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Mortle’s season-high 33 points lead Texas Southern over Alcorn State 92-87 in OT

HOUSTON (AP) — Zytarious Mortle scored a season-high 33 points as Texas Southern beat Alcorn State 92-87 in overtime on Thursday night.

Mortle tied it at 76-all with five seconds left in regulation.

Mortle had six rebounds, six assists, and four steals for the Tigers (11-16, 9-7 Southwestern Athletic Conference). Duane Posey scored 16 points while finishing 7 of 12 from the floor, and added 15 rebounds. Alex Anderson shot 6 of 11 from the field and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points.

Tycen McDaniels led the Braves (7-20, 6-9) in scoring, finishing with 26 points, 13 rebounds, two steals and two blocks. Alcorn State also got 17 points and four assists from Shane Lancaster. Jameel Morris also had 17 points 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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