Just out of curiosity...did Crooks sing at the end of the game?
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I honestly thought Heiden defended her very well earlier. I think she gets to the starting five spot before the end of the season. Grady struggles against people her height.
Just want to give a shoutout to Taylor Stremlow, It wasn’t points, It was hustle, defense and intensity, Loved that Jan had her on the court in crunch time.
NEVER A GOT DAM DOUBT!
Hey now! I'm a West Coast Iowa ex-Pat and I don't say stuff like that about people who don't deserve it.
I would like to see Olson and Guyton on the floor at the same time
absolutely, she made some great defensive plays in the 4th quarter as well as offensive players earlier on in the game
Kylie had Emily Ryan in hell all night. She should keep her starting spot
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This. Jan really needs to think about doing that more often, depending on the opponent. Hannah looks so much more comfortable there.
100%.
The freshman class is very good 1-5.
I loved how aggressive and tough Ava was guarding Crooks. She only played 8 minutes, however.
Another fat joke. Asshole.
Keep her starting spot if others are scoring!!!!
She's not a consistent offensive threat.
She's a tough matchup for fives with her athleticism. She regularly beats them down the court.
It’s not that. Playing Hannah at the 4 just lets a team sag off and we’re playing 4 on 5.
As far as I know, Audi Crooks has been nothing but class. And she's a heck of a player... She doesn't deserve the sophomoric commentary by some in this thread.
Agreed, the freshmen that are playing are FIRE. Props to Stremlow to be sure, but also Guyton. Not only did she have the courage to take some critical late shots...she made them and they weren't flukes. Olsen and Affolter showed strong too, but those freshies really impressed me.
I think that’s what we all thought… But as it turns out, she’s played in four games and is 6–8 from three point range
Girl can ball.
I like the freshmen. I like the development I've seen from the returning players. I like Olsen. I like the energy they played with. I like the crowd. This looks like a good team to me. Looks like Jan's keeping this thing rolling.
Very much agree
Guyton is 80% (8-10) from three on the season.
Such a sweet shot.
She's earned more minutes.
Such a sweet shot.
She's earned more minutes.
Everytime Guyton shoots from 3 point land, I think it's going in. She's good, and going to get a lot better. She just came back from a serious injury just 4 weeks ago or so - pretty impressive.
Lucy gushing about the crowd afterwards was great to see. Hopefully recruits were all watching.
Just my opinion, but while fronting her helped for sure...if it wasn't for the hustle and athleticism of the "fronter", Stuelke, she(Crooks) still would have been dumping in shot after shot. In other words...they could have fronted her with other personnel and still not slowed her down, but Stuelke was enough to make it work.
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100% agree. A lot of people taking the low road tonight. She's a hooper.
Agree with your point that both could be strengths. Just saying I was impressed with her quickness to slash which was Iowa’s big advantage and the dish to the slasher if needed.
Without a doubt, and now that I’ve had a few minutes to think about “why” we didn’t do it all game. Crooks was tired at the end, we didn’t want Hannah to get in foul trouble, and quite honestly right then is when we absolutely needed it..
I sincerely doubt we have anyone else on the team that can do that. Hanna Stuelke is a plus plus athlete.
Never seen that many turnovers by Emily. Have to credit Iowa D tonight.
Kylie is Iowa’s best perimeter defender. The Iowa State PG has nine turnovers, most caused by Kylie’s defense. She should not be coming off the bench.
There are still going to be big challenges in B1G play.
They wore Crooks down and ISU has terrible guard play.
The top half of the conference has some really good guards and Iowa won't be able to exploit them like they did against the Clones.
Regardless, a good win.
They wore Crooks down and ISU has terrible guard play.
The top half of the conference has some really good guards and Iowa won't be able to exploit them like they did against the Clones.
Regardless, a good win.
I think, and this is just my opinion, her very first game. She was very nervous and didn’t handle the ball well, and didn’t necessarily know where she was supposed to be. But the next game. She played more and made a couple of three-pointers. I guess she’s actually now eight of 10 in five games. But her athleticism definitely shows up and she’s a terrific defender Iowa as a general rule is pretty athletic.
I think her ability to create and slash is going to eventually be a problem, but for a team that I think we both could admit has struggled, shooting the ball from outside, really our biggest flaw right now, her shooting has been quite a revelation.
She’s a gritty player and I like her, but she has limited athleticism, and she is by far your best guard in my opinion. When you’re three best players, one in foul trouble and only played 19 minutes. Had 16 turnovers between them. That’s not a good recipe..
When stuelke got hurt, or whatever happened, and went into the tunnel I thought that’s when we would make a run because of this very reason. Turns out she just needed moved to the 5 🤷♂️
Yeah…I think those of us watching the whole game would agree. She’s a glove!!
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