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Harper scores career-high 47 as Oral Roberts beats Denver 102-80

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Ty Harper scored a career-high 47 points and Oral Roberts took down Denver 102-80 on Thursday.

Harper shot 12 for 24 (2 for 7 from 3-point range) and 21 of 21 from the free-throw line for the Golden Eagles (8-22, 3-12 Summit League). He had never scored more than 26 points prior to Thursday. He was two shy of the high-water mark set by Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr., who scored 49 on Feb. 18.

Luke Gray added 17 points while shooting 7 for 8, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc while they also had eight rebounds. Connor Dow shot 3 for 7 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points, while adding eight rebounds.

Carson Johnson led the way for the Pioneers (15-16, 8-8) with 22 points and five assists. Shaun Wysocki added 15 points for Denver. Zane Nelson finished with 11 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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