Like brother, like sister? Siblings Jaylen and Mikayla Blakes score
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J.J. Post, ESPNJan 19, 2025, 09:43 PM ET Striking a winning shot in basketball is a special experience. But striking one 24 hr after your sibling achieved the exact same accomplishment? That’s where special fulfills improbable.Editor’s Picks
On Saturday, Stanford senior guard Jaylen Blakes scored 20 points and the winning basket with less than a second staying in a key ACC road win versus North Carolina.Blakes.
Onions. #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/kcwL7712np!.?.!— Stanford Guys’s Basketball(@StanfordMBB)January 18, 2025 On Sunday, one state over in Nashville, Tennessee, Jaylen’s
more youthful sis, Mikayla Blakes, duplicated the accomplishment for Vanderbilt.Mikayla Blakes’Commodores trailed in-state competing Tennessee by one point and had an opportunity to win the game on their last belongings. She grabbed an offending rebound after a missed layup, and her putback moved the Commodores ahead by one with 0.4 seconds remaining.After the game, their daddy was unsurprisingly fired up.The face of a happy father Mikayla Blakes and bro Jaylen Blakes both hit game winning shots within 24 hr of one another. #AnchorDown https://t.co/jJZZnnXulp pic.twitter.com/mCSB9OxHe1!.?.!— Vanderbilt WBB(@VandyWBB)January
19, 2025 Jaylen will be back in
action Wednesday, when Stanford handles Miami. Mikayla will return to the court Thursday, when Vanderbilt hosts Arkansas.