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No. 1 Duke’s Cameron Boozer, Jon Scheyer and Maliq Brown claim top individual honors from ACC

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Duke’s Cameron Boozer is the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year and rookie of the year as the top-ranked Blue Devils claimed top honors from the league Monday.

The league also named the Blue Devils’ Jon Scheyer as its coach of the year, while senior Maliq Brown claimed two honors as top defensive player and top sixth man.

Wake Forest sophomore Juke Harris claimed the other individual award as most improved player.

Boozer headlined the all-ACC first team with North Carolina’s Caleb Wilson, Stanford’s Ebuka Okorie, Miami’s Malik Reneau and Virginia’s Thijs De Ridder.

SMU’s Boopie Miller headlined the second team, joined by Harris, North Carolina’s Henri Veesaar, Miami’s Tre Donaldson and Louisville’s Ryan Conwell.

Duke’s Isaiah Evans was the top vote-getter on the third team, joined by Louisville’s Mikel Brown Jr., N.C. State’s Quadir Copeland, Florida State’s Robert McCray V and California’s Dai Dai Ames.

The Associated Press releases its all-ACC honors Tuesday.

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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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