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Iowa State Daily Members of Cyclone Alley at wear gold shirts during the “Gold Rules” men’s game against Kansas in January 2012. Cyclone Alley is one of ’s more popular traditions.

Games to watch Team rosters Coach Q&A’s Both Bill Fennelly and Fred Hoiberg Turn here to see what specific games we After a lot of roster turnover, the men’s and have gained a reputation as two of pick as our biggest matchups of the season. women’s teams both feature several new the best in the Big 12. Read here Remember Kansas last year? We think you’ll players. Check out who is expected to start what they expect moving forward 4 want to make sure to be in attendance this year. 8 and who is new to cardinal and gold. 12 into this 2013 basketball season.

Hallie Christofferson Impact freshmen Through most of Hallie Christofferson’s Last year the Toronto native was an The men’s and women’s team have basketball career, she’s played behind bigger underrated piece playing behind the five brought in consensus top-100 fresh- names like and Kelsey senior transfers. This year, the Big 12’s men. Find out more about , 5 Bolte. This year, she steps into the spotlight. 9 double-double leader steps to center stage. 14 Monte Morris and Jadda Buckley. 4 | HOOPS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 GAMES TO WATCH Men’s Women’s

Michigan Nov. 17 Oklahoma Jan. 21

Michigan lost Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. The Sooners enter the season as the Big 12 coaches’ pick to win to the NBA. But Mitch McGary and Glenn Robin- the league and ranked No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. son III also could have gone to the NBA yet Iowa State beat Oklahoma three times last season, including a opted to stay. and his 44 percent second round win by the Cyclones in the Big 12 tournament. from 3-point returns to a potent Michigan attack.

Kansas Jan. 13 Baylor March 4 Everyone remembers last year’s two games: Iowa State will take on Baylor at home for its last regular- the Ben McLemore bank-in 3-pointer and the season game. Baylor was picked to finish second in the Big under the hoop. Let’s be 12 this season. The Cyclones lost to the Bears 75-47 in Big 12 honest: You won’t want to miss a national title championship game last year. Baylor graduated the confer- contender featuring the best prospect in the ence’s leading scorer in , but the preseason entire country, . Big 12 player of the year, Odyssey Sims, will return.

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LEADERAfter a breakout junior season, Christofferson maintains a clear mind as she takes the spotlight

By Dylan.Montz basketball team would @iowastatedaily.com rather step onto the floor at Hilton Coliseum and When the phrase “ac- play in front of the thou- tions speak louder than sands of fans and show words” is used, it is proba- them what she can do, bly being used to describe than tell them about it. Hallie Christofferson. As long as she is in Relatively soft-spo- an ISU uniform and mak- ken, the 6-foot-3-inch se- ing shots, ISU coach Bill nior on the ISU women’s Fennelly doesn’t care if

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“EVERY PLAY WE RUN, the first option is for her. Every play if we can do something off of that, we will, BUT THAT’S WHERE YOU’VE GOT TO START.” – BILL FENNELLY

she says a word. He even joked will have to run or will have to she would finish with more wait another possession to take points than words spoken in a break. her career. Whenever that drill comes But that’s fine; he can do up in practices, there is only one the talking for her. place the ball seems to go in “I joke that we could prac- Fennelly’s mind: Christofferson tice in the library because we’re in her No. 5 jersey. so quiet,” Fennelly said. “I don’t Fennelly’s challenge to like it, but that’s the way it is. I Christofferson in those situa- think [Hallie’s] communication tions isn’t having her make an is more what’s going on in [the open shot. locker room] than on the court. The real challenge comes She’ll walk up to Nikki [Moody] when Christofferson finds her- and say call this play. self under duress when shoot- “It’s not a rah-rah-let’s-go ing and making the tough shots kind of thing.” when her team needs her to, Following a breakout junior instead of passing along the season in which Christofferson duty to someone else. Through was a unanimous All-Big 12 the beginning of her senior First Team selection, she led the campaign, Christofferson has Cyclones in field-goal percent- accepted the responsibility of age (.516), 3-point percentage being the one her teammates (.401), free-throw percentage look to. (.862) and “Every play we run, the first (15.6), a new task is ahead option is for her. Every play,” of her. Fennelly said of Christofferson. After playing alongside “If we can do something off of former players like Chelsea that, we will, but that’s where Poppens and for the you’ve got to start. The good first three years, Christofferson thing about it is our players will now have to step into the understand that; they believe spotlight. Being the new face in her and trust her; and she’s of the team is a process she earned that over four years. doesn’t think will happen right That didn’t happen her first away, but she has been able year; it took awhile. to learn from the examples of “Now it’s her turn to be Poppens and Prins. that kind of person.” “I don’t really try to put Christofferson’s home- much on myself, because if I town of Hamlin, Iowa, is a think about it too much, then small one, with roughly 252 I’m just going to think about it residents. Christofferson went too much and not play well,” to high school in Exira, where Christofferson said of the pres- she starred and led her team to sure this season. “So I’ll just go a 26-0 record her senior year. out every game and every prac- She was also captain of the tice with a clear mind, just look- Class 1A all-tournament team ing forward and trying to have as well as its MVP as a senior. fun with my teammates.” Leading her team and be- In Iowa State’s practices, ing the face of a squad is noth- Iowa State Daily Fennelly runs a drill. If the ing new to Christofferson, just Bill Fennelly speaks with then-sophomore Hallie Christofferson during the 2012 game against Kansas State. offense doesn’t score on the the setting has changed. The following season as a junior, Christofferson would become a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection. current possession, the team After seeing Christofferson Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | HOOPS | 7

