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Ring Nyeri scores 23 to help Northern Colorado turn back Eastern Washington 74-71

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Ring Nyeri scored 23 points to help Northern Colorado hold off Eastern Washington 74-71 on Saturday.

Nyeri also had five rebounds for the Bears (13-10, 3-7 Big Sky Conference). Brock Wisne added 13 points and nine rebounds. Quinn Denker scored nine.

The Eagles (5-17, 3-6) were led in scoring by Alton Hamilton IV, who finished with 17 points and eight rebounds. Kiree Huie added 12 points and Johnny Radford scored 11.

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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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