Khamil Pierre assures Swish Appeal that fans will definitely see her dunk—and soon. There’s something special happening at Vanderbilt this season, and it extends beyond just what’s on the court.
Over the weekend, the Commodores, now 10-1, scored a decisive win against Evansville, beating the visiting team 106-40. If there was one member of the team who really pulled out all the stops in the victory, it was sophomore forward Khamil Pierre, who was responsible for 42 of those points—a new program record—and who nearly executed a fourth-quarter dunk. She says she would have easily slammed it home if she hadn’t had “dead legs” at that point in the game. In short, don’t worry Vandy fans. She’ll be dunking in your faces soon.
Freshman guard Mikayla Blakes also had a strong game with 22 points, four boards, three assists and two steals, continuing the progress that consistently has her ranked as one of the top two freshmen in women’s college basketball right now (UConn’s Sarah Strong is the other one). Blakes and Pierre—who are both Medicine, Health, and Society majors—are exciting, dominant players to watch on the court, and it turns out they’re both entirely pleasant to speak to off the court, too.
Vandy is in an interesting period of building…
