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Niagara earns 81-58 win over Houghton

LEWISTON, N.Y. (AP) — Justin Hawkins’ 16 points helped Niagara defeat Houghton 81-58 on Saturday.

Hawkins shot 5 of 9 from the field and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Purple Eagles (3-9, 0-2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Brian Griffith scored 14 points and added five assists.

Landon Williams had 10 points and went 4 of 11 from the field (2 for 5 from 3-point range). The Purple Eagles snapped an eight-game skid.

Lou Bellamy led the Highlanders in scoring, finishing with 21 points, five assists and four steals. Houghton also got 14 points, four assists and two steals from Tyson Clark. Donovan Loudermill also recorded 11 points.

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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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