Iowa State-Ole Miss men’s NCAA basketball tourney glance: Time/TV/game info

What: No. 3-seed Iowa State (25-9) vs. No. 6-seed Mississippi (21-11) in an NCAA men’s basketball tournament South region second-round game.

When/where: Sunday, 6:45 p.m., Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee

TV: TNT (Kevin Harlan, Dan Bonner, Stan Van Gundy)

Livestream: NCAA.com

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network affiliates

Series: Iowa State leads, 1-0. It was an 73-68 Cyclones win in Laie, Hawaii, in 2000.

Line: Iowa State by 5.5

Next game: The winner plays in the Sweet 16 Friday in Atlanta.

What to know: Iowa State advanced to this game with an 82-55 win over Lipscomb, the Cyclones’ largest margin of victory in an NCAA tourney game. Milan Momcilovic scored 17 of his game-high 20 points in the first half.

Cyclone forward Joshua Jefferson had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocked shots.

Ole Miss had a 22-point second-half lead whittled to two points, but fended off North Carolina in Friday’s first-round for its first NCAA tournament win in 10 years, 71-64.

This is the Rebels’ first NCAA appearance since 2019. They seek their first Sweet 16 berth since 2001. The Cyclones’ went to the Sweet 16 in 2022 and 2024 under coach T.J. Otzelberger.

Iowa State’s NCAA tourney record is 24-23. Ole Miss’ is 6-9. The Cyclones are 8-7 in NCAA second-round games.

Six Ole Miss players average 10.5 or more points. Senior guard Sean Padulla had a team-high 15.0. He has made 80 three-pointers. Senior forward Jaemyn Brakefield doesn’t start, but is second on the team in scoring.

The Rebels are fourth in the nation in fewest turnovers per game with 9.1 and are fifth in turnover margin.

Chris Beard is in his second year as the Rebels’ coach after getting fired from Texas. Mississippi is his sixth head coaching job. His career record is 279-120.

Iowa State beat Little Rock in the second round of the 2016 NCAA tourney when Beard was Little Rock’s coach.

No. 3-seeds are 48-32 against No. 6-seeds.