IUFLA Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 (edited) When: Saturday, February 3rd 12:00 PM EST Where: Simon-Skjotd Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana TV: FS1 First year coach Mike Rhoades (185-124 lifetime after stints at Rice and Virginia Commonwealth) brings his 9-11 (3-6 in Big 10 play) Nittany Lions into SSAH having lost 4 of their last 5 with the win being at home against Wisconsin of all teams, dealing the Badgers their lone Big 10 loss. They play at Rutgers tonight (8:30 EST BTN) The Lions are led by 5'11 sophomore guard Kanye Clary (18 ppg 38% from 3) a lightning quick kid who has that knack for making tough shots off the dribble drive, much like Michigan's Dug McDaniel. His backcourt mate 6'0 senior transfer Ace Baldwin (VCU where he played for Rhodes) checks in at 13 ppg (32% from 3) and leads the team in assists. 6'11 senior transfer (Georgetown, Maryland, back to Georgetown) Qudus Wahab mans the 5 spot at 9 ppg and 8 boards per. 6'6 junior transfer (VCU) Nick Kern (5 ppg 15% from 3) and 6'7 junior transfer (Temple) Zach Hicks (8 ppg 29% from 3) round out the starting 5. North Carolina transfers 6'4 junior D'Marco Dunn (7 ppg 32% from 3) and 6'8 senior Puff Johnson (6 ppg 27% from 3) along with 6'7 senior transfer (Lafayette) Leo O'Boyle (2 ppg 26% from 3) provide double digit minutes off the bench. Penn St shoots a high volume of 3s (2nd in the conference) but only averages 31% from behind the arc. Good FT shooting team. Terrible rebounding team, but they like to press and they do come at you on defense. The key will be keeping Clary under control. He torched Wisconsin for 27 points, the vast majority on drives to the hoop. If we can stop him, I think we win comfortably, as long as we have at least 4 of our starters available. Penn St is a patchwork team kinda forced together after Micah Shrewsberry left for Notre Dame. They're overall probably the worst team in the conference, but they can be dangerous, as Bucky found out... Let's get above .500 and try to get healthy... GO HOOSIERS! Edited January 31 by IUFLA 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 I'm worried about Clary blowing past our guards. X is our only player that matches up well with speedy guards. Hopefully Wares presence inside negates that some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Gawwwd sports reference is good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 5 minutes ago, Reacher said: I'm worried about Clary blowing past our guards. X is our only player that matches up well with speedy guards. Hopefully Wares presence inside negates that some. I thought Cupps did a pretty fair job on Dug McDaniel, who's a similar player...Maybe not quite as quick... In my opinion, the bigger, stronger guards are the ones who give Gabe problems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fkfootball Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Why can't we get a Kanye Clary? Even Ace Baldwin would be a welcome sight on our roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 This is the most confident I’ve been about a game since the non conference schedule, so clearly we are screwed. 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Clary is currently day to day after leaving the MN game with an injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 IU loses by 15+. They hit a college record 29 3s while we miss a college record 28. Go Hoosiers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 23 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said: Clary is currently day to day after leaving the MN game with an injury See if he plays tonight at Rutgers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euroclydon Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Let's see who's available for IU. They're all must wins now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 5 hours ago, Fkfootball said: Why can't we get a Kanye Clary? Even Ace Baldwin would be a welcome sight on our roster. Because he was 5’10 170 coming out of HS. Our staff wouldn’t look at a player like that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 22 minutes ago, 13th&Jackson said: Because he was 5’10 170 coming out of HS. Our staff wouldn’t look at a player like that Jaylin Lucas😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 11 minutes ago, ForHumanity said: Any updates on the injuries? Both are listed as “Game time decisions.” Frankly, I wouldn’t expect to see anything more definitive. This isn’t professional sports where teams have to divulge injuries. No sense giving Penn State any more information than needed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Clary not playing versus Rutgers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 PSU lines to press and we have to handle the press and not turn the ball over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 8 hours ago, IU Scott said: PSU lines to press and we have to handle the press and not turn the ball over I thought we looked very tentative against Iowa's press. We didn't "attack" it and try to score on it. Can't remember the game last year, but somebody tried to press us, we attacked it and scored immediately, and never saw the press again the rest of the game. If we are tentative against PSU's press, I'm afraid we'll get into that "quicksand" mode where one thing goes wrong, then another, then another....we'll likely have more turnovers than we should. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Penn St toppled Rutgers 61-46 at Jersey Mike's last night... D'Marco Dunn started for Clary and had 14. Some of you might remember he played against us last year for UNC... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 8 hours ago, IU Scott said: PSU lines to press and we have to handle the press and not turn the ball over We did a nice job of handling Iowa's, I've not watched PSU this season, but I expect to handle it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 9 minutes ago, btownqb said: We did a nice job of handling Iowa's, I've not watched PSU this season, but I expect to handle it well. Penn State's press is a little more aggressive than Iowa's... The Lions lead the Big 10 in steals and are 20th nationally... It'll be a challenge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUskim Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, IUFLA said: Penn State's press is a little more aggressive than Iowa's... The Lions lead the Big 10 in steals and are 20th nationally... It'll be a challenge... Do they play the “havoc” defense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 well, i was definitely counting this one as a win and still fell like it will be. i also view it as a must win. of course now i'm nervous that they won at Rutgers, they press aggressively, and we are very likely shorthanded X, MR, or both. great. now i'm worried again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 40 minutes ago, IUskim said: Do they play the “havoc” defense Yep...They're very aggressive...Rhodes coached under Shaka Smart at VCU before taking the head coaching job when Smart went to Texas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Last night Rutgers had 20 turnovers and PSU had 13 steals... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronkonagurski Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 PS-Who? IU rolls. 💪😎🤘 And by roll, I mean win by 5 points. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 10 minutes ago, bronkonagurski said: PS-Who? IU rolls. 💪😎🤘 And by roll, I mean win by 5 points. #ball #adorable #panda #roll #rolling #sitew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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