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Hall’s 24 points lead New Mexico over VCU 81-78

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jake Hall scored 24 points as New Mexico beat VCU 81-78 on Wednesday.

Hall’s 3-pointer with 2:40 left gave New Mexico the lead for good at 78-75. Uriah Tenette added a pair of free throws to make it 80-75 with 2:11 to play.

Hall shot 9 for 15, including 5 for 7 from beyond the arc for New Mexico (8-2). It was his fourth 20-plus point game this season, tying a program freshman record.

Deyton Albury scored 14 points and Tomislav Buljan had 11 for the Lobos.

Nyk Lewis led the way for the Rams (6-4) with 14 points. VCU also got 13 points, six assists, four steals and three blocks from Brandon Jennings. Lazar Djokovic also scored 13 points.

Hall scored 14 points in the first half and New Mexico went into the break trailing 46-41. New Mexico used a 14-0 run for a 75-65 lead with 9:02 remaining.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
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