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Smith scores 17 as Cent. Conn. St. beats Fairleigh Dickinson 63-57

TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Darin Smith Jr.’s 17 points helped Cent. Conn. St. defeat Fairleigh Dickinson 63-57 on Saturday.

Smith shot 2 of 11 from the field and went 13 for 13 from the line for the Blue Devils (15-10, 9-5 Northeast Conference). Jay Rodgers scored 15 points while going 6 of 10 from the field. Melo Sanchez went 4 of 10 from the field to finish with 11 points.

Arthur Cox finished with 16 points and eight rebounds for the Knights (10-17, 7-7). Fairleigh Dickinson also got 12 points from Joey Niesman.

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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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