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Jacobs scores 27, Southern beats Texas Southern 84-73 to snap 5-game skid

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Michael Jacobs had 27 points in Southern’s 84-73 victory over Texas Southern on Saturday night to snap a five-game skid.

Jacobs had six rebounds, six assists, and three steals for the Jaguars (5-9, 1-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Malek Abdelgowad added 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. Damariee Jones shot 3 of 3 from the field and 2 of 5 from the free-throw line to finish with eight points.

Alex Anderson led the way for the Tigers (2-10, 0-1) with 18 points and eight rebounds. Zaire Hayes added 12 points for Texas Southern. Troy Hupstead also put up 11 points and 11 rebounds.

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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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