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Walker’s 20 lead Sam Houston past Middle Tennessee 78-70

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Jacob Walker scored 20 points as Sam Houston beat Middle Tennessee 78-70 on Wednesday.

Walker shot 5 of 10 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 8 for 8 from the line for the Bearkats (18-8, 10-5 Conference USA). Veljko Ilic added 15 points while shooting 7 of 18 from the field while they also had nine rebounds and five assists. Po’Boigh King had 12 points and shot 3 for 12 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line.

Torey Alston led the Blue Raiders (12-14, 6-9) in scoring, finishing with 16 points and six rebounds. Chris Loofe added 15 points and seven rebounds for Middle Tennessee. Alec Oglesby finished with 12 points.

Sam Houston took the lead for good with 12:06 to go in the first half. The score was 44-32 at halftime, with Walker racking up 10 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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