NASHVILLE (Interstat) — Mikayla Blakes scored 24 points and Vanderbilt used a dominant first half to beat visiting Queens (NC) 100-42 in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game Wednesday at Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tenn. Vanderbilt improved to 2-0. Queens dropped to 0-2. Attendance was 2,806.

The Commodores opened with the first eight points. Mia Woolfolk made three early layups, and Olivia Jones followed with a driving layup at the 7:29 mark of the first quarter. Queens got on the board when Ashantay Noble made a driving layup with 7:06 remaining. Vanderbilt answered with a Jones 3-pointer and consecutive layups from Blakes. After Breah Franks made a turnaround jumper for Queens, Vanderbilt closed the quarter with a 23-0 run. Blakes made two free throws, Mitchell scored a layup, Jones converted a three-point play, Galvan made a layup and a free throw, Jones made a free throw, Blakes made a driving layup, Mitchell made a layup and a free throw, Blakes made another layup, Galvan made a driving layup, and Blakes capped the quarter with a 3-pointer. Vanderbilt led 38-4 after one quarter.

The margin grew in the second quarter. Blakes opened the period with another 3-pointer, and Galvan made two free throws and two 3-pointers as part of a 16-3 run. Woolfolk added layups and free throws, Jones hit a 3-pointer, and Mitchell scored on a tip-in. Queens got a 3-pointer from Ahmani Klabunde and free throws and a layup from Noble. Blakes closed the first-half scoring with a 3-pointer, and Saniyah Glenn scored on a driving layup before halftime. Vanderbilt led 73-11 at the break.

The Commodores kept control in the third quarter. Noble opened the period with a layup for Queens, but Vernell Atamah answered with a 3-pointer. Woolfolk and Jones followed with layups, and Blakes added a driving layup. Vanderbilt led by as many as 69 points after Blakes made a driving layup to make it 84-15 with 6:34 left in the third quarter. Queens got baskets from Mia Moore, Franks, Makayla Minshall and Nykira Arrington, while Vanderbilt received a late layup from Trinity Wilson and a pullup jumper from Madison Greene. Vanderbilt carried an 89-23 lead into the fourth.

Queens opened the fourth quarter with a 3-pointer from Klabunde, but Vanderbilt answered with a pullup jumper from Greene. Ryan Davis made a pullup jumper for Queens, Arrington made a tip-in, and Jhai Johnson made a jumper for Vanderbilt. Anisa Akinola made a layup for Queens, Minshall made two layups, and Akinola made free throws. Atamah hit a 3-pointer for Vanderbilt, Sther Ubaka made a jumper, Shadeh Preston made a layup for Queens, Monique Williams made a layup for Vanderbilt, and Davis made two free throws for Queens to close the scoring.

Vanderbilt shot 39 of 70 from the floor, 10 of 25 from three-point range and 12 of 22 from the free throw line. Queens shot 17 of 50 from the floor, 2 of 11 from beyond the arc and 6 of 6 from the free throw line. The Commodores shot 55.7 percent from the floor, 40 percent from three-point range and 54.5 percent from the free throw line. The Royals shot 34 percent from the floor and 18.2 percent from beyond the arc. Vanderbilt scored 38 points in the first quarter and 35 in the second. The Commodores scored 16 in the third and 11 in the fourth. Queens scored four in the first, seven in the second, 12 in the third and 19 in the fourth. Vanderbilt had 23 assists, 15 offensive rebounds, five blocks and 18 turnovers. The Royals had 10 assists, nine offensive rebounds, three blocks and 32 turnovers. Vanderbilt scored 100 points from 83 possessions for an offensive rating of 119.8. Queens scored 42 points from 76 possessions for an offensive rating of 55.4.

Blakes, a 5-8 guard from Somerset, N.J., who previously played at Rutgers Prep, finished with 24 points, five rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes. She had 27 points and nine rebounds in Vanderbilt’s season-opening win over Lipscomb. Galvan, a 5-6 guard from Wilmette Loyola Academy, added 13 points, two rebounds and six assists in 20 minutes. Jones, a 5-11 guard from Long Island Lutheran, had 15 points, four rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes. Woolfolk, a 6-3 forward from Manchester High School, chipped in 16 points, three rebounds and one assist in 17 minutes. Atamah, a 6-0 guard from John D. Horn High School, had eight points, three rebounds, three assists and two blocks in 28 minutes. Mitchell, a 6-4 forward from Fountain-Fort Carson, added 10 points, four rebounds, two assists and one block in 10 minutes.

For Queens, Arrington had four points, four rebounds, one assist and two blocks in 19 minutes. Noble finished with eight points, five rebounds and one assist in 22 minutes. Akinola added four points, five rebounds and two assists in nine minutes. Glenn of Vanderbilt had two points, two rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes.

The Royals opened their season with a loss at Alabama. Vanderbilt opened with a home win over Lipscomb. Queens returns home to face CarolinaU. Vanderbilt hosts Morehead State.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Vanderbilt 79, Queens (NC) 55, and its ELO system had projected Vanderbilt with a 99.9 percent probability to win. Vanderbilt had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -56.5. The total of 142 finished below the over/under line of 148.5.