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Pepperdine beats Washington State 88-79

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Stefan Cicic’s 23 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks helped Pepperdine defeat Washington State 88-79 on Saturday night.

Aaron Clark added 20 points and seven rebounds for the Waves (9-22, 4-14 West Coast Conference). Styles Phipps finished with 16 points, while adding six rebounds, nine assists, and five steals.

Aaron Glass led the Cougars (12-19, 7-11) with 22 points. ND Okafor added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Washington State. Rihards Vavers also had 13 points.

Pepperdine took the lead for good with 15:08 to go in the first half. Cicic scored nine points to help give the Waves a 36-28 halftime lead. Clark scored 16 points in the second half.

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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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