score her 2,000th high school for our program. It gives everyone point with his wife Deb, Fennelly something to look up to.” was asked a question. In her 86 games as a starter “You think she can handle the for the Cyclones, Christofferson Big 12?” Deb said after watching has stayed true to her quiet de- Christofferson’s performance. meanor. But in Iowa State’s exhi- Throughout her career at bition opener against Wayne State Iowa State, Fennelly has been on Nov. 3, the Cyclones were up able to see why he thought she 11 points with 14:53 left in the could play in the Big 12 not only game, Nicole “Kidd” Blaskowsky by her stats, but by her work eth- had just committed a foul. ic. Whether it is on the court, in Christofferson took the oppor- the classroom or in the commu- tunity to huddle her team in the nity, Fennelly notices how hard paint. She called out to Blaskow- Christofferson works to make her- sky, Jadda Buckley, Williamson self better. and Seanna Johnson to huddle It is something her team- up. She preached defensive inten- mates have picked up on, too. sity, realizing the opportunity to “A lot of people in that situ- teach the younger players. ation, if they had the whole pro- Although she isn’t much of a gram on their back — she does talker, she’ll be able to communi- that and school and everything cate in a way that works for her and maintains that and is a really and the rest of the team. good role model for the commu- Christofferson might still end nity as well as doing what she up with more points than words needs to on the court,” said junior spoken in her ISU career, but that File: Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily guard Brynn Williamson. “That’s is something Fennelly and the rest Hallie Christofferson brings the ball down the court in the 83-68 win against Kansas on Feb. 27 at Hilton really good for her, and it’s really of the team can certainly live with. Coliseum. Christofferson went to high school in Exira, where she led her team to a 26-0 record her senior year.

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No. 3 Melvin Ejim No. 22 Dustin Hogue No. 31 Georges Niang 2 Melvin Ejim jumps Dustin Hogue trans- Georges Niang burst into his senior season as ferred from Indian Hills onto the scene and began 4 Sherron Dorsey-Walker a preseason All-Big 12 se- Community College after a starting for his team in 23 lection. The Toronto native sophomore season where games. He finished his year finished last season with a Big 12-high of he averaged 12.9 points and 5.4 rebounds named to the Big 12 All-Rookie team, aver- 11 Monte Morris 15 double-doubles, averaging 11 points in 25 games. He also made nearly 50 aging 14 points and nearly five rebounds and nine rebounds per game, earning him percent of his shots and was named to the per game while shooting mor than 50 per- Big 12 All-Third honors. Ejim was also a All-Region XI Second Team for his effort. cent from the field. Niang was the No. 56 12 Kourtlin Jackson preseason selection for the Senior CLASS His Indian Hills squad finished seventh at player in the country, according to ESPN. award. Ejim sustained a left knee injury the NJCAA Division I national tournament com. The 6-foot-7-inch forward stretched on Oct. 30 in practice. He will be sidelined in 2012. the floor last season, hitting 38 3-pointers, 15 Naz Long four-to-six weeks. third most by a freshman in ISU history. 23 K.J. Bluford No. 21 Matt Thomas No. 50 DeAndre Kane 24 Percy Gibson The Onalaska, Wis., native is considered one DeAndre Kane was a late transfer addition of the best pure shooters in the 2013 class, ranking after he graduated from Marshall University. as a consensus top-100 recruit. Thomas averaged Kane is only one of three active D1 players to 33 Tyler Ellerman 28 points per game in his senior year and made 36 average 15 points each of his first three seasons. percent of his 3-pointers. The 6-foot-4-inch guard is expected to Kane averaged 15.7 points and seven assists in his junior year log big minutes and replace a chunk of the outside shooting that and was named to the C-USA All-Conference Team for the third 42 Daniel Edozie was lost with the departure of 278 3-pointers from last year. time in his career, earning second-team awards his junior year. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LINEUP BENCH

