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Vartiainen and Saine score 20 points apiece, Weber State knocks off Sacramento State 95-82

OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Viljami Vartiainen and Tijan Saine scored 20 points apiece as Weber State beat Sacramento State 95-82 on Saturday night.

Vartiainen also contributed five rebounds and Saine made 6 of 12 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and 6 for 6 from the free-throw line and added four steals. Nigel Burris had 14 points and shot 5 of 7 from the field and 4 of 5 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (7-8, 1-1 Big Sky Conference).

Mikey Williams led the Hornets (4-10, 0-2) in scoring, finishing with 26 points. Mark Lavrenov added 12 points for Sacramento State. Jayden Teat had 12 points. The loss was the Hornets’ sixth in a row.

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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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