The Hawkeyes have three wins in their last eight games against ranked opponents after a 71-55 victory over No. 17 Maryland on February 8.
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Wichita State forward Anton Grady was taken to the hospital after an on-court collision during Friday’s game against Alabama, ESPN reports.
That being said, I do not expect Wichita State to drop another game this early in the season.
“I thought it was a heck of a basketball game”, Marshall said.
It’s obvious this year’s version of the Wichita State Shockers is not as good as in previous seasons at 2-3. When we’re in the situation when we get three, four or five guys – a minimum of three guys – in double figures, we’re a much better team. They will have an opportunity to prove that they are a legitimate NCAA tournament threat when they face off with the No. 20 Wichita State Shockers on Thanksgiving Day in the AdvoCare Invitational.
Chris Kendrix scored 12 points for Missouri State while Dequon Miller and Jarred Dixon added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
A Boatwright 3 helped end the WSU run and USC made a spurt of its own at 12-2 to nullify the Shocker momentum and straight 3s by Reinhardt, Boatwright and Elijah Stewart put USC back in charge at 61-54 with 6:56 left.
A scary scene played out late in Alabama’s 64-60 win over Wichita State.
“Seeing your brother on the court like that, obviously it’s more than the game at that point”, WSU senior Ron Baker said. They won despite having 23 turnovers by making 12 of 23 3-pointers and shooting 45.5 percent from the field while holding the Shockers to a 35.1 field-goal percentage. Jarrod Uthoff poured in a game high 20 points and snared eight boards on 8-16 while Mike Gesell and Adam Woodbury netted 14 points apiece with Woodbury hauling in ten rebounds while Gesell logged nine assists. – Justin Robinson scored 22 points, including two free throws with 3.6 seconds left, and Monmouth upset Notre Dame in the first round of the AdvoCare Invitational. He had 11 points, 7 of which came from free throws. 23-ranked Xaxier in the tournament semifinals on Friday. That could have been any one of my players out there in that situation, it could have been any of our children.
“That’s how we run our offense, pushing the ball, getting easy shots, easy layups, which leads to opening up from the outside”, said Norris, who was 2 of 4 from three-pointers. The Tide didn’t reach one-and-one until 3:14 remained and went 9 of 11 to finish the half.
Even with the coaching change from Fred Hoiberg to Steve Prohm, No. 4 Iowa State remains one of the nation’s best offensive teams.
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Bryan DeGeare scored 15 points to lead the Owls, who converted 16 of 57 shots from the field (28.1 percent), including 7 of 30 from distance.
