NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jordyn Cambridge got a loud ovation Sunday before her final home game as a Vanderbilt Commodore, during the senior day ceremony for her and Bella LaChance. She got another when she nailed a deep 3-pointer to close the third quarter and reach 1,000 points for her career.
During a timeout midway through the fourth quarter of a 72-55 rout of Georgia, the crowd roared for her again when the video board announced that she had just become the program’s all-time steals leader with her third of the game. They got another opportunity when coach Shea Ralph subbed LaChance in for her with 1:29 to play. And then — after a LaChance bucket closed the scoring and set off a joyous celebration — Cambridge did postgame interviews courtside and got one last cheer on her way to the locker room.
The only thing missing from this senior day was more folks in the seats than the announced crowd of 3,739. This team, Ralph’s third and potentially Vanderbilt’s first to earn an NCAA Tournament bid in 10 years, deserved a full house. Cambridge deserves seasons’ worth of them. But that interest will rise because more winning is on the way.
And when this program gets wherever it’s going, they should keep talking about Jordyn Cambridge – for what she did and what she went…
