Texas vs ISU-game two

[BabHorn]

Iowa State (15-5, 6-4) and Texas (9-11, 2-7) meet in Austin to complete their Conference series this season. ISU took the first game 73-65 in OT at Ames. That started off league play for both teams. Currently, Texas is on a two game winning streak while ISU is coming off a win over Texas Tech in Ames. ISU will seek to even its league road record at 3-3. They are 2-3 on road games at this time. Texas will be seeking their second straight Big 12 home win and third league win in a row. Texas trails in this series 10-13. They have lost to ISU twice in a row.

ISU has started the same lineup in all ten conference games with no starter averaging less than 8 ppg. Hallie Christofferson (# 5, 6-3 Jr. F) averages 13.8 ppg. Chelsea Poppens (# 33, 6-2 Sr. F) adds 11.1 ppg. Anna Prins (# 55, 6-7 Sr. C) is at 9.8 ppg. The main shooters include Christofferson (48-82, 58.5%), Poppens (36-79, 45.6%), Prins (37-99, 37.4%), Nikki Moody (# 4, 5-8 Soph. G; 27-86, 31.4%), Brynn Williamson (# 22, 5-11 Soph. G/F; 20-62, 32.3%) and, off the bench, Nicole (Kidd) Blaskowsky (# 15, 5-7 Fr. G; 21-53, 3936%). While pretty much any of the seven in the main rotation will take a three, Christofferson (16-33, 48.5%), Williamson (19-51, 37.3%), Blaskowsky (13-40, 32.5%) and Fallon Ellis (# 32, 5-11 Soph. G/F) have had the most success from BTA. ISU is second in the league in FT% at 76.8%. All five starters get to the FT line frequently and only Prins makes less than 70% at 69.2%. Christofferson (26-27, 96.3%), Poppens (37-44, 84.1%) and Moody (24-31, 77.4%) are not the ones Texas wants to see on the FT line.

ISU has 11 players that have gotten into league games. But only seven have played in all ten games. The other four have played in no more than four games and average five minutes or less. Christofferson (35.4 mpg), Poppens (29.2 mpg), Prins (26.0 mpg), Moody (35.8 mpg) and Williamson (36.6 mpg) have started all of the league games. Blaskowsky (23.5 mpg) and Ellis (11.0 mpg) come off the bench. Poppens and Prins at times are limited by foul trouble. These seven were the ones that played in the last game ISU and Texas squared off in.

Horns have three players in double figures: Nneka (13.3 ppg), Chassidy (12.4 ppg) and Imani (11.4 ppg). Those three, along with Empress, are the top four in making and attempting FGs. Nneka (47.2%) and Imani (46.0%) have the best FG% among players that have at least 10 FG attempts. Chassidy (14-52, 26.9%) and Gigi (6-21, 28.6%) are the main 3pt threats for the Horns in league play with Ashley (10/24, 41.7%) out with a knee injury. Among players that have attempted at least 10 FTs, Brady is the best at 84.6% (11-13) while Nneka (22-31, 71.0%) and Imani (23-30, 76.7%) join her as the other players over 70% from the FT line. Nneka is the leader in FT attempts while Imani has made the most FTs.

Imani (9.0 rpg) and Nneka (8.6 rpg) ae the top two rebounders. Chassidy adds 6.3 rpg while Sara (4.5 rpg) and Empress (4.3 rpg) are also contributors on the boards. Celina (24) and Empress (23) are running neck and neck for the assist lead. Imani (21) is the only Horn in double figure blocks. Four Horns have hit double digits in steals with Chassidy, Nneka and Celina at 11 each while Brady has ten steals.

Horns have 12 active players with Ashley and Anne Marie having missed several games due to injury. Eight players have started with Nneka, Imani, Chassidy, Empress and Celina getting the start in the last game. Chassidy (35.3 mpg), Nneka (32.8 mpg) and Empress (32.2 mpg) all average over 30 minutes per game. Imani, Ashley and Celina average in the mid 20 with five of the others averaging in double figures.