No. 11 Jadda Buckley No. 5 Hallie No. 12 Seanna Johnson 2 Lexi Albrecht Jadda Buckley comes Christofferson Seanna Johnson is to the ISU basketball squad a freshman guard form as a consensus top-50 re- Last season, the se- Brooklyn Park, Minn. 15 “Kidd” Blaskowsky cruit out of Mason City, nior forward from Hamlin, During her senior year Iowa. She was the ninth-rated point guard Iowa, started all 33 games for Iowa State. in high school, Johnson averaged 18.7 in her class by ESPN.com. In high school, She averaged 15.6 points per game, good points and 11 rebounds. She was ranked Buckley broke her school’s record for ca- enough the lead the Cyclones in scoring No. 72 in her recruiting class by All-Star 23 Ashley Hagedorn reer 3-pointers with 131 at a 43 percent last year. Christofferson was a unanimous Girls Report. Johnson is also the only rate, and during her senior year, she All-Big 12 first team selection and was an player in Minnesota state history to earn averaged 14 points, 4.4 rebounds and AP All-American Honorable Mention. She five All-Tournament team honors at the 3.8 steals per game. is one of three ISU seniors this season. state tournament. 24 Elly Arganbright

No. 4 Nikki Moody No. 22 Brynn Williamson 32 Fallon Ellis

Last season, the Euless, Texas, native averaged Williamson averaged 8.3 points and 4.5 8.4 points and 7.4 assists per game. She led the rebounds per game last year and was consid- 34 Madison Baier Big 12 and was third nationally in assists last year, ered the team’s best perimeter defender. Her finishing the season with 238 total assists. Her 35 percent clip from behind the 3-point line freshman year she set the record for assists as a rookie with 133. ranked her No. 3 in the Big 12 last year. She enters her junior Moody started 31 games for the Cyclones during her sophomore season with more than 100 made 3-pointers in her career and 35 Jordan Jensen year and was named to the Honorable Mention All-Big 12 list. made at least one trey in every game last season. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | HOOPS | 9

EJIM’S EMERGENCE

The ISU senior steps forward with ‘something to prove’ after 3 years playing under the radar

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“I just take it for what it is and still go out with a chip on my shoulder. I’ve got something to PROVE.” – MELVIN EJIM

