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Benoit’s 27, Alvey’s game-winner lead Lehigh over Colgate, 78-77

HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) — Edouard Benoit scored 27 points to lead Lehigh and Hank Alvey hit the game-winning jump shot with four seconds remaining as the Mountain Hawks defeated Colgate 78-77 on Saturday.

Benoit added 11 rebounds for the Mountain Hawks (6-11, 2-2 Patriot League). Alvey scored 20 points and added 11 rebounds and four blocks. Nasir Whitlock shot 3 for 8 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 12 points.

Jalen Cox led the Raiders (9-8, 3-1) in scoring, finishing with 22 points and four assists. Andrew Alekseyenko added 16 points and seven rebounds for Colgate. Ben Tweedy also had 13 points.

Benoit led Lehigh with 11 points in the second half.

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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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