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Cunningham puts up 18, Morehead State beats Western Illinois 71-66

MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Davion Cunningham’s 18 points helped Morehead State defeat Western Illinois 71-66 on Thursday night.

Cunningham also added six rebounds for the Eagles (10-10, 6-3 Ohio Valley Conference). Tamaury Releford added 12 points and nine rebounds. Anouar Mellouk finished with 11 points.

Lucas Lorenzen led the way for the Leathernecks (4-16, 0-9) with 26 points. Francis Okwuosah added 13 points for Western Illinois. Karyiek Dixon finished with eight points. The Leathernecks extended their losing streak to nine in a row.

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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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