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Gibson scores 18 as Texas A&M-CC knocks off Houston Christian 73-71

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Mason Gibson’s 18 points helped Texas A&M-CC defeat Houston Christian 73-71 on Saturday.

Trent Johnson hit a 3-pointer to pull Houston Christian to 71-69 with 16 seconds left before the Islanders held on from the free-throw line.

Gibson added six rebounds for the Islanders (12-10, 8-5 Southland Conference). Cenker Evran scored 13 points and added six rebounds. D’Avian Houston finished 3 of 5 from the field to finish with nine points.

Demari Williams led the Huskies (8-14, 4-9) in scoring, finishing with 17 points. D’Aundre Samuels added 17 points for Houston Christian. Ryan Bartley finished with 14 points and two blocks. Johnson and Demarco Bethea added 10 point apiece.

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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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