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Rancik scores 19, Dak adds 16 and 12 rebounds as Colorado beats Utah 85-73

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Sebastian Rancik scored 19 points, Bangot Dak had 16 points and 12 rebounds, his fourth double-double this season, and Colorado beat Utah 85-73 on Wednesday night.

Reserves Isaiah Johnson scored 12 points and Alon Michaeli 10 for Colorado (12-3, 2-0 Big 12). The Buffaloes bench outscored Utah’s 33-8.

Don McHenry had 24 points — 18 in the first half — and seven rebounds for Utah (8-7, 0-2). Terrence Brown and Keanu Dawes each scored 16.

Johnson and Michaeli hit 3-pointers 27 seconds apart that made it 33-29 with 4:58 left in the first half and Colorado led the rest of the way.

Dawes threw down a dunk and McHenry converted a four-point play to spark a 12-4 spurt that made it a two-point game with 6:57 to play, but Utah got no closer. Dawes scored in the lane that trimmed the deficit to 69-67 with 3:58 remaining before the Buffaloes scored 16 of the final 22 points — six by Rancik in the final 90 seconds.

Colorado made 19 of 21 (90.5%) from the free-throw line, where the Utes made 69.6% (16 of 23).

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Utah: Hosts No. 9 BYU on Saturday.

Colorado: Hosts No. 14 Texas Tech on Saturday.

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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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