Friday, December 8, 2006
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Iowa-Iowa State
Press Notes
Iowa (4-5) meets Iowa State (6-2) Friday, Dec. 5 in the second of three straight games against in-state rivals. Coach Steve Alford, including a 54-5 (.915) mark in non-conference home games. Two of the four non-conference home losses game in the National Invitation Tournament. Iowa holds a 40-19 advantage in the series. Iowa has won four of the last seven meetings and six of the last 10. Just seven of the last 17 games have had a final margin of eight points or less. The visiting team has won seven of the last 13 meetings. Iowa holds a 24-5 advantage in games played in Iowa City, including an 8-4 mark in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa State’s last win in Iowa City was a 73-69 decision in December, 2002. Iowa’s all-time record against current members of the Big 12 Conference is 87-47, including losses to Texas (68-59) and Iowa State last season.
Iowa State is 47-89 all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference, including a 68-63 win at Minnesota earlier this season. Senior guard Mike Henderson, who missed Iowa’s first seven games after suffering a hand injury in practice on Oct. 30, saw his first action of the season in Iowa’s win over Coppin State. Henderson suffered a fracture to the pinkie finger on his right hand and underwent surgery two days later. Henderson had the cast removed Nov. 27 before playing eight minutes vs. Coppin State and 11 minutes vs. Northern Iowa. Henderson (6-3, 200), a Waterloo, IA native, started all 34 games a year ago. He averaged 7.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per outing while shooting 46.4% from three-point range. He earned the team “Most Improved Award” at the conclusion of the season.
Eastern Michigan-San Diego
Press Notes
Sand Diego’s Nir Cohen, a 6-foot-7, 245-pound senior forward/center from Israel, will be sidelined for an estimated four to six weeks after suffering a fracture to the third metacarpal (middle finger) in his left hand. The injury occurred in the afternoon shootaround before the Point Loma game on Nov. 16th during a defensive drill against the scout team running the PLNU offense. Cohen said he was hit by a teammate’s elbow. Through two games Cohen was averaging 14.5 ppg and 4.5 rpg while shooting 60% from the field and 76.9 percent from the free throw line. The USD Toreros won their second straight game with Tuesday’s 92-72 home win over the Cal State Bakersfield. The win also improved USD’s home record this season to a perfect 3-0. USD will be gunning for its third straight win and second straight road victory when they tip-off against the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Friday. The EWU Eagles are off to a 1-5 start and bring a 4-game losing streak to the tourney. This past Tuesday they dropped a 66-54 home decision to Oakland. Prior to that they dropped road contests to Michigan (80-51), Marquette (95-62) and Detroit (72-52)
NBA
ATS trends
· Detroit 6-1 home versus Orlando
· Houston 3-8 their last 11 overall
· Indiana 5-0 to Portland
· San Antonio under 24-8 as home favorites 6.5-9 points
· Washington under 12-1 off a road win in which they scored 110 or more points
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