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Santa Clara knocks off Saint Mary’s 62-54

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Christian Hammond scored 25 points as Santa Clara beat Saint Mary’s 62-54 on Saturday.

Hammond had five rebounds for the Broncos (16-5, 7-1 West Coast Conference). Allen Graves added 11 points and eight rebounds. Aleksandar Gavalyugov finished with nine points.

Paulius Murauskas scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Gaels (17-3, 6-1). Saint Mary’s got eight points and eight rebounds from Andrew McKeever. Joshua Dent also had eight points and three steals. The loss snapped the Gaels’ eight-game winning streak.

Hammond scored 11 points to help the Broncos build a 32-25 halftime lead. Santa Clara used an 11-2 run to make it a 40-25 lead with 13:59 left in the game.

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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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