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Williams-Dryden has 27, West Georgia takes down North Florida 85-73

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Shelton Williams-Dryden had 27 points in West Georgia’s 85-73 victory against North Florida on Thursday.

Williams-Dryden added 10 rebounds for the Wolves (9-6, 3-0 Atlantic Sun Conference). Malcolm Noel shot 6 for 9 (5 for 7 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line to add 22 points. Josh Smith also added 22 points. He shot 6 of 16 from the field, including 3 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 9 from the line off the bench.

Kamrin Oriol led the way for the Ospreys (2-14, 0-3) with 28 points, four assists and two steals. North Florida also got 16 points, eight rebounds and two steals from Dalton Gayman. BJ Plummer had nine points and five assists. The loss was the Ospreys’ ninth in a row.

West Georgia had a 46-36 lead at the half after an early 9-0 run.

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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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