By Dean.Berhow-Goll overshadowed by the return of The @iowastatedaily.com Mayor, the ascension of Diante Garrett and a year packed with close losses in It is Oct. 10 and media day for ISU Big 12 play, his 10 points and 6.7 rebounds men’s basketball. All of Iowa’s media is per game went virtually unnoticed. at the Sukup Basketball Complex to ask His second season was even more Fred Hoiberg a question or two and try in the dark with the arrival of Royce to unfold the question of how this team White on Hilton’s hardwood. The polar- will replace 52 points, 17 rebounds and izing player, who drew waves of national 12 assists per game. Not to mention 278 media, led Iowa State in every statisti- or 346 3-pointers and five fifth-year -se cal category and later declared for the niors, four of which are playing at the NBA Draft. next level. Ejim continued with another work- After Hoiberg’s nearly 20-minute manlike nine points and six rebounds feeding frenzy with the media, it is now per game, earning him Big 12 Honorable the players’ turns. Mention honors while starting on Iowa “Can we get Melvin,” asks a report- State’s first NCAA tournament appear- er. But he’s doing TV, then radio, then a ance since 2005, dethroning defending phone interview and photos after that. champion UConn in the first round and There isn’t enough Melvin Ejim to go losing to a buzz saw in Anthony Davis around. Everyone wants a chance to talk and eventual champion Kentucky. with the preseason All-Big 12 selection. His junior year, Ejim took leaps and But it wasn’t always that way. Melvin bounds as a matchup nightmare for Ejim wasn’t always in the spotlight. other teams. While other teams game planned for Iowa State’s nationally feared offensive blitzkrieg, the 6-foot-6-inch Melvin Ejim wasn’t a highly prized Ejim was too physically gifted to put a recruit. Or at least as a recruit he wasn’t guard on, but too agile and quick to put a expected to lead a major conference in big body on him. multiple statistical categories. “It’s always about going out with a Iowa State Daily Just a three-star recruit, the Toronto chip on your shoulder and always going Then-junior Melvin Ejim looks for a chance to score or pass during the 82-59 win against the native arrived in Ames by way of the out and proving yourself,” Ejim said. Southern Jaguars at home. Ejim has played under the radar up to this point in his career. Brewster Academy and was only recruit- Where was Ejim? Hidden behind the ed by a handful of Big East schools with scoring ability of Will Clyburn, following doubles, racking up 15 and averaged newly transferred DeAndre Kane — on a Iowa State being the only Big 12 school Chris Babb’s leadership, on the receiv- 11.3 points and nine rebounds earning roster full of talented underclassmen. to send Ejim an offer, which he accepted ing end of a Korie Lucious flashy dime him third team All-Big 12 honors. He His head coach recalled when he notching himself as the fifth recruit in or camped out beneath the hoop boxing was even the first ISU player to lead the was heading into his senior year, with Hoiberg’s first class. Now he’s the only out for a Tyrus McGee rainbow 3-pointer. Big 12 in rebounding in a decade. the weight of a program on his shoul- one left on the roster. He was always perfectly hidden in Now Ejim and his preseason All- ders and the possibility of the next level Ejim started flying under the radar plain sight. Big 12 selection head into the 2013-14 sea- in his future, and said he believes Ejim right away his freshman year. Mostly He even led the Big 12 in double- son as the only senior — along with the can handle it the way he did all those Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | HOOPS | 11

years ago. Now Ejim is back at “I remember as a player media day in the Sukup the expectations and the Basketball Complex. He’s pressure of going into your done three TV interviews, senior year, your future is maybe more, a phone inter- right in your face,” Hoiberg view, a radio interview and said. “You just can’t go out photo shoots. there and press. You have to But the media isn’t done be who you are and Melvin’s with the new face of Iowa done that. State’s basketball team. He’s “He’s our best leader, our got one last photo shoot be- best communicator out there, fore he can join the rest of and I expect Melvin to have a his team back in the locker great senior season.” room. Ejim has bided his time He walks past a few of his for this season. A year that’s teammates after their team been three years in the mak- picture with the coaches, ing. The time is here when graduate assistants and man- Melvin Ejim steps out from agers, over to the corner of the shadows and firmly en- the gym for the photo shoot. trenches himself into the The photographer spotlight. bounces him a basketball to “I still have to go out and pose with. prove it and work hard and Ejim steps in front of do what I do,” Ejim said. “I the lights and looks into the just take it for what it is and camera. still go out with a chip on my “OK, are you ready?” Iowa State Daily shoulder. asks the photographer. Melvin Ejim, right, celebrates after then-teammate Scott Christopherson hits a 3-point try in the second half of Iowa “I’ve got something to “Yeah let’s do this,” Ejim State’s 65-61 win over Kansas State in February 2012. prove.” says. Good things come in threes!

