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Trio guides Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to 73-68 victory over Southeastern Louisiana

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — Cenker Evran, D’Avian Houston and Nick Shogbonyo all finished with 14 points to guide Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to a 73-68 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Monday night.

Evran shot 5 of 8 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Islanders (15-14, 11-9 Southland Conference). Houston made 4 of 11 shots and all four of his free throws. Shogbonyo sank 5 of 7 shots with a 3-pointer and 3 of 4 from the foul line.

Ethan Pickett led the way for the Lions (8-21, 5-15) with 17 points. Jeremy Elyzee added 15 points and CJ Booker scored 10.

Houston scored 10 points in the first half to help the Islanders take a 40-32 lead into halftime. Houston’s free throw with 4:27 left in the second half gave Texas A&M-CC the lead for good at 61-60.

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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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