This Iowa State men’s basketball team is experienced and accomplished. There’s pride and confidence in everything that the Cyclones do. That’s what made what West Virginia did to them on the offensive glass so confounding to so many.
“We simply got bullied on the rebounds,” center Jameel McKay said.
Added Georges Niang: “You can’t get punked on the boards for 40 minutes to a team, that’s how they score, that’s how they make their living.”
The numbers would suggest that, yes, the No. 13 Cyclones (16-6, 5-4 Big 12) completely bullied and punked by the Mountaineers.