(Ames, IA) — Iowa St. will open their men’s basketball season tonight hosting Farleigh Dickinson University, coverage on KSOM.
The Cyclones are ranked #16 in the early AP poll but already have injury problems — star point guard Tamin Lipsey is banged up the start the season but he is expected to play tonight. Head Coach TJ Otzelberger does have another option — Freshman Killyan Toure has been one of the standouts in the exhibition season
Iowa St. returns 6-8 Junior Milan Momcilovic (11.5 ppg), 6-9 Senior Joshua Jefferson (13.0 ppg, 7.4 rbg), 6-5 Senior Nate Heise (5.1 ppg) plus Lipsey (10.6 ppg, 3.1 assists per game). 6-5 Senior Dominick Nelson is a transfer from Utah Valley who should provide instant offense averaging 14.4 points a game. Otzelberger has size that has transferred as well like 6-9 Senior Eric Mulder from Purdue Ft. Wayne and 6-10 Junior Blake Buchanan from Virginia.
ISU lost to Creighton and beat Northwestern in the exhibition season and Otzelberger wants his team to play better defensively going into tonight’s game against FDU
