The Iowa State women will play Maryland in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night at Stanford. The Cyclones are the seventh seed in the Portland region. They are 20-11 after last Tuesday’s loss to Texas in thew Big 12 championship game.

That’s senior guard Hannah Bellanger. Freshman forward Addy Brown says the competition in the Big 12 is good preparation for the NCAA Tournament.

Two seed Stanford plays Norfolk State in the other first round game.