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Dunkley’s 20 help Nicholls take down East Texas A&M 72-68

COMMERCE, Texas (AP) — Jalik Dunkley’s 20 points helped Nicholls defeat East Texas A&M 72-68 on Saturday.

Dunkley added seven rebounds for the Colonels (9-13, 8-5 Southland Conference). Zee Hamoda added 18 points while going 6 of 14 from the floor, including 4 for 10 from 3-point range, and 2 for 5 from the line and also had six rebounds. Sincere Malone had 16 points and shot 6 of 11 from the field and 4 for 4 from the line. The Colonels broke a five-game skid.

The Lions (8-14, 3-9) were led in scoring by Ronnie Harrison Jr., who finished with 20 points and three steals. Gianni Hunt added 16 points, six rebounds and seven assists for East Texas A&M. Noah Pagotto finished with 12 points, six rebounds and two steals.

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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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