WEST DES MOINES — Solomon Young plays basketball under one immutable rule.
“I don’t like being outplayed,” the incoming Iowa State freshman said last week. “It’s just part of me.”
That’s exactly the type of attitude that will serve Young well as he works toward earning minutes in the Cyclones frontcourt this upcoming season.
“He’s somebody that’s not going to let the person he’s guarding outplay him,” ISU sophomore and Young’s Capital City League teammate, Nick Weiler-Babb, said.
“He’s just going to dig in. If you tell him to get a stop, he’s going to get a stop.