Monday, February 07, 2005

Two Streaks Are Dead

Improbable seems the only correct word to describe what happened on Saturday.

The Cyclone men ended both an impossible-to-imagine 28 game conferfence road losing streak and an OT losing streak in beating ranked Texas 92-80. After scoring only 20 points in the first half of a home game against CU two weeks ago, they explode for 24 in OT, two shy of the NCAA record. Unbelieveable.

Freshman Tasheed Carr led the surprises with 13 of his 22 in OT, and his 5-8 3 point shooting has officially ended the Cyclone 3 point funk.

With three wins in a row, ISU has gone from Everyone's Favorite Opponent to The Team Nobody Wants To Play. What is most remarkable is the stunning intestinal fortitude the team exhibits. Suddenly, nobody is afraid to shoot, even in crunch time with defenders around. How a team flips that switch after so many listless games I don't understand.

The Clonies get to push their luck on the road with a trip to Lincoln Tuesday, which always seems to result in wild games, regardless of the quality of the teams involved.

Here's hopin'.

Peterclone

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