The Latest on the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, with games Friday night in Philadelphia and Chicago (all times Eastern):
9:54 p.m.
An Iowa State cheerleader was hit in the face by a basketball that deflected off the right foot of Cyclones guard Matt Thomas in the second half of the team’s 84-71 loss to Virginia in the Sweet 16. But she returned to the court and a spokesman for the school said she was OK.
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9:50 p.m.
How do you break Syracuse’s zone defense? How about hitting a bunch of 3-pointers.