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Fresno State earns 79-62 win over Air Force

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — David Douglas Jr. scored 21 points as Fresno State beat Air Force 79-62 on Saturday.

Douglas shot 7 of 11 (5 of 8 from 3-point range) and 2 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Bulldogs (10-11, 4-6 Mountain West Conference). Zaon Collins added 14 points while shooting 5 of 8 from the field and 3 of 4 from the line, to go with five rebounds and five assists. Jake Heidbreder had 14 points and shot 5 for 12.

The Falcons (3-18, 0-10) were led by Ethan Greenberg, who posted 11 points and six rebounds.

Fresno State took the lead with 1:49 left in the first half and did not trail again. Douglas led his team in scoring with 15 points in the first half to go up 44-39 at the break. Fresno State pulled away with a 14-2 run in the second half to extend a six-point lead to 18 points. They outscored Air Force by 12 points in the final half, as Heidbreder led the way with a team-high eight second-half points.

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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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