Iowa State drops NC Central but loses Niang for tourney

Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg said Georges Niang, who scored 24 points in the 93-75 victory Friday night, will miss the rest of the NCAA Tournament with a broken bone in his right foot.

That leaves the third-seed Cyclones without a key player in one the most balanced offenses in the country when they play No. 6 seed North Carolina on Sunday in the East Region.

Jeremy Ingram scored 28 for North Carolina Central (28-6), which came in on a 20-game win streak and won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.