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Saine’s 24 lead Weber State over Idaho State 83-73

POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — Tijan Saine’s 24 points helped Weber State defeat Idaho State 83-73 on Saturday.

Saine shot 8 for 15 (2 for 7 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Wildcats (16-14, 10-7 Big Sky Conference). Viljami Vartiainen scored 16 points while shooting 6 for 10, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc, and added six rebounds. Trevor Henning shot 6 for 12, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc to finish with 13 points.

Caleb Van De Griend led the Bengals (12-18, 5-12) in scoring, finishing with 15 points, eight rebounds and two steals. Idaho State got 15 points and six rebounds from Connor Hollenbeck. Gus Etchison had 15 points and seven assists.

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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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