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Williams’ 22, Dixon’s game-winner lead Duquesne over Richmond, 79-77

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Alex Williams led Duquesne with 22 points, and David Dixon scored the game-winning putback layup with one second left as the Dukes knocked off Richmond 79-77 on Saturday.

Williams also contributed five rebounds for the Dukes (17-14, 9-9 Atlantic 10 Conference). Dixon scored 17 points while going 6 of 8 and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line to go with 11 rebounds. Tarence Guinyard had 16 points.

AJ Lopez led the Spiders (15-16, 5-13) with 15 points. Richmond also got 14 points from Will Johnston and Mikkel Tyne.

Williams scored nine points in the first half, and Duquesne went into halftime trailing 49-28. Williams scored 13 second-half points, and Duquesne outscored Richmond by 23 points over the final 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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