Friday, March 18, 2005
Cyclones roll past Gophers
A nearly dominant performance by the Cyclones today against Minnesota. Once ISU got the lead they kept it pretty much in check except for two or three moments where I got pretty nervous. When Stinson was hurt and Carr picked up his fourth I was starting to grip a little bit but they managed to survive that. The other moment was after the 12 point lead was cut to 7 and ISU was turning it over but they made a few key shots and hit their free throws.
My player of the game has to be Jared Homan. He absolutely destroyed Minny's seven footer picking up 14 poitns, 13 rebounds, and 7 blocks. The guy was afraid to shoot over Homan because it would be sent back into his face. You can tell that Jared is majorly pumped to play in the tourney.
Stinson was also nails as usual but everybody really seemed to be impressed by Clark's game. He's such an athlete that you can tell he has the potential to be a special player at ISU. His intesity really drives the defense.
Carolina is up next. It's going to take a great effort for ISU to win and they'll need UNC to miss some three pointers to have a chance but I think it's possible. The players are going to have to stay out of foul trouble because they're going to need the starting five on the floor as much as possible and Carr is going to need to provide a meaningful contribution off the bench.
A good SI writeup of some interesting things from the game including Aaron Agnew going Shaq on one of the goals and some glowing reviews of Clark and ISU's defense.
My player of the game has to be Jared Homan. He absolutely destroyed Minny's seven footer picking up 14 poitns, 13 rebounds, and 7 blocks. The guy was afraid to shoot over Homan because it would be sent back into his face. You can tell that Jared is majorly pumped to play in the tourney.
Stinson was also nails as usual but everybody really seemed to be impressed by Clark's game. He's such an athlete that you can tell he has the potential to be a special player at ISU. His intesity really drives the defense.
Carolina is up next. It's going to take a great effort for ISU to win and they'll need UNC to miss some three pointers to have a chance but I think it's possible. The players are going to have to stay out of foul trouble because they're going to need the starting five on the floor as much as possible and Carr is going to need to provide a meaningful contribution off the bench.
A good SI writeup of some interesting things from the game including Aaron Agnew going Shaq on one of the goals and some glowing reviews of Clark and ISU's defense.
# posted by Ben @ 6:05 PM 
