Tonight, the undefeated and 19th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones headed to Omaha to take on Greg McDermott’s young Creighton Blue Jays.
As has been the case in virtually every game this season, the Cyclones brought the defensive intensity right away, forcing turnover after turnover, but struggled to get anything into the basket. Both teams had such difficulty scoring early on that a Tristan Enaruna mid-range opened the scoring for the game almost three minutes in.
Then, the combination of Iowa State continuing to hit everything but the bottom of the bucket and some deep threes from Creighton allowed the Blue Jays to open up an 18-9 lead.