*** Official IOWA STATE vs Oklahoma Game(day) Thread ***

[Cyclonesince78]

Shooting that amazing percentage by 3 and it's tied at half. Yeah that is a terrible sign.

 

[ISUCY23]

That ten point lead was erased with Matt Thomas on the floor. His +/- has to a minus.

Yeah because Oklahoma's run was his fault, huh? *******.

 

[acoustimac]

The hot shooting is the problem as we look ahead. Tired legs could lower our shooting percentage in the second half. If that happens and we don't have the three as an equalizer...it might not be pretty...especially if Spangler stays out of foul trouble. Can always hope OU can't hit a three either.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

That ten point lead was erased with Matt Thomas on the floor. His +/- has to a minus.

Just stop please ... Matt did nothing wrong. Maybe George should value the ball a little bit more.

 

[CRcyclone6]

Once Thomas came in......That lead evaporated quickly.

Oh come on.

 

[Die4Cy]

Fred is ****** about all the second chance points. You know that's one thing he said we could not allow tonight in order to win. ANd every loose ball bounces right to a white jersey. It's maddening.

 

[CapnCy]

Get the 50/50 balls, make lay ups, stop Hield=win for the good guys.

Should be an exciting second half. Hope we can get a 10 OT lead and keep it!

 

[stormchaser2014]

ISU 114
OU 110

2OT

Starting to look really possible

 

[alarson]

Y'all need to chill if you thought we'd hold a 10 point lead on Oklahoma in their house for the entire game.

Didnt think we'd give it up in 2 minutes before half when the announcers are commenting on how gassed OU was. We gave them those 10 points.

 

[Sigmapolis]

That ten point lead was erased with Matt Thomas on the floor. His +/- has to a minus.

He only really participated in two plays...

One) He drove the ball, got fouled, made his shots. About as good as you can ask for a possession.
Two) Got off a bad shot with withering defense crawling all over him... would have happened to any of them.

I didn't see any particular lapse on defense from him.

Niang turning the ball over like four times and not passing out of triple teams hurt a lot more.

I know Thomas is a relative disappointment versus his ranking and how Morris developed from the same class, but he was a slight + contributor in limited minutes so far tonight.

 

[xboxfever]

Once Thomas came in......That lead evaporated quickly.

It did, but it wasn't his fault. Niang had 3 or 4 dumb turnovers during that span. There was some stupid shots taken, and then there was Buddy Hield.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Morris played one of the worst halfs I've seen him play. He and Niang better step it up...

Otherwise it is Custer and Giorgos time.

 

[MNclone]

OU went on their run with Hogue and Jones on the bench with foul trouble. Those two did a fantastic job on Hield.

 

[Cyclonesince78]

I'm not about to blame Thomas, but his +/- is probably leading the NCAA

 

[CST8WIN]

Play lay decent defense and we win........but that's a long shot......drives me nuts

Stop Buddy Hield and we win this game.

Simple. As. That.

 

[dabears32]

I'm not sure if people are seriously blaming Thomas for any part of that late debacle. I sure hope they are joking...

 

[Stewo]

Right on cue, Thomas becomes the whipping boy for literally no reason whatsoever. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

[Clone_12]

Gotta be tough to win on the road. Defense, rebounding, and valuing the basketball are key. We haven't done any of those things tonight, and that is why we are tied despite hitting 9 freaking 3's in one half!

 

[mikedp]

Once Thomas came in......That lead evaporated quickly.

REALLY? What a analyst, NOT

 

[aeroclone]

Shooting that amazing percentage by 3 and it's tied at half. Yeah that is a terrible sign.

Yep, we won't be able to keep up that shooting the entire game. I feel like wasting shooting that good is giving away our shot at this game.