NCAA Tournament: Grambling State to play Montana State

March 18, 2024

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Grambling State College goes to the NCAA Event for the primary time ever, and it now is aware of who it can face within the First 4.

GSU will face Montana State, the Huge Sky Convention Champion, in Dayton, OH within the Midwest Regional. The winner of the sport will face no. 1 seed Purdue within the Spherical of 64.

Grambling State knocked off three-time defending convention event champion Texas Southern within the SWAC title sport on Saturday evening to punch its bid to the NCAA Event. GSU received the NAIA title in 1961 with Willis Reed, however had by no means received the SWAC Event since its inception.

GSU is 20-14 general, 14-4 in opposition to competitors within the SWAC. SWAC groups have a number of wins within the First 4, together with a number of by Texas Southern, whom GSU took down on Saturday.

Robert Ford III leads Montana State in scoring and averages just below three steals per sport.

Montana State is 17-17 after profitable three video games in a row to assert its convention championship, knocking off Weber State, Sacramento State and rival Montana to take residence the Huge Sky Crown. Robert Ford III is the crew’s main scorer at just below 16 factors per sport. Nevertheless, three of its gamers common double figures.