Lipscomb vs. Iowa State officially set. Time, date for March Madness first round game
Led by the trio of power forward Jacob Ognacevic with guards Will Pruitt and Joe Anderson, the Bisons (25-9) have won 11 or their last 12 games. Ognacevic was the Atlantic Sun player of the year, Anderson was the most outstanding player in the conference tournament and Pruitt made the all-conference second team and all-conference tournament team.
Lipscomb is in the NCAA tournament for only the second time in its NCAA Division I era. The Bisons first trip came in 2018 when they won the conference tournament and then lost to North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Bisons have also played twice in the NIT advancing to the championship game in 2019.
Time: 12:30 p.m. (CST)
Date: Friday, March 21
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