Hilton Magic

A couple of lines I'd like to point out. First, is Rashon Clark. 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 turnover in 27 minutes. He was phenomonal and this is exactly what we need out of our role players. Stinson went 23-6-4 and Blalock was 11-6-5 on points, rebounds, and assists. They both played pretty solid games and, for the most part, didn't try to force too much. Still missed a few layups and took it in when nothing was there but much less than normal. One example that sticks out in my mind is when Stinson had the ball in what was essentially a 3-5 break. In other games he might have tried to take it in but he held back for a second and found his man get behind the OU players for the easy lay-in.

This was a nice win but it is so frustrating because effort like this could have led to wins against Xavier, Mizzou, Kansas State, and Colorado just to name a few. It wasn't even like ISU played that great either. Free throw shooting was horrible at 22-39, 56%. The defense has been there most of the year but the offense looked a lot better today as they were the ones controlling the tempo. When they were forced to go into their halfcourt offense they had crisp passes and worked it inside to the bigs. ESPN said they didnt have a single basket outside of 10 feet. That's a pretty amazing stat.

Baylor comes into town on Tuesday. It's certainly a winnable game but Baylor is a lot better and it could be loseable if they play like they did against CU. I feel a lot better about the team now that Staple has played well in the last two games and some of the freshman are stepping up more often. The question is, what took so long?