🏀 Dores pursue sweep in weekend tilt

Welcome to Anchor Impact, a newsletter fueled by Student-Athlete NIL (SANIL) for Vanderbilt University’s collective Anchor Impact.

In today’s content ⚓
- Another winning week ⭐
- Scouting the opposition 🧐
+ so much more 💪

🏈 Pavia continues to win in the postseason

💥 RAZORBACKS DOWN

Star athletes Mikayla Blakes and Khamil Pierre pilot Vanderbilt to a blowout victory over Arkansas with 24, 20 point performances, respectively (READ MORE).

🏀 STARTING FIVE

Men’s Hoops (15-4) are set to welcome No. 4 Kentucky (14-4) to open weekend competition:

• The Wildcats are coming off of a defeat versus No. 8 Alabama where Kentucky guard Otega Oweh tied his season high of 21 points, adding two steals

• Despite the loss, Kentucky proved to be an offense-heavy team as seven players scored in double-figures

Commodores (16-4) look to take down a 17-3 Alabama team in a Sunday showdown before travelling to Gainesville to meet Florida (11-9):

• No. 19-ranked Alabama soared past Arkansas despite playing without captain Sarah Ashlee Barker

• Zaay Green spearheaded the Crimson Tide with her near double-double performance of 21 points and seven assists

• Three Alabama players scored in double figures in the first half, giving the Crimson Tide a 12-point lead after 20 minutes

• Earlier in the week, the Florida Gators fell to the undefeated No. 5 LSU Tigers, 80-63

• UF’s 63 points marked the team’s third lowest scoring game of the 2024-25 season (lowest was 55 points vs. Kentucky (01/09/2025)

• Following the contest, Freshman guard Liv McGill officially claimed double figures in 18 of her 20 outings, shooting 37.9% from the field (22-58)

🏃‍♀️ January 24-25 // Women’s Track & Field compete in the Ted Nelson Invitational in College Station, Texas

🎳 January 24-26 // Bowling battles in the Prairie View A&M Invitational in Arlington, Texas

🎾 January 25 // Women’s Tennis sees play in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Ann Arbor, Mich.

🏀 January 25 // Men’s Basketball welcomes Kentucky at 1:30 pm CT on ESPN

🎾 January 25-26 // Men’s Tennis takes on the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Durham, N.C.

🏀 January 26 // Women’s Basketball travels to meet Alabama at 1:00 pm CT on SEC Network