Too lazy to read all these pages, because I'm watching the game, so it's probably already been mentioned, but where is WARD? Look, I 'do know' TJ has a very good reason but just wanting a reporter to ask him what it is. We were getting killed on the boards, Osun in foul trouble again, and missed shots by TCU bouncing way up in the air. Perfect for Ward to rebound. Man, he must be really be underperforming in practice. Is he injured at all? With no Kunc, and foul trouble, we need 1 more guy to get minutes.
*** Official #25 IOWA STATE vs #17 TCU Game(Day) Thread ***
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This year I feel like the coaching is better. Some of that is more, talented players, so we can do more stuff, but we’re adjusting to what our opponent is doing better.
Man I’m psyched for the future.
Man I’m psyched for the future.
Since it is physically impossible to shoot negative free throws, 0 is all the officials were allowed to do.
Stats of the Half
| STATISTIC | ISU | TCU |
| FG% | 61% | 46% |
| FTs | 0-0 | 5-13 |
| PtsOffTO | 8 | 4 |
| 2ndChPts | 4 | 7 |
| BenchPts | 14 | 9 |
| PtsPaint | 24 | 12 |
| FstBkPt | 2 | 6 |
| Layups | 8-11 | 4-5 |
| Fouls | 10 | 3 |
Teams are both playing aggressive physical defense trying to foul sometimes. Gabe got fouled three times on one play and they called a travel on ISU.
Our fouls are real fouls, they swallowed whistle for TCU playing with similar amount of contact.
Overall, a pretty good half. Controlled the tempo and kept TCU off the offensive glass for the most part. I just hope Cyclones can keep up their offensive efficiency in the 2nd half and can we please shoot a free throw?
Great way to close out the half.
Gotta love the way we are playing right now. Generally great shot selection and great defense but we're starting to give up some rebounds and second chance ops. Officiating became a factor in the last 10 with some missed calls that should have went our way and some whistles against us that were suspect.
Jones made some nice plays but he was a liability in the last 3 minutes. Osun picked up 2 really bad fouls, one that was 10 feet beyond the arc and the other one under the basket where he reached. He needs to pick his battles and keep himself in the game. We are much better when he is on the floor.
Gotta love the way we are playing right now. Generally great shot selection and great defense but we're starting to give up some rebounds and second chance ops. Officiating became a factor in the last 10 with some missed calls that should have went our way and some whistles against us that were suspect.
Jones made some nice plays but he was a liability in the last 3 minutes. Osun picked up 2 really bad fouls, one that was 10 feet beyond the arc and the other one under the basket where he reached. He needs to pick his battles and keep himself in the game. We are much better when he is on the floor.
Really hope we can get him a quick foul in the first few minutes.
Great end of the half. Jones playing great. Not forcing anything down low. Only had a little lapse the end of the half against Lampkin, but he is a really good big man and was pretty much shut down the whole first half.
Exactly. We have to keep him bottled up and not let him get on a roll.
TCU has a guy who is now 1-15 ft on season, may want to intentionally foul if he’s in crunch time in some situations. That’s worse than random person off the street.
True, I feel we have lots of unforced offensive fouls that tend to increase our numbers every game. Lazy screens
There could be some I've missed, but mostly I see balls bouncing way up or out and we're getting outmuscled or out jumped athletically more than effort, imo. Couple times Grill and Lipsey were the guys down low, that's not a good match. With our trapping with the post off the screen and roll some times and our rotations etc. it is going to happen I guess.
