Matt Thomas on Buddy Hield
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Don’t praise Matt Thomas about his defense in Iowa State’s win over then-No. 1 Oklahoma from January.
Thomas wants nothing to do with it. Even if he turned Buddy Hield into a volume shooter.
“He still had 27 points,” Thomas said. “I don’t want to take too much credit for that.”
Hield needed 23 shots to do it and the Cyclones credit Thomas as a big reason why they beat the Sooners in Hilton Coliseum. They’ll need Thomas to replicate his performance on Hield if they’ll to top Oklahoma again in the Big 12 quarterfinals on Thursday (8 p.