At first glance, Northern Iowa’s three true freshmen don’t appear to have much in common.
Juwan McCloud is a crafty and quick point guard. Isaiah Brown is a lanky off-guard, with a body type similar to Panthers senior Jeremy Morgan. Tanner Lohaus split his high school years playing basketball and baseball.
But there’s one characteristic they share…
“They’ve got some personality to them,” coach Ben Jacobson said. “They’re outgoing and they’re talking. They want to know exactly what they did right and what they did wrong and how they can do it better.
“You don’t always get that with first-year guys.