	11 – Washington	10 – Pissott	FedExForum Memphis, TN
Regular season
November 3, 2025* 1:30 p.m., ESPNU	No. 19	vs. California Oui Play Paris	W 74–65	1–0	27 – Blakes	10 – Mitchell	7 – Galvan	Adidas Arena (5,712) Paris, France
November 10, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN	No. 19	Furman	W 96–48	2–0	16 – Mwenentanda	7 – Galvan	8 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (2,352) Nashville, TN
November 12, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	at Austin Peay	W 75–65	3–0	26 – Blakes	10 – Washington	4 – Pissott	F&M Bank Arena (1,178) Clarksville, TN
November 19, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Western Kentucky	W 87–49	4–0	28 – Blakes	9 – Blakes	4 – Tied	E. A. Diddle Arena (1,536) Bowling Green, KY
November 21, 2025* 11:00 a.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 17	Alabama State	W 92–38	5–0	21 – Makurat	7 – Washington	8 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (3,733) Nashville, TN
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 17	Tennessee State	W 99–43	6–0	24 – Blakes	10 – Washington	15 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (2,508) Nashville, TN
November 27, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	vs. Oregon State Paradise Jam Island Division semifinals	W 88–66	7–0	35 – Blakes	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	Sports and Fitness Center (824) St. Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	No. 17	vs. BYU Paradise Jam Island Division Final	W 84–71	8–0	27 – Blakes	12 – Washington	6 – Tied	Sports and Fitness Center St. Thomas, USVI
December 3, 2025* 4:00 p.m., SECN	No. 15	Virginia ACC–SEC Challenge	W 81–68	9–0	28 – Blakes	7 – Tied	8 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (2,661) Nashville, TN
December 15, 2025* 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 13	South Florida	W 87–58	10–0	19 – Blakes	6 – Tied	8 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (2,188) Nashville, TN
December 18, 2025* 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 13	Albany	W 64–35	11–0	17 – Blakes	6 – Tied	4 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (2,221) Nashville, TN
December 20, 2025* 12:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 13	Texas Southern	W 96–46	12–0	25 – Pissott	10 – Mitchell	11 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (2,511) Nashville, TN
December 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 12	Stonehill	W 109–50	13–0	21 – Blakes	5 – Tied	7 – Tied	Memorial Gymnasium (2,487) Nashville, TN
January 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 12	at Arkansas	W 88–71	14–0 (1–0)	35 – Blakes	13 – Washington	8 – Blakes	Bud Walton Arena (3,633) Fayetteville, AR
January 4, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 12	No. 5 LSU	W 65–61	15–0 (2–0)	32 – Blakes	7 – Washington	4 – Blakes	Memorial Gymnasium (6,576) Nashville, TN
January 8, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 7	Missouri	W 99–68	16–0 (3–0)	20 – Blakes	16 – Washington	6 – Blakes	Memorial Gymnasium (3,141) Nashville, TN
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 7	at Texas A&M	W 91–51	17–0 (4–0)	25 – Blakes	8 – Washington	7 – Galvan	Reed Arena (3,426) College Station, TX
January 15, 2026 5:30 p.m., SECN	No. 5	at Mississippi State	W 89−84	18−0 (5−0)	38 – Blakes	8 – Mitchell	7 – Blakes	Humphrey Coliseum (4,082) Starkville, MS
January 19, 2026* 1:30 p.m., FOX	No. 5	vs. No. 7 Michigan Coretta Scott King Classic	W 72–69	19–0	20 – Galvan	8 – Pissott	5 – Pissott	Prudential Center (6,742) Newark, NJ
January 22, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 5	Auburn	W 81–53	20–0 (6–0)	20 – Blakes	12 – Washington	10 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (3,241) Nashville, TN
January 25, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 5	at No. 2 South Carolina	L 74–103	20–1 (6–1)	23 – Blakes	7 – Blakes	5 – Tied	Colonial Life Arena (17,002) Columbia, SC
January 30, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 5	vs. No. 17 Ole Miss	L 75–83	20–2 (6–2)	29 – Blakes	7 – Pissott	4 – Tied	Legacy Arena^[a] (2,158) Birmingham, AL
February 1, 2026 3:00 p.m., SECN	No. 5	Florida Play4Kay	W 82–66	21–2 (7–2)	30 – Blakes	6 – Washington	8 – Blakes	Memorial Gymnasium (9,268) Nashville, TN
February 5, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 7	at No. 16 Kentucky	W 84–83	22–2 (8–2)	37 – Blakes	5 – Pissott	7 – Galvan	Memorial Coliseum (5,187) Lexington, KY
February 9, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 5	No. 10 Oklahoma	W 102–86	23–2 (9–2)	34 – Blakes	9 – Mwenentanda	6 – Blakes	Memorial Gymnasium (3,316) Nashville, TN
February 12, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 5	No. 4 Texas	W 86–70	24–2 (10–2)	34 – Blakes	9 – Washington	5 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (5,173) Nashville, TN
February 15, 2026 11:00 a.m., SECN	No. 5	at Georgia	L 74–76	24–3 (10–3)	27 – Blakes	9 – Washington	6 – Blakes	Stegeman Coliseum (3,682) Athens, GA
February 22, 2026 2:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 5	No. 16 Kentucky	W 81–79	25–3 (11–3)	35 – Blakes	9 – Tied	5 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (6,277) Nashville, TN
February 26, 2026 6:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+	No. 5	No. 24 Alabama	W 85–60	26–3 (12–3)	35 – Blakes	10 – Washington	9 – Galvan	Memorial Gymnasium (6,657) Nashville, TN
March 1, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 5	at Tennessee Rivalry	W 87–77	27–3 (13–3)	34 – Blakes	8 – Washington	5 – Galvan	Thompson–Boling Arena (12,037) Knoxville, TN
SEC tournament
March 6, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN	(2) No. 5	vs. (7) No. 24 Ole Miss Quarterfinals	L 78–89	27–4	24 – Blakes	8 – Washington	4 – Galvan	Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
NCAA tournament
March 21, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNews	(2 FW1) No. 6	(15 FW1) High Point First Round						Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. notes=^[1]

Notes

^ The game against Ole Miss was moved to Birmingham, Alabama, because of ongoing winter storm impacts in Oxford, Mississippi.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	19	19	17	17	15	14	13	12	12*	7	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	6	6
Coaches	21	19	17	17	14	13	11	11	11	6	5	4	6	8	5	6	5	5	6	6

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved August 22, 2025.

[winterstorm-1] The game against Ole Miss was moved to Birmingham, Alabama, because of ongoing winter storm impacts in Oxford, Mississippi.

[2] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved August 22, 2025.

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Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1977–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee
Culture & lore	"Dynamite"
People	Head coaches Retired numbers
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NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Notes

Rankings

See also

References