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03/19 03:43 CDT Iowa State Cyclones play the Tennessee State Tigers in first round of NCAA Tournament Iowa State Cyclones play the Tennessee State Tigers in first round of NCAA Tournament By The Associated Press Tennessee State Tigers (23-9, 17-5 OVC) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (27-7, 14-7 Big 12) St. Louis; Friday, 2:50 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cyclones -24.5; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 6 Iowa State and Tennessee State meet in the NCAA Tournament first round. The Cyclones' record in Big 12 games is 14-7, and their record is 13-0 in non-conference games. Iowa State ranks eighth in the Big 12 with 10.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Blake Buchanan averaging 2.9. The Tigers are 17-5 against OVC opponents. Tennessee State leads the OVC scoring 80.5 points per game while shooting 46.0%. Iowa State makes 49.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 4.6 percentage points higher than Tennessee State has allowed to its opponents (44.4%). Tennessee State scores 15.4 more points per game (80.5) than Iowa State allows to opponents (65.1). TOP PERFORMERS: Milan Momcilovic is shooting 49.4% from beyond the arc with 3.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Cyclones, while averaging 17.1 points. Joshua Jefferson is shooting 42.4% and averaging 16.6 points over the last 10 games. Aaron Nkrumah is averaging 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.8 steals for the Tigers. Travis Harper II is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Cyclones: 6-4, averaging 75.0 points, 29.4 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 8.7 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 44.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.8 points per game. Tigers: 9-1, averaging 79.5 points, 33.6 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 8.6 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.7 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.