The Cougs will be taking on the Iowa State Cyclones in another essential road game in Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday at 3:10 pm PST on TNT - let’s take a closer look at the towering #2 seed the Cougs will face ⬇️
• Iowa State University, located in Ames, Iowa and founded on March 22nd in 1858 (happy 164th anniversary today - this is March Madness!) was one of the country’s first land-grant institutions. It currently is home to over 30,000 students, their newspaper is the Iowa State Daily and the mascot’s name is Cy the Cardinal.
• The Cyclones are (28-7) and won the Big 12 Tournament, defeating the #1 seed Houston Cougars in the championship 69-41.
• The Cyclones defeated the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 82-65 in the first round, led by a balanced attack of five double digit scorers including two off the bench (Hason Ward and Curtis Jones).
• The Cykes are led in scoring for the season by Junior guard Keshon Gilbert who averages 13.8 points per over 35 games and 30.7 minutes per game.
• State is led on the boards by Senior forward Tre King who averages 5.3 rebounds per over 35 games and 23.3 minutes per game.
• ISU is led in assists and steals by Sophomore guard Tamin Linsey who averages 4.9 assists per and 2.7 steals per over the course of 34 games and 31.1 minutes per game.
• A fun note is that ISU also has a player named Omaha Biliew who is a sparsely-played Freshman forward out of Waukee, Iowa.
Best of luck to our Comeback Cougs in Omaha tomorrow - let’s go Wheatfield Warriors, all aboard the Palouse Caboose lezzzzzz gooooooo 🐾🏀
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