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Jorgensen’s 19 lead Colorado State past New Mexico 82-74

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Kyle Jorgensen scored 19 points as Colorado State beat New Mexico 82-74 on Wednesday night.

Jorgensen shot 5 for 8 from beyond the arc and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Rams (20-10, 11-8 Mountain West Conference). Brandon Rechsteiner and Carey Booth each added 13 points. The Rams picked up their eighth straight win.

Deyton Albury finished with 22 points and four steals for the Lobos (22-8, 13-6). New Mexico also got 14 points and 12 rebounds from Tomislav Buljan. Luke Haupt and Jake Hall added 13 points apiece.

Colorado State took the lead for good with 10:04 to go in the first half. The score was 40-25 at halftime, with Rashaan Mbemba racking up all nine of his points for the Rams.

Colorado State used a 7-0 run to make it a 54-35 lead with 16:02 left.

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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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