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Nickel leads No. 13 Vanderbilt against Memphis after 30-point showing

Vanderbilt Commodores (10-0) at Memphis Tigers (4-5)

Memphis, Tennessee; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Commodores -7.5; over/under is 158.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 13 Vanderbilt faces Memphis after Tyler Nickel scored 30 points in Vanderbilt’s 83-72 win against the Central Arkansas Bears.

The Tigers have gone 4-1 at home. Memphis is sixth in the AAC with 14.0 assists per game led by Dug McDaniel averaging 5.7.

The Commodores have gone 1-0 away from home. Vanderbilt averages 8.8 turnovers per game and is 8-0 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

Memphis makes 43.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.3 percentage points higher than Vanderbilt has allowed to its opponents (39.7%). Vanderbilt has shot at a 51.6% rate from the field this season, 8.9 percentage points above the 42.7% shooting opponents of Memphis have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: McDaniel averages 1.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Tigers, scoring 14.1 points while shooting 34.4% from beyond the arc. Sincere Parker is shooting 41.5% and averaging 9.3 points.

Duke Miles is scoring 16.6 points per game and averaging 2.9 rebounds for the Commodores. Tyler is averaging 15.8 points and 3.2 rebounds.

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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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