Iowa St. Men’s and Women’s Basketball will be on the court today in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The schedule will work out that approximately when the women’s game finishes their game against Michigan the men’s game against Lipscomb will start.
The first game of the women’s tournament will be ISU and Michigan in South Bend, Indiana — the Cyclones had to play their way into the field by beating Princeton 68-63 to become the 11th seed against the 6th seeded Wolverines. Michigan is led by Freshman Olivia Olson at 16.2 ppg and Freshman Syla Swords at 16.1 ppg. Senior Emily Ryan says Michigan is deep and athletic
Michigan has a small line up and Iowa St. has 6-3 Sophomore Audi Crooks so Sophomore Arianna Jackson says it will be interesting in the match-ups on who will have the advantage
ISU Head Coach Bill Fennelly says it was a quick prep time to get ready for the Wolverines but he says Michigan plays a style that is new to his team
Iowa St. is 23-11, Michigan is 22-10, game time is at 10:30 am, Cyclones Pre Game at 10 am, Coverage on KS 95.
On the men’s side, the third seeded Cyclones battle 14 seeded Lipscomb in Milwaukee. Sophomore Milan Momcilovic’s home is only about 20 minutes from the arena and he will be playing in front of a lot of friends and family
Iowa St. will have to play without senior starter Keshon Gilbert but Junior Point Guard Tamin Lipsey, who injured his groin during the Big 12 Tournament, will be in the line-up today against the Bisons even though he is not 100 percent
Lipscomb won the Atlantic Sun conference regular season and post-season tournament, they shoot 36 percent as a team from three point land and 6th Man Senior Curtis Jones says they will challenge Iowa St.
Iowa St. is 24-9, Lipscomb is 25-9, game time is at 12:30, Cyclones Pre Game at 11:30 am, coverage on KSOM.
