Clemson basketball minus second-leading scorer vs. Iowa
Iowa basketball meets a Clemson squad that lost its second-leading scorer to a season-ending injury in the ACC Tournament.
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.
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 . Clemson will be without its second-leading scorer and its leading rebounder, Carter Welling, against the Hawkeyes.
Welling suffered a torn ACL in the ACC Tournament. pic. twitter.