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Jones scores 29, leads New Mexico State to 77-75 OT win over Jacksonville State

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Jemel Jones led New Mexico State with 29 points, and hit a lead-taking 3-pointer with 26 seconds left in overtime to take down Jacksonville State 77-75 on Thursday.

The game concluded with free throws after Jones’ dagger 3-pointer.

Jones also contributed six rebounds and five assists for the Aggies (14-15, 7-12 Conference USA) on 9 of 18 shooting and 9 of 13 at the stripe.

Julius Mims scored 16 points while going 7 of 11 and 2 of 3 from the free-throw line, and added seven rebounds. Jayland Randall had 12 points and shot 2 of 9 from the field, including 1 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 7 for 7 from the line.

Jacoby Hill led the Gamecocks (14-16, 9-10) with 24 points and 15 rebounds. Jacksonville State also got 23 points and seven rebounds from Mostapha El Moutaouakkil. Emondrek Erkins-Ford also had 14 points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

Jones scored six points in the first half and New Mexico State went into the break trailing 33-24. Jones scored 18 points in the second half to help lead New Mexico State to a two-point victory.

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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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