TEXAS ISU
Nneka (6-1 Soph. F) Moody (5-8 Soph. G)
Imani (6-7 Fr. C) Christofferson (6-3 Jr. F)
Chassidy (5-10 Jr. G) Poppens (6-2 Sr. F)
Empress (5-7 Fr. G) Williamson (5-11 Soph. G/F)
Celina (5-8 Fr. G) Prins (6-7 Sr. C)
Even with foul trouble, Poppens and Prins, who ended up fouling out, were the leading scorers for ISU. They did it in different ways with Prins going 7-15 from the field (1-4 from BTA) and Poppens picking up half her points at the FT line (8-9). Imani and Nneka will need to play at the high level they have done in the last couple of games to offset Prins and Poppens. While they have seen her on film, ISU has not yet played against Gigi who gives the Horns a big body on the perimeter capable of hitting the 3, something they lacked in the first game. Empress’ defense on Moody will be critical. She has now played against some of the best guards the Big 12 has and that experience should help her against Moody. ISU had trouble keeping Chassidy from getting her shots off. The better play of Nneka and Imani may make this task more difficult for ISU. These two teams match up well against each other and foul trouble may well decide the winner of the game.

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TEAM STATISTICS UT ISU
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SCORING................. 509 608
Points per game....... 56.6 [9] 60.8 [7]
Scoring Defense....... 63.9 [5] 61.5 [3]
Scoring margin........ -7.3 [8] -0.7 [6]
FIELD GOALS-ATT......... 192-516 200-489
Field goal pct........ .372 [7] .409 [3]
FGs made per game..... 21.3 20.0
FGs att per game...... 57.3 48.9
FG % Defense.......... .392 [3] .392 [4]
2 POINT FG-ATT.......... 159-385 128-274
2-point FG pct........ .413 .467
2-pt FG made per game. 17.7 12.8
2-pt FG att per game.. 42.8 27.4
2-pt FG % Defense..... .418 .392
3 POINT FG-ATT.......... 33-131 72-215
3-point FG pct........ .252 [10] .335 [4]
3-pt FG made per game. 3.67 [9] 7.20 [3]
3-pt FG att per game.. 14.5 21.5
3-pt FG % Defense..... .341 [9] .341 [8]
FREE THROWS-ATT......... 92-147 136-177
Free throw pct........ .626 [10] .768 [2]
F-Throws made per game 10.2 13.6
FTs att per game...... 16.3 17.7
Opp. FTs made per game 12.0 11.4
Opp. FTs att per game. 17.9 16.4
REBOUNDS................ 370 361
Rebounds per game..... 41.1 [2] 36.1 [6]
Opponent RPG.......... 34.6 31.0
Rebounding margin..... +6.6 [2] +5.1 [3]
Off. Rebs. Per game... 16.56 [1] 9.50 [10]
Def. Rebs. Per Game... 24.56 [5] 26.60 [2]
Opp. Off. RPG......... 12.78 9.70
Opp. Def. RGP......... 21.78 21.30
ASSISTS................. 103 142
Assists per game...... 11.44 [6] 14.20 [3]
TURNOVERS............... 188 186
Turnovers per game.... 20.9 18.6
Opponent TOs per game. 16.4 13.1
Turnover margin....... -4.44 [9] -5.50 [10]
Assist/turnover ratio. 0.55 [10] 0.76 [6]
STEALS.................. 71 64
Steals per game....... 7.89 [8] 6.40 [9]
Opponents SPG......... 9.56 9.90
BLOCKS.................. 38 26
Blocks per game....... 4.22 [4] 2.60 [8]
Opponents BPG......... 3.22 3.40
ATTENDANCE.............. 14122 50397
Home games-Avg/Game... 4-3530 [8] 5-10079 [1][/pre]



SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st Ave. 2nd Ave. OT Ave. Total Ave. ------------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- Texas.................... 215 23.9 288 32.0 6 0.7 509 56.6 UTOpponents............. 277 30.8 284 31.6 14 1.6 575 63.9 ISU...................... 260 26.0 324 32.4 24 2.4 608 60.8
ISU Opponents............ 290 29.0 306 30.6 19 1.9 615 61.5

The last game these two played swung on FTs, not so much during the regular 40 minutes as during the OT period when ISU hit on 10-16 FTs, not a great percentage but more than enough to offset Texas going 2-9 from the field and 2-3 from the FT line during OT. Horns did a poor job of keeping ISU from the FT line but did an excellent one in shutting down ISU’s 3pt attack. They did an excellent job of passing as they got 16 assists on 24 FGs made. TOs were only 17, well below the average of 20-21 they usually average.

Like in the TCU game, Horns will need to lock down the perimeter. ISU takes around 43% of their shots from BTA. They took 42% from BTA in the first game. Horns were successful in going inside as well as hitting from BTA during that first game. Prins and Poppens helped to negate the inside game of Texas as the post games of both basically played to a draw. Texas does have an advantage in that Imani has been forced to play more and, consequently, learn more than she was projected to initially. The game is likely to be a close game with FTs making the difference. Horns will need to hit their FTs as well as defend without putting ISU on the FT line, where they are making 76.8% of their FTs as a team. Offensive rebounding is one area where Texas has a big advantage. They will need to convert this into extra possessions because ISU is excellent at making the most of theirs. ISU is excellent in defensive rebounding, keeping opponents from extra possessions. The board play should be furious and physical. Post depth should favor Texas by a slight margin. As good as Texas has been scoring inside, ISU has been better. Texas will need to play tough interior defense without putting ISU on the FT line, where they excel.

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texassports.com game preview

cyclones.com game preview

The game will be this Wednesday at 7 PM CST and will be carried on the LHN. Fran Harris (play-by-play), Debbie Antonelli (analyst) and Kaylee Hartung (reporter) will be on the LHN. KVET 1300 AM will carry the radio broadcast with Craig Way on play-by-play and Amie Smith Bradley as color analyst.

 

[BabHorn]

found the link to this video on the cyclone fan site:
CFTV: Fennelly talks Texas

Lots of highlights of the first ISU-Texas as he discusses the upcoming game. Of course, most are ISU highlights.

 

[BabHorn]

AAS game preview story

 

[WCBBNUT]

Will be in Austin for the game hoping the Horns can string together three in a row. Go Horns!

(Still LMAO as well)

 

[BabHorn]

Ames Tribute game preview,sort of.

 

[TEXASMADE]

Major collapse the last couple minutes of the first half. Just fell apart.

 

[texexted]

Dear Coaching Staff: Get off your butts and coach! Would love to see you call one offensive play. Anything. Your players are dying for a little guidance. And so we start yet another second half in a giant hole.

 

[overseasbbfan1]

Tough loss, no question, esp since we looked good at points. But no excuses for the lapses that resulted in ISU pulling away, as Coach A herself said. I do want to give a shout out to both Celina and Empress for reaching dlb figures though. In particular Rodrigo; 5 of 6 shooting was really nice to see given her struggles on the scoring front thus far. I really hope this signals a new chapter for her, and that she continues to contribute offensively. We've seen good things from almost every player at points this season, albeit some more consistently than others. When it finally happens for everyone at the same time, and in the same game, it's going to be special. The pieces just haven't come together yet.

 

[tott10]

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[OrangeForLife]

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[cynt]

"Why do we eat up 25 seconds of the shot clock?"

