Wednesday night in the women’s First Four Iowa State overcame a 15-point 2nd half deficit to beat Princeton 68-63 in the 11-seed game. The win was the 800th of coach Bill Fennelly’s career. In the 16-seed game Southern beat UC San Diego 68-56. The First Four finishes Thursday night on ESPN2 as at 6:00 11-seeds Washington and Columbia play and then at 8:00 16-seeds William & Mary plays High Point.
Wednesday night in the men’s First Four Xavier beat Texas 86-80 in the 11-seed game and Mount St. Mary’s topped American 83-72 in the 16-seed game.
The men’s basketball tournament begins the Round of 64 Thursday. Action starts at 11:15 on CBS as 8-seed Creighton plays 9-seed Louisville and the last game of the night tips off at 9:10. 11-seed Drake will play 6-seed Missouri at 6:35 on TruTV.