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Today is the most important day.
That is the motto the Cyclones will need to adopt over the final stretch over the season, but I would argue they need to start now with their road bout against TCU. It is easy to look ahead at the murderer’s row of the remaining schedule, including games against all five of the other currently ranked Big 12 teams, but the horned frogs can absolutely cause a stumble for Iowa State.
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This also comes off a home win against Baylor that likely leaves a lot of room for improvement, with Iowa State waiting for the second half to truly pull it away, and having an absolutely dreadful final 90 seconds that had me pulling up the UNI versus Texas A&M collapse. While you have to appreciate every win to an extent, there was definitely room for improvement.
Milan Momcilovic is still on a historic pace, shooting a blistering 53.25% from beyond the arc. This would put him fifth in NCAA history according to sports reference, and just .04% behind Roosevelt Moore of Sam Houston in 1992-93. When witnessing greatness, it can be hard to realize exactly what you are watching. Let’s check some of the season bests for all time Iowa State shooters to put this season into perspective.
Scott Christopherson 44.1%
Milan Momcilovic 53.25%
Please appreciate what you are watching.
One player that has stepped up in recent games is Nate Heise. He averaged under four points per game during the first seven conference games, but he has matched his point total through seven in just the last three. This has been instrumental in some blowout wins over Colorado and Kansas State as it will open up space in the middle if a defender always has to stay that much closer to him now that he is a valid threat. I don’t know what happens in February to spark this, but this revival also happened this time last year for the UNI transfer.
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TCU is certainly one of the teams in the Big 12 conference. 7th in offense, 11th in defense, 9th in overall scoring margin, this…
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