Two former Iowa State Basketball players had their names called at the NBA Draft in Brooklyn, New York Thursday night.  All-American and Karl Malone Award Winner Georges Niang was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the second round with the No. 50 pick.

Niang concluded his career as Iowa State’s second all-time leading scorer (2,228) and was just the fourth Division I college basketball player since 1994-95 to accumulate 2,000 points, 700 rebounds and 400 assists in a career. He averaged 20.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists as a senior, becoming a consensus All-American and taking home the Karl Malone Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top power forward.

The other Cyclone selected was Forward Abdel Nader who was selected by the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA Draft with the No. 58 pick.

Nader, a Skokie, Illinois native increased his scoring from 5.8 points as a junior to 12.9 points in his final season.  He shot a career high 48.7 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from 3-point range. Nader earned All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades as a senior after scoring in double figures 22 times in 2015-16. He posted seven games with 20 or more points, including a season and career-high 26 points at Baylor.

This marks the 7th time that Iowa State has had multiple players selected in the same draft.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Light-hitting David Parrett had three RBIs in his first College World Series start and Coastal Carolina converted three Texas Tech errors into six unearned runs in a 7-5 victory that eliminated the Red Raiders on Thursday night.

Coastal Carolina (51-17) will play TCU in the Bracket 2 final on Friday night. The Chanticleers, in the CWS for the first time, would have to beat the Horned Frogs in that game and again Saturday to reach next week’s best-of-three finals.

Texas Tech (47-20), at No. 5, was the third and final national seed knocked out of the CWS.

The Chanticleers took a 4-3 lead in the third after they converted three hits and two infield errors into three runs.

Mike Morrison (8-1) pitched a season-high 4 1/3 innings of relief for the win, and Bobby Holmes earned his fourth save. Erikson Lanning (3-4) took the loss.

Glenwood 7, Atlantic 0
Glenwood 7, Atlantic 3
Creston 12, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 0
Creston 6, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 4
Fremont-Mills 11, Stanton 5
Harlan 11, Shenandoah 4
Harlan 16, Shenandoah 2
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 15, Charter Oak-Ute 2
Lenox 12, Southwest Valley 7
Lewis Central 2, Clarinda 0
Lewis Central 9, Clarinda 1
Missouri Valley 14, Audubon 3
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 9, Orient-Macksburg 7
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 12, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 0
Sidney 12, Essex 11
Treynor 10, AHSTW 0
Tri-Center, Neola 7, Griswold 4
Whiting 14, East Mills 2
Woodward-Granger 18, West Central Valley, Stuart 0
Woodward-Granger 19, West Central Valley, Stuart 0

Alta/Aurelia 5, Coon Rapids-Bayard 4
Bondurant-Farrar 0, Carroll 0
Carroll 0, Bondurant-Farrar 0
Creston 6, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 4 (6)
Creston 6, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 5
Dallas Center-Grimes 2, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 1 (8 innings)
Denison-Schleswig 4, Red Oak 3
Fremont-Mills, Tabor 5, Stanton 2
Stanton 11, Fremont-Mills, Tabor 2 (rain out 3rd inning)
Glenwood 10, Atlantic 2
Harlan 12, Shenandoah 7
Lewis Central 12, Clarinda 0 (5 innings)
Missouri Valley 15, Audubon 0 (5 innings)
Mount Ayr 11, Bedford 7
Nodaway Valley 11, East Union, Afton 1 (5 innings)
Ogden 14, Guthrie Center 2 (5 innings)
Ogden 8, Guthrie Center 4 (8 innings)
Orient-Macksburg 12, Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 7
Red Oak 8, Denison-Schleswig 3
Sidney 5, Essex 4
Treynor 12, AHSTW, Avoca 0
Tri-Center, Neola 9, Griswold 2
Underwood 12, Riverside, Oakland 4
West Harrison, Mondamin 10, Glidden-Ralston 4
Woodward-Granger 8, West Central Valley, Stuart 2
Woodward-Granger 9, West Central Valley, Stuart 5

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Atlantic 10, Red Oak 2
Atlantic 13, Red Oak 2
AHSTW 11, Audubon 7
AHSTW 9, Audubon 8
Boyer Valley 16, Adair-Casey 6
Boyer Valley 19, Adair-Casey 7
Glidden-Ralston 7, CAM, Anita 6
IKM-Manning 20, Griswold 2
IKM-Manning 8, Griswold 2
Lenox 12, Fremont-Mills 2
Lewis Central 3, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 2
Murray 12, Essex 0
Orient-Macksburg 6, Nodaway Valley 2
Perry 12, Carroll 0
Treynor 9, Underwood 2

Denison-Schleswig 4, Atlantic 1
AHSTW, Avoca 10, Audubon 1
Audubon 3, AHSTW, Avoca 2
CAM, Anita 13, Glidden-Ralston 3 (5 innings)
Central Decatur, Leon 17, Orient-Macksburg 2
Central Decatur, Leon 4, Wayne, Corydon 3
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6, Ogden 2
Harlan 13, Sioux City, East 2 (5 innings)
Lewis Central 13, Shenandoah 0
Logan-Magnolia 17, Riverside, Oakland 4
Logan-Magnolia 20, Riverside, Oakland 0
Murray 16, Essex 6
Perry 14, Carroll 3

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Jared Oliva homered for the first time in over two months and JC Cloney pitched seven strong innings, leading Arizona to a 3-0 victory over UC Santa Barbara in a College World Series elimination game Wednesday night.

The Wildcats (46-22) will play Oklahoma State on Friday in the Bracket 1 final. They need to win that game and another Saturday against the Cowboys to reach next week’s best-of-three finals.

The Gauchos (43-20-1) went 1-2 in their first CWS appearance.

Cloney (7-4) gave up only five singles before turning the game over to Cameron Ming with a runner on base and no outs in the eighth.

The Gauchos threatened in the ninth after Clay Fisher doubled and Devon Gradford walked with no outs. Ming struck out Austin Bush, JJ Muno and Dempsey Grover to end the game.

Arizona has allowed only two runs in three CWS games.