*******OU-Iowa State Game Thread*******

[stormspencer]

This could he what we all feared.
We need to really settle down on offense.

Gotta get some rhythm....we are just slopping shots up.

 

[MNsooner]

Buddy is the only guy who looks steady out there on Offense.

 

[opsooner]

17-12 ISU at under 12

 

[JBaker]

ISU VERY very physical and we aren't getting any calls.

 

[NickZepp]

We are lucky it's only 5 right now. Offense just hasn't been doing anything.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Not gonna lie, I fear a blowout. Hope I'm wrong though, just need to settle down on offense and not give up wide open 3's

 

[MNsooner]

ISU VERY very physical and we aren't getting any calls.

I my experience, short of playing KU, Hilton is the place where OU never gets calls.

 

[opsooner]

That one looked bad the moment it left Booker's hand.

Yep; he hurried and never had it positioned properly.

 

[AdaSooner]

OU is forcing too many shots. The entire team needs to settle down and run their offense.

 

[slappy in OP]

If my count is right, ISU is on a 13-2 run right now. We need to hold on here and keep it close.

 

[MNsooner]

The kind of good news is that it is a close game even though we've played dreadful. So at least we have a chance to calm down before it gets out of hand.

 

[sheepdogs1]

Cousins pulling up with long 2s with no else on the offensive end yet.

His shot has gone into hiding.

 

[JBaker]

Haha, this is bad.

 

[NickZepp]

Only down 5 and ISU is shooting near 60%

 

[JBaker]

We cannot defend Niang.

We are somehow keeping it closer than it should be though.

 

[NickZepp]

In other Big 12 news. Early on in Austin. Texas leads Kansas by 4.

 

[Laxtothemax12]

Niang getting anything he wants

 

[stormspencer]

Great job by Hornbeak for keeping us in this. It doesn't matter who is guarding Niang down low....he is absolutely abusing us because he is getting great position. He spins to his left almost everytime....we should be playing right off his left shoulder when he is posting up.

 

[MNsooner]

Only down 5 and ISU is shooting near 60%

And we must be shooting below 40%. I'm actually okay with how our 2nd team weathered some of this. Bennett is getting killed by Niang though. He lets him get into position then tries to react. If you do that Niang will beat you.

 

[slappy in OP]

ISU playing unconscious right now.....and we are still in range. The optimist in me likes that aspect. If we can calm down, play a little better D, and they cool off to an average shooting pace we should be OK here.