17 minutes, 3-6 FG, 1-1 3PT, 1 rebound, 1 steal, 7 points
AND THE BAER-OMETER SAYS:
EURASIAN BROWN BAER
Baer had a typical Baer-ish game, nailing a three, grabbing a steal, and operating as the point man in Iowa's three-quarter court press, but there was one play midway through the second half that was demonstrated some unusual flair in the young man's game: a half-Euro step/half-jump step he used to score a layup midway through the second half. Baer caught the ball in the corner, and, when the Northwestern player closed out hard on him, took the ball to the rim, hop-stepping around a help defender at the last second to avoid a charge and ensure an easy layup:
The lineup Iowa was playing at that point — Clemmons, Christian Williams, Baer, Uthoff and Wagner — was not the most offensively gifted one, and Baer helped make something out of nothing with his clever footwork.