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UNC Greensboro secures 82-78 victory against East Carolina

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Justin Neely’s 23 points helped UNC Greensboro defeat East Carolina 82-78 on Saturday.

Neely also added eight rebounds for the Spartans (2-8). Lilian Marville scored 22 points and shot 8 of 8 from the free-throw line.

Joran Riley led the Pirates (3-6) with 25 points, nine rebounds and two blocks. Giovanni Emejuru added 15 points and 12 rebounds.

UNC Greensboro went into the half ahead of East Carolina 41-33. Marville put up 10 points in the half. UNC Greensboro took the lead for good with 3:03 remaining in the second half on a layup from Neely to make it a 67-65 game.

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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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