Blakes, a 5-foot-8 guard who’s averaging 21.8 factors, shot 15-for-28 from the sphere with two 3-pointers and made 23-of-24 free throws. She broke the document set by Elena Delle Donne, who scored 54 as a redshirt freshman at Delaware in a 2010 loss to James Madison.
Ayoka Lee of Kansas State holds the NCAA Division I document for factors in a recreation with 61, set in 2022.
Blakes scored her fifty fifth level from the foul line with 17 seconds left in OT. She then missed her subsequent free throw, the one miss in 24 makes an attempt. She scored 11 of her factors in additional time.
Blakes despatched the sport to additional time, hitting all three free throws after being fouled with lower than a second left in regulation. She scored 16 factors within the first half and 28 within the second.
Blakes also scored 53 points on Jan. 30 in a victory over Florida.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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