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King’s 16 lead Murray State past Drake 81-72

MURRAY, Ky. (AP) — Fredrick King scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Murray State beat Drake 81-72 on Thursday night in a Missouri Valley Conference opener.

Layne Taylor scored 13 points for (9-3, 1-0). Javon Jackson finished with 11 points.

The Bulldogs (6-6, 0-1) were led in scoring by Jalen Quinn, who finished with 19 points. Okku Federiko and Jaehshon Thomas each finished with 17 points.

Murray State took the lead with 7:36 left in the first half and did not trail again. Taylor led the Bulldogs with 10 points in the first half to help put them ahead 36-30 at the break. King scored 11 second-half 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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