The Cyclone men and women really need to work on their layups.
Last basketball season, I took my first trips to the McLeod Center (UNI men 60, ISU 54) and Carver-Hawkeye Arena (Iowa women 62, ISU 40). I was hoping to even my in-state away-game record with a men’s-women’s doubleheader in my first trip to the Knapp Center. (The Creighton game at Wells Fargo Arena was neutral.)
It was only a partial success.
The Cyclone women started out very sluggish and only made five shots from the field in the first half. By the middle of the second period, Drake was up 11. Iowa State, the owner of the nation’s longest streak of games with a 3-point shot, had not made a single one. (For what it’s worth, there was one shot early counted as a 2-pointer with a foot on the line. The women’s line moved back this year to match the men’s. You can see above that there is no longer a line touching the top of the key.) Continue reading
