Sibling Stars: Jaylen and Mikayla Blakes' Back-to-Back Game Winners

Jaylen and Mikayla Blakes, siblings playing for Stanford and Vanderbilt respectively, scored back-to-back game winners in basketball.

In a remarkable turn of events, Jaylen Blakes of Stanford and his sister Mikayla Blakes of Vanderbilt both hit game-winning shots within 24 hours of each other. Jaylen scored 20 points and the winning basket with less than a second remaining in a key ACC road win against North Carolina on Saturday. Mikayla repeated the feat on Sunday, grabbing an offensive rebound after a missed layup and her putback moved the Commodores ahead by one with 0.4 seconds remaining. The face of a proud dad 🥹 Mikayla Blakes and brother Jaylen Blakes both hit game winning shots within 24 hours of one another.

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