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Diop, Lane lead San Diego to 92-88 OT win over Pepperdine

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Assane Diop had 21 points and 17 rebounds and Toneari Lane scored eight of his 21 points in overtime as San Diego knocked off Pepperdine 92-88 on Wednesday night.

Lane shot 6 for 12 (5 for 9 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line. Ty-Laur Johnson shot 6 for 12 (0 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 16 points, while adding six assists for the Toreros (10-13, 4-6 West Coast Conference).

Aaron Clark finished with 31 points for the Waves (6-17, 1-9). Styles Phipps added 21 points, seven rebounds and nine assists for Pepperdine. Danilo Dozic had 17 points and eight rebounds.

San Diego entered halftime down 38-33. Diop paced the team in scoring in the first half with 14 points. San Diego outscored Pepperdine by five points in the second half as the teams ended regulation tied 75-75.

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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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