30-2. That by itself should get you respect. They lost their first game to St. John's who will be playing TTech in the tourney. They lost to St. Bonney a couple of weeks later. Nothing since. They beat Nebraska 65-60. Nothing too impressive there, but a good win.
They are like ISU in that they play solid defense holding teams to approximately 48 points per game. Outside of the NU game, they have no victories against anyone in the top 25. It should also be noted that they only had ONE remotely close game in their conference schedule...a two point win over Fairfield on the road. Most of their schedule would remind you of teams ISU normally schedules for home tournaments - teams that we usually handle easily. Using that comparison alone and that Marist dominated that competition, they should be pretty salty.
Their tallest player is a 6' 4" Aussie who passes the eye test. She is solidly built.Only averages 7 points and 4 boards per game as a sophomore. They are led by a 5' 8" point guard, Allenspach, who is averaging 14 per game. She is hitting 51 percent from the floor and 1/3 of those are 3 pointers (43%). She is followed by another 5' 8" guard, Yarde, with 11 points per outing. They are not a big 3 point shooting team outside of Allenspach based on the number of shots. They obviously have some players who can shoot it as several appear to have had the green light to put it up. Essentially, this team goes how Allenspach goes.
If I want to give our Twister Sisters an advantage it would be (don't choke on this) athleticism. I would hope that a Big 12 school would have access to better athletes. That is the only rationale for that comment. I think that Pop will be huge inside. The big question mark will be whether Prins shows up. She has a nice height advantage and will be playing against an equally young post. Can she make a shot or will she continue to shoot the way she did against KState? This could be critical. Can we free up Bolt? Will Bolt stand in the corner or get aggressive? Lots of questions.
We all probably believe (I do) that if the ISU team is firing on all cylinders they will handle Marist. If they struggle to score or are afraid to shoot then this could be a nail biter. With the additional rest and time to get ready I think ISU shows up strong.
They are like ISU in that they play solid defense holding teams to approximately 48 points per game. Outside of the NU game, they have no victories against anyone in the top 25. It should also be noted that they only had ONE remotely close game in their conference schedule...a two point win over Fairfield on the road. Most of their schedule would remind you of teams ISU normally schedules for home tournaments - teams that we usually handle easily. Using that comparison alone and that Marist dominated that competition, they should be pretty salty.
Their tallest player is a 6' 4" Aussie who passes the eye test. She is solidly built.Only averages 7 points and 4 boards per game as a sophomore. They are led by a 5' 8" point guard, Allenspach, who is averaging 14 per game. She is hitting 51 percent from the floor and 1/3 of those are 3 pointers (43%). She is followed by another 5' 8" guard, Yarde, with 11 points per outing. They are not a big 3 point shooting team outside of Allenspach based on the number of shots. They obviously have some players who can shoot it as several appear to have had the green light to put it up. Essentially, this team goes how Allenspach goes.
If I want to give our Twister Sisters an advantage it would be (don't choke on this) athleticism. I would hope that a Big 12 school would have access to better athletes. That is the only rationale for that comment. I think that Pop will be huge inside. The big question mark will be whether Prins shows up. She has a nice height advantage and will be playing against an equally young post. Can she make a shot or will she continue to shoot the way she did against KState? This could be critical. Can we free up Bolt? Will Bolt stand in the corner or get aggressive? Lots of questions.
We all probably believe (I do) that if the ISU team is firing on all cylinders they will handle Marist. If they struggle to score or are afraid to shoot then this could be a nail biter. With the additional rest and time to get ready I think ISU shows up strong.
