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Washington State earns 84-78 victory against Mercer

PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Aaron Glass had 24 points in Washington State’s 84-78 victory against Mercer on Saturday.

Glass also had five rebounds for the Cougars (5-8). Eemeli Yalaho scored 14 points while shooting 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and added 10 rebounds. Rihards Vavers went 4 of 7 from the field (4 for 6 from 3-point range) to finish with 12 points.

The Bears (7-5) were led by Baraka Okojie, who posted 24 points. Connor Serven added 15 points and seven rebounds for Mercer. Armani Mighty also had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Tomas Thrastarson’s layup with 15:43 left in the second half gave Washington State the lead for good at 50-48.

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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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