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on BILL FENNELLY 1 1 & with FRED HOIBERG By Alex.Gookin Jadda Buckley is the most we have out there. I think we’ve @iowastatedaily.com highly-touted recruit in recent been averaging around 25 3s a history. What is special about her game, and I don’t see that num- The ISU women’s basketball that other players don’t have? ber going up too much. team had not experienced much success in its history until Bill I think there are two fresh- What is your coaching style Fennelly took the reins as head man you will hear about a in practice? Do you get in there coach in 1995. Since then, the lot, both Jadda and Seannna and play with the girls? team has exploded into the na- [Johnson]. Jadda is a kid from tional spotlight making 16 post- Iowa; a lot of the fans have known Oh, I’m too old for that. My season appearances, 14 of those about her forever because she playing days are over. [laughs] in the NCAA tournament. committed to us a long time ago. No, we are into every play. I’ve With more than 500 career She’s dynamic with the ball; she always believed that if you want head coaching wins and multiple can defend; she’s a lot bigger the players to be engaged every nominations as coach of the year, and stronger than she looks, and play, one of the things we talk Fennelly has been regarded as a kid that is going to be a great about is every play needs to be one of the best coaches in col- player. But both her and Seanna, finished and any player can start legiate women’s basketball. He we have two freshman that are something, you just have to be has received a lifetime contract really going to be great players. special to finish. The coaches are to coach at Iowa State and enters They are going to play critical into every play, we are working his 19th season as the Cyclones’ minutes at critical times, and as hard to coach, to motivate, to head coach. our team grows sometimes, you teach. Early in the year it’s harder, worry about relying on freshman practices are longer, there is a lot The schedule this season to play key roles but I really don’t of new stuff, a lot of stuff that isn’t sets up for some exciting home with them. necessarily fun. The energy level games against in-state rivals and in the building is high, so hope- a season finale against Baylor. One of the biggest changes fully whatever we do here, we How important is home court ad- from last season is the team can do it in [Hilton]. vantage in those big games? size. With nine possible guards on the roster, will this team If you, Paul Rhoads and It’s important in college depend on more 3-point shooting Fred Hoiberg ran for mayor, who sports in general, especially bas- and perimeter play? would have the best campaign ketball, because we have such an and who would win? amazing fanbase. Hilton Magic I don’t know know if we will is real. The fans are tremendous; shoot a lot more 3s than before Well, Fred would win because we have the most loyal student because we have always shot a lot he’s already got the local vote tied body in the country. ... Women’s of them. I think when you say you up. I think Paul would have a bet- basketball is not a thing that a lot are going to play more guards, ter chance of winning a statewide of students follow, but we usu- people think you will shoot more election, like a United States sen- ally get a pretty good following. 3s. But in the past, our post play- ator because he has more of the You want teams to not want to ers have shot a lot of them, too. national appeal right now. And I walk down that ramp into Hilton. We just need to make more. Our think I’d probably be dog-catcher Iowa State Daily If you are not really, really good percentage was somewhere in or something. I’d hopefully get a Bill Fennelly reacts to a call made during a 2012 win against Oklahoma at home, you’re not going to be the 60s nationally, and that num- place in their cabinet or support State at home. Fennelly is in his 19th season as coach for Iowa State. very good. ber needs to go up with the talent staff, that would be my goal. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 | Iowa State Daily | HOOPS | 13

Iowa State Daily Fred Hoiberg takes a timeout during the 87-76 win versus Oklahoma State game on March 6 at Hilton Coliseum. With the current 2013-14 season, Hoiberg enters his fourth year at the helm of ISU men’s basketball.

