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Elon earns 85-79 victory over Northern Illinois

ELON, N.C. (AP) — Kacper Klaczek scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half to help Elon beat Northern Illinois 85-79 on Saturday.

Klaczek also contributed six rebounds for the Phoenix (6-4). Chandler Cuthrell scored 21 points while going 7 of 12 and 7 of 11 from the free-throw line and added six rebounds. Randall Pettus II finished with 13 points.

Makhai Valentine finished with 17 points, 10 rebounds and two steals for the Huskies (3-7). Gustav Winther added 15 points, nine rebounds and two steals for Northern Illinois. Dylan Ducommun and Jao Ituka each added 12 points.

Pettus scored eight points in the first half and Elon went into the break trailing 48-41.

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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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