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Brown’s 18 lead Southern Indiana past Western Illinois 77-70

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Amaree Brown’s 18 points helped Southern Indiana defeat Western Illinois 77-70 on Thursday.

Brown shot 5 for 11 and 8 of 10 from the free-throw line for the Screaming Eagles (6-21, 3-14 Ohio Valley Conference). Ola Ajiboye scored 12 points and added five rebounds and three blocks. Cardell Bailey finished with 10 points, adding seven rebounds. The Screaming Eagles ended a six-game slide with the win.

Francis Okwuosah finished with 19 points for the Leathernecks (5-23, 1-16). Western Illinois also got 13 points from Lucas Lorenzen, and Danny Stephens finished with 12 points.

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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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