The Iowa State Cyclones and the Lipscomb Bisons meet Friday in college basketball action from the Fiserv Forum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Iowa State vs Lipscomb Prediction.
Iowa State Recap
The Iowa State Cyclones come into the NCAA tournament on behalf of the Big 12, finishing the year with an overall record of 24-9 including a 13-7 mark in Big 12 conference play. As the 5-seed in the Big 12 tournament, Iowa State took down Cincinnati before falling to BYU in the quarterfinals.
Cyclones Make Four Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances
Curtis Jones leads the Cyclones in scoring with 17.1 PPG along with 4.3 RPG and 2.3 APG while Keshon Gilbert has 13.4 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 4.1 APG to lead the Cyclones in assists, but is expected to be out for the rest of the year with an injury. Milan Momcilovic has 11.4 PPG with 3.2 RPG while Joshua Jefferson has 13 PPG with a team-high 7.4 RPG to lead Iowa State on the glass up to this point in the year. Tamin Lipsey has 10.8 PPG with 3.2 APG and 2.1 SPG to cap off the scoring in double figures for Iowa State so far this season. Dishon Jackson has 8.6 PPG with 5.1 RPG as well on the year. As a team, Iowa State is averaging 80.4 PPG on 48% shooting from the field, 35.8% from three and 75.7% from the foul line this season.
Why the Lipscomb Bisons will win
- Lipscomb has won each of its last 10 day games.
Lipscomb Recap
The Lipscomb Bisons come into the NCAA tournament as the ASUN champion, finishing the year with an overall record of 25-9 including a 14-4 mark in ASUN conference play. As the regular season champion and the 1-seed in the ASUN tournament, Lipscomb knocked down Central Arkansas, Queens and North Alabama on the way to the ASUN championship.
Bisons Making First NCAA Tournament Appearance Since 2018
Jacob Ognacevic leads the Bison in scoring with 20.1 PPG and in rebounding with 8.1 RPG while Will Pruitt has 13.2 PPG with 5.9 RPG and 2.6 APG. Gyasi Powell has 11.6 PPG with 3.6 RPG and Dylan Faulkner has 10.5 PPG with 5.3 RPG. Joe Anderson has 12.5 PPG with 3.5 RPG and a team-high 3.9 APG to lead the Bison in the assist department and to round out the group of double-digit scorers for Lipscomb up to this point in the year. As a team, Lipscomb is averaging 79.3 PPG on 47.3% shooting from the field, 35.9% from three and 79.4% from the foul line this season.
Why the Iowa State Cyclones will win
- Iowa State has won each of its last six games against non-Conference opponents.
- Lipscomb has lost each of its last five games against AP-ranked opponents.
Total Points Facts
- Seven of Iowa State’s last eight NCAA Tournament games have produced a total of 141 or fewer points.
- Each of Lipscomb’s last five games against non-Conference opponents have produced a total of 142 or fewer points.
Iowa State vs Lipscomb Prediction
I’m on Lipscomb here with the points. I think Iowa State still wins, but I think this is still a solid and well-coached Lipscomb team that can do some damage here, especially with a key cog in Iowa State’s lineup in Gilbert out for the tournament. When this Iowa State team was at full strength, they were borderline unstoppable. But when you took one piece out, it was almost like the Cyclones would overcompensate. Lipscomb is an efficient team from an efficient ASUN conference, and I think at worst they can keep it close here. Give me the Bisons and the points.