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Brankovic has 18 as UT Rio Grande Valley beats Lamar 83-72

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Filip Brankovic’s 18 points helped UT Rio Grande Valley defeat Lamar 83-72 on Tuesday.

Brankovic also contributed eight rebounds for the Vaqueros (4-6, 1-1 Southland Conference). Marvin McGhee scored 18 points while going 6 of 11 (6 for 9 from 3-point range) and added seven rebounds. Koree Cotton shot 3 of 10 from the field and went 3 for 4 from the line to finish with 10 points, while adding nine rebounds.

Andrew Holifield led the way for the Cardinals (5-5, 0-2) with 24 points. Lamar also got 16 points, eight rebounds, five assists and two steals from Cody Pennebaker. Rob Lee Jr. finished with 12 points.

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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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