Clemson basketball minus second-leading scorer vs. Iowa

As No. 9 seed Iowa basketball (21-12, 10-10 Big Ten) opens its 2026 NCAA Tournament journey this evening with a first-round matchup against No. 8 seed Clemson (24-10, 12-6 ACC), the Hawkeyes will be facing a Tigers squad without their second-leading scorer, junior forward Carter Welling.

Welling, who averages 10.2 points per game on 49.3% shooting, suffered a torn ACL in Clemson’s March 11 ACC Tournament win over Wake Forest and is now out for the remainder of the season.

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Similar to Welling, freshman guard Zac Foster is also listed as out against the Hawkeyes after tearing his ACL in a Dec. 17 win over South Carolina.

As for Iowa, its injury report has no new developments entering the tournament, as freshman guard Peyton McCollum’s known season-ending foot injury is the lone Hawkeye listed.

The Hawkeyes and Tigers’ first-round matchup is scheduled to tip off from Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Fla., at 5:50 p.m. CT, with the game being broadcast on TNT.

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