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Cooper scores 34, South Alabama defeats Southern Miss 84-78

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Jayden Cooper scored 34 points and made seven 3-pointers to lead South Alabama over Southern Miss 84-78 on Thursday night.

Cooper shot 10 of 16 from the field, including 7 for 9 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 8 from the line for the Jaguars (18-7, 8-4 Sun Belt Conference). Chaze Harris scored 26 points, going 9 of 11 and 8 of 17 from the free-throw line.

Tylik Weeks finished with 25 points and seven assists for the Golden Eagles (13-14, 6-8). Djahi Binet added 15 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks for Southern Miss. Isaac Tavares also had 11 points, seven rebounds and two steals.

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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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