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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:56 pm
College basketball has become a guards game. No wonder Iowa State starts the season as a Top 25 team.Although there are serious questions about the frontcourt, the Cyclones enter Friday nights lidlifter with Savannah State as the No. 24 team in the nation for three good reasons -- Monte Morris, Matt Thomas and Naz Mitrou-Long.The three-headed backcourt will be among the best in the country, starring Morris, a first-team preseason All-America pick by some pundits. Thomas and Long are terrific 3-point shooters who can do other things, like rebound and defend.Add 6-5, 250-pound Deonte Burton, a power forward disguised in a guards body, and Iowa State will be able to attack opponents from many different angles.Those four guys are all upperclassmen and theyve got to be what makes this team go, second-year Cyclones coach Steve Prohm said. They have to be our mainstays.Particularly when one considers the holes left up front by the departure of starting forwards Georges Niang, Abdul Nader and Jameel McKay. The trio combined to average 44.5 points and 20 rebounds a game last season.Niang averaged 28.7 points during three NCAA Tournament games, capping one of the greatest careers in school history. He finished as the programs No. 2 scorer with 2,228 points and is Iowa States only two-time All-American.Prohm is hoping to get at least adequate play from a plethora of newcomers, two of whom bring extensive Division I experience. Graduate transfers Darrell Bowie (Northern Illinois) and Merrill Holden (Louisiana Tech), along with 6-8 freshman Solomon Young, figure to get the most playing time right off the bat.In Sunday nights 101-57 exhibition rout of Sioux Falls, Young scored 12 points and added four rebounds in 12 minutes, while Bowie grabbed seven rebounds in 12 minutes. Holden started and rejected four shots in 16 minutes.I thought Merrill, the first 10 minutes, his energy level was really good, Prohm said. I thought Solomon came out and did some good things. I thought Bowies energy level was good. Thats what we need from these guys.While the Cyclones are coming off a 23-12 season, the Tigers went 16-16 after being picked for a 12th-place finish in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They qualified for the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, losing in the first round to Texas-Arlington.But Savannah State lost four starters off that team and is picked near the bottom of the MEAC again this season, as it has eight new players on its roster. However, its one returnee is 6-4 swingman Troyce Manassa, who led the Tigers in scoring at 12.4 per game while adding 5.1 rebounds.Savannah State coach Horace Broadnax, who played for John Thompsons Georgetown team that won the 1984 NCAA Championship, plans to build this team around Manassa.He can do it all, Broadnax said. He can score the basketball and pass the basketball. When we need someone to make a play, well put it in his hands.The Tigers wont be eligible for postseason play due to low APR scores. Wholesale Adidas NMD China . Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday. Adidas NMD China 2018 Outlet . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. http://www.cheapadidasnmdchinastore.com/ . R.J. 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Bells 6-yard touchdown pass to Derek Kirkland with 19 seconds to go lifted Savannah State over Howard 31-27 on Saturday.The play completed a six-play, 49-yard drive, which started after a 38-yard punt return from Cantrell Frazier to set up a short field. Bell went 16 of 31 for 241 yards and the touchdown for Savannah State (2-4, 2-2). Arshon Spaulding Jr. rushed for 102 yards with a 53-yard touchdown and added a pair of catches for 55 yards.Howaard (1-8, 1-5) got two fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Kalen Johnson to Robert Mercer and Kyle Anthony to take a 27-24 lead with 5:17 left.dddddddddddd Johnson went 23 of 48 for 278 yards while Anthony hauled in nine catches for 137 yards.Howard led in yardage (406-378), time of possession by nearly 9 minutes and first downs (24-14). 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