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Huff and West Virginia secure 82-77 OT win over Stanford in College Basketball Crown quarterfinals

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Honor Huff scored eight of his 21 points in overtime and West Virginia beat Stanford 82-77 on Thursday night in the College Basketball Crown quarterfinals.

Huff shot 5 for 14 from the field and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line for the Mountaineers (19-14). Treysen Eaglestaff added 18 points while shooting 5 for 11 from the field and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Brenen Lorient shot 6 of 9 from the field to finish with 14 points, while adding seven rebounds and three blocks.

Ebuka Okorie led the way for the Cardinal (20-13) with 34 points, five assists and two steals. Aidan Cammann added 12 points for Stanford. AJ Rohosy finished with 10 points and nine rebounds.

West Virginia entered halftime up 35-29. Lorient paced the team in scoring in the first half with nine points. The teams ended regulation tied 68-68. Huff shot 2 of 3 from the field and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line in overtime.

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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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