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Butler’s 20 lead Colorado State over Fresno State 67-63 in Mountain West Conference Tournament

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jase Butler had 20 points in Colorado State’s 67-63 victory over Fresno State on Wednesday in the Mountain West Conference Tournament.

Seventh-seeded Colorado State, which has won nine in a row, will play No. 2-seed San Diego State in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

Butler added nine rebounds for the Rams (21-11). Carey Booth scored 18 points while going 6 of 12 and 6 of 8 from the free-throw line, and added six rebounds. Kyle Jorgensen went 4 of 9 from the field to finish with eight points.

Jake Heidbreder finished with 26 points for the Bulldogs (13-19). Gasper Kocevar added 14 points for Fresno State. DeShawn Gory finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks.

Booth scored nine points in the first half and Colorado State went into the break trailing 32-27. Butler scored 17 points down the stretch in the second half to help lead Colorado State to a four-point victory.

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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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