^^^^^THIS!!!!!^^^^

I couldn't figure this out at the TCU game. I thought maybe it was me but sure enough it's a problem. And like I mentioned from the TCU thread if Celina was the PG it was horrible. I believe she's thinking too much instead of playing ball. We definitely need an offensive coordinator. Heck just watch the UCONN, ND and BU games, learn the plays and teach the team. I know it's easier said than done but I can't understand how UCONN and BU can move, pass, reverse, pass, back door in 10 seconds and it takes us 25 seconds to pass our 1st ball.

 

[WCBBNUT]

Yep. It was hard to watch. We lost by 8 on the road and now 19 at home. Discouraging to have lost some keys players between those two meetings. I talked with a few in the know. A line in the sand has been drawn. I can respect that, but I continue to have my doubts. Good thing I have no track record of being right so nobody needs to weigh in with ALL CAPS and f bombs on my account.



Based on recent crowds, I fear that Baylor fans will out number the home crowd this weekend. Guess that means those of us who can attend have to yell louder. I plan to bring a few of my young players with me to shore up some orange in the house. Always hoping for a win, but this next game... ((yikes))

 

[TEXASMADE]

What does the line in the sand line mean?

 

[WCBBNUT]

Meaning change is hard and sometimes student athletes find themselves with tough decisions to make. Teenagers don't always see the long term implications of their short term thinking. Moving forward for some is going backward for others. And I am being intentionally vague.

If you liked Conradt's approach to the game, you are going to love what Aston does with the program. If not, you can either beat your head against a wall or simply sit down and shut up.

 

[TEXASMADE]

How long does texas go along with this experiment? Jody is at every game and not sure if that's her usual look but she always looks discussed and pissed off.

 

[Seattle4UT]

Experiment? LOL. That was with the last coach. This is the real thing.... building a solid infrastructure that will propel Texas back to being competitive and playing for Championships.

 

[outlookdude]

OK. I just deleted everything I typed. I’ll try again. I’m in a bad mood and I don’t have much good to say.

Celina and Empress both did a better job of looking to shoot the ball. That was good. Of course, Iowa State pretty much dared them to shoot. But, they did and hopefully that will bring some positive returns in the future.

The officials were bad. Really bad.

Some honest questions for those who know more about the game than me…..

I see teams like Iowa State manage to create open perimeter shots when opponents know they have had a reputation as a three-point shooting team for years. So how does a team like Texas, that wants to score as much as possible inside with Imani and Nneka, have trouble getting open looks both outside AND in the lane?

A total of six Iowa State players accounted for all but 4 minutes of playing time. This did not come as a surprise to anyone. The Texas coaches talked pre-game about wanting to push the tempo for that very reason. So, why did we wait until down by double-digits to press? For that matter why do we always wait until we are down by double-digits to press?

These were questions being asked as we exited Wednesday night after the game. I have some opinions but I’d like to hear what others think.

Is that line in the sand outside the FEC and keeping fans from coming inside?

OK, that was nasty and uncalled for. But, there is a difference between sticking to your guns and just being stubborn. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize the difference when you are in the middle of a disagreement. I hope Coach Aston gets this fixed……better stop now. Had to start deleting again.

 

[TempestHorn]

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[WCBBNUT]

Yes. She is at the games but now she is courtside. She was up in a suite for most of the last 5 years. I think we are playing Conradt 2.0 which is good or bad depending on how much change you were wanting.

Clearly Aston gets a pass this first year. She has a group recruited to play a different type of game in a different type of program. Like GG, a little improvement will go a long way moving forward, but I am sure she is on a short timeline to get back into the tourney. I would imagine another year like this and then it's anyone's quess. I remain a skeptic, but maybe this type of upsetting the apple cart will pay off.

(Note: All of the above is just my opinion based on conversations I have had. I may have hesitations about our coach but I am always hoping she gets the W)

I am nervous about Baylor. While I hope for a win I would just be thrilled with being competitive. What I always liked about Gail (and Conradt) was you always had hope that an upset was possible. Not sure we have that in us this year, but you never know in college sports... Go Horns. Beat the Bears!

 

[Seattle4UT]

^^^^