By Alex,Halsted the freedom to bring the ball up the floor his feet and stay in front of guys. And rebounding. The most athletic and very @iowastatedaily.com and get us into a fast break situation. then Melvin, Georges, Daniel, I think can physical conference, when you’re that Monte [Morris] will handle it a lot when protect the rim back there. So I think, top size and lead the league in rebounding, As ISU coach Fred Hoiberg enters his he’s in the game, and then the other way to bottom, we’re probably a little bit bet- that says all you need to know. fourth season at the helm of the Cyclones, that we’ve used our bigs in the past obvi- ter defensively than we were a year ago. The other thing about Melvin is his team will take on a completely new ously with Georges and Melvin. he does everything right. [He’s] the look. After losing the bulk of its contribu- That’s one thing I think Melvin has Georges had a great freshman Scholar Athlete of the Year in the Big 12 tors from last season’s NCAA tournament really grown is his ability to make plays year. How has he grown in the past five Conference; he’s going to get his degree team, the Cyclones have eight players off the bounce. The big is figuring out months? this year. He’s a guy I think we’re all very who will don ISU uniforms for the first now when to hand off and when to throw proud of. It blows me away that Melvin’s time ever during the 2013-14 season. ahead in a ball screen. That’s the growth He’s so productive. Going back, and a senior. He’s done s much for this pro- The long list of new players includes I think Melvin’s had the past few years. I know I’ve talked about this before, to gram and university. tranfers and freshmen. Guard DeAndre when I started watching him for the first Kane will play his senior season for the Who is Chris Babb, offensively and time when I saw him out at Tilton Prep On the team’s two freshmen, Monte Cyclones after tranferring from Marshall defensively? School, and he was just abusing Nerlens Morris and Matt Thomas — and true freshmen Matt Thomas and Noel. That’s kind of who he is. He plays Monte Morris are expected to be key That’s a good question. That’s one with a chip on his shoulder. He can do Monte Morris has been very, very contributors, too. area I’ve been very impressed with it all from every spot on the floor, and good for us. I knew he was a good play- DeAndre is his ability to move his feet. again, you talk about versatility in a bas- er, but the learning curve for a freshman With DeAndre Kane, do you envi- He’s got a great wide stance and can re- ketball player Georges probably stands point guard is as high as you’re going to sion him playing mostly the point or is it ally get into the ball and pressure. I think out as much as anybody. find. Monte has done a tremendous job. a situation where some of the younger we’ll have a capability of being a little bit He’s a low turnover guy; he can get you guys can press to the point where you better defensively. That’s something that How much has Melvin meant to into an offense; he makes tremendous can move them around? we have to [do]. I don’t think we have the team since he’s been here, and how decisions. quite as many offensive weapons as we much will he have to mean to the team Matt Thomas has really been shoot- He’ll play both. He’ll play with the did a year ago, but I think we should be this year? ing the ball well. Matt never played man- ball in his hands a lot this year. He’s a able to be better defensively. to-man basketball defensively in his tremendous rebounder as well. Any time Hogue moves his feet well on the pe- Melvin has done everything for high school career, so that’s been new to you can get that , even if he’s rimeter and has great size. Naz Long has us. It says all you need to know about him. He’s going to continue to develop playing off the ball, he’s going to have shown me a very good ability to move Melvin Ejim when you lead the league in and get better on that end. 14 | HOOPS | Iowa State Daily | Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 IMPACT FRESHMEN Matt Thomas & Monte Morris For the second-straight season, ISU from three. head coach Fred Hoiberg and his staff Morris is a 6-foot-1-inch guard have reigned in a top-100 recruit. Last who was used to the spotlight as he year, it was Tilton’s Georges Niang, who was named Michigan’s Mr. Basketball. led Iowa State in scoring several games Hoiberg called Morris the first true point and start most of last year. This year, it guard that he’s ever had in his time at is a pair of top-100 freshmen in Matt Iowa State. Thomas, of Onalaska, Wis.; and Monte This won’t be the first time Hoiberg Morris, of Flint, Mich. has had to rely on freshmen to play big Thomas’ recruitment was relatively roles on his team. Preseason All-Big 12 quiet until the summer before his sea- forward Melvin Ejim has started since Jonathan Krueger/Iowa State Daily son year after he’d already verbally his freshman year, and last year, Niang Matt Thomas, left, and Monte Morris are the lone true freshmen on this year’s men’s team. committed to Iowa State. The 6-foot-3- started most of the year, even leading in Both were listed on ESPN.com’s top-100 recruits, Thomas at No. 51 and Morris at No. 84. inch shooter soared up the national re- scoring in a number of games. cruiting rankings thanks to his play on Thomas was a starter at the No. 2 the national AAU circuit, mostly from guard spot in of the team’s first game his ability to shoot the ball. Thomas fin- against Augustana on Nov. 3. Morris ished high school averaging 28 points came off the bench at the point in relief per game and shooting 36 percent for senior DeAndre Kane. rankingThomas – 51; Morris – 84 IMPACT FRESHMEN Jadda Buckley After being recruited by no question,” Fennelly said. schools from across the coun- “She’s a kid from our state, try, Jadda Buckley chose the and I think she’s going to do a one closest to home. lot of really really good things The Mason City, Iowa, na- here.” tive was by recruited schools Buckley was the ninth- such as Ohio State and UCLA. ranked point guard in her The consensus top-50 recruit class by ESPN. In high school, said she has always wanted to Buckley was a two-time first- play for Iowa State’s coaches. team all-state player. “[Bill Fennelly is] in- Her biggest success came tense; he’s competitive, and as a 3-point shooter. She broke iPhone App he wants to win — which are Mason City High School’s re- Website Android App all things that I want to do as cord of career 3-pointers with well,” Buckley said. 131 and shot 44 percent from Buckley is one of four beyond the arc. freshmen on Iowa State’s Fennelly, however, wants Jonathan Krueger/Iowa State Daily roster. After graduating to take advantage of a differ- Jadda Buckley is one of four freshmen on the women’s team this season. As a top-50 basketball recruit, the three seniors — including ent part of Buckley’s game. Iowa native was recruited by schools nationwide. WNBA players Anna Prins “One of the things that and Chelsea Poppens — ISU I think Jadda [Buckley] can coach Fennelly is looking for do: she can defend at a iPad Edition Print PDF Tablet Edition players to fill their shoes. 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