Participants announced for Hilton Madness competitions

Alex Gookin

Iowa State announced its participants in the three-point and dunk contests for its basketball showcase event, Hilton Madness on Oct. 18.

In the three-point competition, women’s basketball players Nakiah Bell, Jadda Buckley, Kidd Blaskowsky and Brynn Williamson will compete for the top sharp-shooter on the team, while men’s basketball players Monte Morris, Naz Long, Matt Thomas and Georges Niang will compete in their respective competition.

The competition will give players 60 seconds to shoot from five locations along the three-point line with five balls at each location. The first four balls are worth one point with the fifth ball in the rack serving as the “money ball” worth two points.

The player with the highest total points will advance each round.

The dunk contest will feature men’s basketball players Jameel McKay, Abdel Nader, Bryce Dejean-Jones and Dustin Hogue. Each participant will get two dunks in the first round and the two participants with the highest combined scores will advance to the final round.

The two finalists will each get one dunk and the player with the highest dunk score will be crowned champion. Five judges will score dunks on a 10-point scale. 

Hilton Madness, free to the public, will kick off at 6 p.m. with doors opening at 5:30 p.m.