Pemsl, Evelyn, Kreiner save the Hawkeyes

[anon_i8nzeu2gbf0ba]

Yes, sir, the often-maligned trio did a terrific job today overall, and that led to the W. Without every positive thing those three did, Iowa loses. End of story.

Playing in that barn isn't easy. Minnesota is not a bad basketball team. And, of course, facing the usual inept officiating made today's game challenge enough, but then Garza gets three or four phantom fouls, CJF doesn't dress, Weiskamp plays the poorest game of his college career, Iowa only scores 58 points, but because of Pemsl, Evelyn, and Kreiner, Iowa wins anyway. Yes, sir, this could be the biggest win of the year, all things considered.

Evelyn tossed in those two FTs that gave Iowa the lead it would never relinquish like he was shooting in his backyard, after already hitting a HUGE three, and he also helped rattle the Gophers with tough D down the stretch.

Kreiner blocked that deep three at the end and scored inside.

Pemsl scored, and rebounded, and played D. Best game of the year when his team needed it most.

You just can't possibly give enough credit to those three young men who, in the face of great adversity, refused to lose. Well done, guys. This is why it's called a "team."

 

[SDHawkDoc]

JW was AWOL. Good thing those guys stepped up.

 

[BaldHawk4Life]

Yes, sir, the often-maligned trio did a terrific job today overall, and that led to the W. Without every positive thing those three did, Iowa loses. End of story.

Playing in that barn isn't easy. Minnesota is not a bad basketball team. And, of course, facing the usual inept officiating made today's game challenge enough, but then Garza gets three or four phantom fouls, CJF doesn't dress, Weiskamp plays the poorest game of his college career, Iowa only scores 58 points, but because of Pemsl, Evelyn, and Kreiner, Iowa wins anyway. Yes, sir, this could be the biggest win of the year, all things considered.

Evelyn tossed in those two FTs that tied the game like he was shooting in his backyard, all after he had hit a HUGE three, and he helped rattle the Gophers with tough D down the stretch.

Kreiner blocked that deep three at the end and scored inside.

Pemsl scored, and rebounded, and played D. Best game of the year when his team needed it most.

You just can't possibly give enough credit to those three young men who, in the face of great adversity, refused to lose. Well done, guys. This is why it's called a "team."

Just on the thread title I wish I could click like without opening the thread. I might nominate this for best descriptive thread title of 2020

 

[Ladell-hawk]

JW was AWOL. Good thing those guys stepped up.

JW had 8 rebounds, still contributed bigtime.

 

[TheRealHerky]

Outstanding post OP

 

[HawkLogic]

JW had 8 rebounds, still contributed bigtime.

Yeah, you can't call JW soft. Look at how many tough rebounds he pulls -- he is 2nd on team last I checked. H needs to get more aggressive and hunt his shot more because he is better option then some of the other non-scorers.

 

[MeetTheFerentz]

Minnesota isn't a fabulous team this year, but they are always tough at home. They were 10-2 at home, 5-1 in B1G play, prior to our game, having beaten OSU, Mich, PSU & Wisc.

 

[Vallholl]

Yes, sir, the often-maligned trio did a terrific job today overall, and that led to the W. Without every positive thing those three did, Iowa loses. End of story.

Playing in that barn isn't easy. Minnesota is not a bad basketball team. And, of course, facing the usual inept officiating made today's game challenge enough, but then Garza gets three or four phantom fouls, CJF doesn't dress, Weiskamp plays the poorest game of his college career, Iowa only scores 58 points, but because of Pemsl, Evelyn, and Kreiner, Iowa wins anyway. Yes, sir, this could be the biggest win of the year, all things considered.

Evelyn tossed in those two FTs that gave Iowa the lead it would never relinquish like he was shooting in his backyard, after already hitting a HUGE three, and he also helped rattle the Gophers with tough D down the stretch.

Kreiner blocked that deep three at the end and scored inside.

Pemsl scored, and rebounded, and played D. Best game of the year when his team needed it most.

You just can't possibly give enough credit to those three young men who, in the face of great adversity, refused to lose. Well done, guys. This is why it's called a "team."

Appreciate your ability to look past how many points each player scored to describe their value to the team. It's a good thing that Evelyn and Pemsl didn't listen to all the posters who demanded that they not play any more earlier in the season.

 

[Franisdaman]

JW was AWOL. Good thing those guys stepped up.

Pretty humble kids, too.

 

[The Deplorable Sleeping Dog]

We really are down to a three man bench, two for today, and they did play their asses off when we needed them most.

Comrade Aristotle has raised a worthy point about our praise worthy, albeit short, bench. Those three guys played well today. The boys might have the best player in the country but its still a team effort.