Thursday, December 4th, 2014

Well, quite a bit has happened since my last post... Elizabeth got a new (used) car, a Chevy Traverse, and we are really enjoying it so far.  We had a lovely Thanksgiving in Iowa City last week with the GLEKS side of the family.  However, the reason I am blogging today is because of the fun basketball game I just saw with Tim Nevins.

Iowa State's men's basketball team just dominated a good Arkansas Razorback team, winning by a score of 95-77.  Iowa State never trailed in this game, and they really took it to Arkansas early.  The Cyclones lead 52-32 at halftime and never looked back.  Coming into the game, Iowa State was ranked #20 in the nation, and Arkansas was ranked #18.  This was the fourth time that I have witnessed Iowa State face off against a team when both were ranked in the top-25, and I am happy to say that Iowa State is 4-0 in those games!  The others were vs Iowa, vs Texas, and vs Oklahoma last season.

If I had to pick a player of the game today for Iowa State it would have to be Georges Niang.  He scored 26 points, dished out 8 assists, and collected 6 rebounds.  It was impressive how he was able to score in a number of ways (spinning drives to the basket, hook shots, bank shots, up & under moves, three pointers, etc).  Although a close second for player of the game was Bryce Dejean-Jones.  He tallied a game high 27 points on 8 for 8 shooting from the field and added 6 rebounds.  He had a monster dunk in transition, and he was 4 for 4 from three point range.  All five of Iowa State's starters finished scoring in double digits including Houge (14), Morris (11), and Long (10).

A view of the action from our seats in section 216.

My usual scoreboard picture... ISU 95, Arkansas 77.