CJ Fredrick: 9 points, 2 assists (led team), 4/5 from the field, 1/1 from three, 1 block, zero turnovers
Keegan Murray: 7 points, 6 rebounds (2nd on the team), 3/6 from the field, 1/2 from three, 1 block, zero turnovers
Both played solid defense, all things considered
On one hand I see it as a great positive for the future that it was two of Iowa’s young guys who rose to the occasion and played great against a Top 3 team in the country. Not to mention that the majority of their combined points came off of shots that they both created themselves (in the lane no less!), which was otherwise lacking severely tonight
On the other hand, I see it as extremely concerning for the immediate future that two of our best players at getting a shot off the dribble get such limited looks. Fredrick specifically, at what point is he going to be encouraged to start hunting shots? Even last game against PSU, he was out of his mind in the first half, and just stopped shooting in the second. Did he even have a shot attempt in the second half tonight? This is absolutely outrageous to me. We needed points, and continued to let Bohannon chuck and Garza miss bunnies. Fran needs to have the wherewithal to draw up plays for the guys with the hot hand and/or tell them to go to work... especially when the threes aren’t falling as they were not tonight. When Wagner got hot for Michigan in the second half, who kept shooting the ball? Wagner. Then Livers got going and got up several shot attempts. Force feeding Garza on an off-night just isn’t the answer
Keegan Murray: 7 points, 6 rebounds (2nd on the team), 3/6 from the field, 1/2 from three, 1 block, zero turnovers
Both played solid defense, all things considered
On one hand I see it as a great positive for the future that it was two of Iowa’s young guys who rose to the occasion and played great against a Top 3 team in the country. Not to mention that the majority of their combined points came off of shots that they both created themselves (in the lane no less!), which was otherwise lacking severely tonight
On the other hand, I see it as extremely concerning for the immediate future that two of our best players at getting a shot off the dribble get such limited looks. Fredrick specifically, at what point is he going to be encouraged to start hunting shots? Even last game against PSU, he was out of his mind in the first half, and just stopped shooting in the second. Did he even have a shot attempt in the second half tonight? This is absolutely outrageous to me. We needed points, and continued to let Bohannon chuck and Garza miss bunnies. Fran needs to have the wherewithal to draw up plays for the guys with the hot hand and/or tell them to go to work... especially when the threes aren’t falling as they were not tonight. When Wagner got hot for Michigan in the second half, who kept shooting the ball? Wagner. Then Livers got going and got up several shot attempts. Force feeding Garza on an off-night just isn’t the answer
