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Walker and North Carolina A&T takes down Hofstra 79-78

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Lewis Walker scored 24 points to lead North Carolina A&T and Trent Middleton made a free throw with four seconds left as the Aggies defeated Hofstra 79-78 on Thursday night.

Walker had seven rebounds for the Aggies (8-10, 1-6 Coastal Athletic Association). Middleton shot 7 of 18 from the field, including 3 for 10 from 3-point range, and went 3 for 4 from the line to add 20 points. Zamoku Weluche-Ume shot 4 of 9 from the field, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 10 from the line to finish with 16 points, while adding 10 rebounds.

The Aggies stopped a six-game losing streak with the victory.

Cruz Davis led the Pride (13-7, 4-3) in scoring, finishing with 30 points and four assists. Preston Edmead added 20 points and four assists for Hofstra. Jaeden Roberts finished with 20 points.

Walker scored 14 points in the first half and North Carolina A&T went into the break trailing 53-40. Middleton scored 16 points in the second half.

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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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