When Vanderbilt women's basketball defeated Arkansas, 101-60, on Thursday, it was the team's annual LGBTQ+ pride night. The Commodores first hosted a pride night in 2020, before coach Shea Ralph was hired. But Ralph has continued the tradition. One of Vanderbilt's assistant coaches, Kevin DeMille, is openly gay.

UCLA and South Carolina remain atop the women's poll, while Texas is back in top five and Vanderbilt is ranked for first time in 11 years.

Here's what Shea Ralph said about the impact Mikayla Blakes made for Vanderbilt women's basketball against Alabama.

It had been over a decade since Vanderbilt was among the elite women’s basketball teams in the nation. Now, coach Shea Ralph has the No. 23 Commodores back among the best as the team entered the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2014.

UCLA's Lauren Betts has near-perfect performance, reaches 1,000 career points in top-10 win over Maryland Isabel Gonzalez Notre Dame and USC remain at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while Texas rose to No.

As Vanderbilt women's basketball coach Shea Ralph put it: "There's a fork in the road." Mikayla Blakes made sure it was the right one vs the Lady Vols

UConn women’s basketball remained No. 6 in the Week 13 AP poll, and Sarah Strong swept the Big East’s weekly awards for the third time.

while Texas returned to the top five and Ohio State and Duke both jumped back into the top 10. Shea Ralph's Vanderbilt team is in the poll for the first time since Feb. 10, 2014, and has two wins ...

while Texas returned to the top five and Ohio State and Duke both jumped back into the top 10. Shea Ralph's Vanderbilt team is in the poll for the first time since Feb. 10, 2014, and has two wins ...

while Texas returned to the top five and Ohio State and Duke both jumped back into the top 10. Shea Ralph’s Vanderbilt team is in the poll for the first time since Feb. 10, 2014, and has two ...

while Texas returned to the top five and Ohio State and Duke both jumped back into the top 10. Shea Ralph’s Vanderbilt team is in the poll for the first time since Feb. 10, 2014, and has two ...

The Commodores (17-4, 4-3 SEC) have been receiving votes in both the AP and USA TODAY Coaches Polls for most of the season but have yet to crack the rankings. Vanderbilt has not been ranked in the AP poll since 2014, though the Commodores were ranked in the Coaches Poll in January of last year.