Iowa State women to take on reigning national champion South Carolina on FOX

The Iowa State women’s basketball team will have a big stage for one of its biggest games this upcoming season.

Iowa State’s Nov. 28 contest against South Carolina, the reigning national champion, will tip off at 11 a.m. and be televised on FOX.

The game is a part of the Fort Myers Tip-Off at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida Southwestern State College.

Iowa State will also play Middle Tennessee on Nov. 30 at 12:30 p.m. That game will be televised on the Women's Sports Network.

But the marquee event for the Cyclones will come against South Carolina. The Cyclones are coming off a big season of their own as one of the biggest surprise stories in the entire nation.

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Iowa State, in the midst of a rebuild, went to the Big 12 Tournament title game and came a win away from advancing to the Sweet 16.

Expectations will be high for the Cyclones this season with their top three scorers in Audi Crooks, Addy Brown and Emily Ryan returning.

Tommy Birch, the Register's sports enterprise and features reporter, has been working at the newspaper since 2008. He's the 2018, 2020 and 2023 Iowa Sportswriter of the Year. Reach him at tbirch@dmreg.com or 515-284-8468.

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