Quick Change Coming Soon!
If you haven’t already done so, mark your calendars for December 12th as we have an awesome night planned with the Energy. Along with the basketball on the floor, we are bringing in a world-renowned entertainment act, “Quick Change.” They are worth the price of admission on their own and are a mainstay at NBA arenas across the nation. Check out a sample of their act from “America’s Got Talent” on NBC.
They are incredible to see in person. Tickets start as low as $8 for the entire night! Call us at 515-462-2849 or go to www.dahlstickets.com You won’t want to miss it.
Energy Move to 3-0! Defeat Ft. Wayne 102-95
The Iowa Energy stayed unbeaten on Thursday night by holding off the Fort Wayne Mad Ants 102-95. Jeff Trepagnier led a big charge early in the game by scoring 20 first half points, but the Mad Ants rallied to make it interesting late. Take a look at the highlights.
The Energy look to remain undefeated on Sunday afternoon in a rematch with the Mad Ants. Tip-off is at 4pm. See you there!
Energy Sweep Springfield, Win 96-84
It was a great start to the season for the Energy. After dominating the season opener on Friday night, the Energy overcame some first half shooting struggles to defeat the Springfield Armor 96-84 and move to 2-0 on the season. Curtis Stinson led the way for the Energy with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. Check out the highlights courtesy of the NBA below. And check back here to EnergyHoopla.com all week as we get prepped for the home opener on Thursday against Fort Wayne.
Highlights From The Opener
The Energy dominated their opener at Springfield, handling the Armor 106-73. Check out the highlights from the victory courtesy of the NBA.
Game 2 is Saturday at 11 am. Tune in to NBA Futurecast at www.nbdl.com or listen on 1700 The Champ.
Season Begins Tonight!
Energy fans, it is officially that time of year. The season gets underway tonight, as your Energy battle the expansion Springfield Armor at 6pm Central Time. Here at EnergyHoopla, we want to give you a quick crash course on what you can expect tonight and the keys for an Energy victory.
Details: Energy @ Armor-6pm Start-Springfield, Mass.-MassMutual Center
Breaking down Springfield:
The Armor are one of two expansion teams in the D-League this year, joining fellow east coast squad, Maine. Springfield is coached by former NBA veteran, dunk champion and TV personality Dee Brown. Their NBA affiliates are the Nets, Knicks, and 76ers. Defense and versatility appear to be the themes for the Armor. In their lone exhibition game, they defeated Maine 86-78 and held the Red Claws to 41 percent shooting and forced 25 Red Claw turnovers.
The Armor are headlined by a familiar face in former Energy guard JamesOn Curry, who was Springfield’s 1st round pick in this year’s D-League draft. Curry averaged 12.3 points and shot 36 percent from three point range last year with the Energy.
Springfield Probable Starters:
Guard: JamesOn Curry-6′3 195 lbs. (Oklahoma State)
Guard: Adam Harrington- 6′5 200 lbs. (Auburn)
Forward: Perrin Johnson- 6′6 215 lbs. (Louisville)
Forward: Kentrell Gransberry- 6′9 270 lbs. (South Florida)
Center: James Cripe- 7′0 255 lbs. (Northern Kentucky)
Breaking down the Energy:
The Energy appear to be a team that can beat you a number of different ways. As they illustrated in their 99-89 victory over Tulsa in the only pre-season game- when eight players scored more than eight points. The Energy have a solid inside presence with Earl Barron, who has spent three plus years in the NBA with the Miami Heat. And they have weapons from the outside with newcomers Rashad Anderson and Pat Carroll, who can both fill it up from long range. Combine that with steady point guard Curtis Stinson and versatile players coming off the bench and Iowa is set up to have a very balanced club.
The Energy will be without big man Darryl Watkins, who did not make the trip due to a foot injury. Watkins is expected to be back for the home opener on December 3rd.
Energy Probable Starters:
Guard: Curtis Stinson-6′3 215 lbs. (Iowa State)
Guard: Pat Carroll-6′5 200 lbs. (St. Joseph’s)
Forward: Rashad Anderson-6′5 225 lbs. (UCONN)
Forward: Marvin Phillips-6′7 230 lbs. (Claflin)
Center: Earl Barron- 6′11 230 lbs. (Memphis)
Nurse’s Notes: Energy Win Pre-Season Opener
We had our first look at our game against some opposition Saturday in OKC, versus the Tulsa 66ers.
Here is a quick re-cap.
First of all as a team, we played pretty hard and executed some of the things we spent our entire training camp on. Things like transition defense, rebounding, and defense in general. We had a decent effort from everyone 1-12. We were able to play everyone quite a few minutes and probably gave some more minutes to players who are on the cut bubble and further down the roster than we normally would have done in a regular season game, but we used the game as a real evaluation tool. (We have to cut two more players by Wednesday.)
Curtis Stinson – played a very good game, he is a better player this year than last. His shooting is ever improving, he runs the team and he had just a real solid game scoring 15 points, hitting one three ball, and dishing out 8 assists.
Pat Carroll- is a good all around player, he shot it well, did have a few more turnovers that normal, but got put in some funny situations. He plays at both ends, and has a high IQ to go along with his good outside shooting touch. He made some big shots when the game was in the balance.
Jeff Trepagneir – Jeff is down 20 lbs from a year ago and is in great shape. He is viewed mostly as a 3 point gunner, but his overall team play was solid yesterday. He knows how to play defense and is giving great effort on that end so far.
Earl Barron – played hard, not great, is a good outside shooter, but has tools to play well with his back to the basket has well. Played really hard on Saturday, had some foul trouble, but love his attitude and work ethic.
Energy Win Pre-Season Opener
The Energy got things started off on the right foot by defeating the Tulsa 66ers 99-89 in their first and only pre-season game on Saturday. The outcome is hopefully a sign of things to come as the men in purple and orange used a balanced effort to put the game away. Eight Energy players scored eight or more points. Curtis Stinson led the way scoring 15 points and dishing out 7 assists.
With the game tied at 9, Stinson keyed a big Energy run, by hitting two free throws and moments later drilling a three-pointer. That was part of a 14-3 run that gave the Energy separation they needed.
Earl Barron controlled things in the interior, contributing 15 points and 9 rebounds. The former Miami Heat center was impressive in his Energy debut.
The Energy also had it stuck on automatic from long distance, drilling 10 of 18 three point attempts. First round pick Rashad Anderson and veteran guard Jeff Trepagnier each hit shots from beyond the arc.
The game was far enough in hand that the Energy reserves played the entire fourth quarter.
The first regular season game is on Friday, November 27th in Springfield, Massachusetts. This is just the start of what is going to be a fantastic season for the Energy.
Click HERE for the box score against Tulsa.
From the Desk of the GM: The Journey Begins
First Game Action…Today (if you count the preseason!):
Energy fans, today is the first time your Iowa Energy will hit the court wearing the purple and orange against another squad. At 3pm, the Energy will take on Tulsa in a preseason matchup in Oklahoma. The “game” isn’t open to the public, but we should get a good idea of what our team will look like this year.
There is no doubt we have the deepest team ever. Whether that translates to our best team ever is yet to be seen. I know Coach Nurse plans on playing a lot of people today so that our staff can get a good idea of which 10 players will make up the 2009-2010 roster.
Tulsa has a nice lineup. Steven Hill, a big 7-footer played in the NBA last year. They also have Mustafa Shakur at guard who has NBA experience. Throw in a couple of returning guys and they should provide a good matchup for the Energy.
No Futurecast of this game, but live stats are supposed to be going starting at 3pm. To follow (if you are a real Energy junkie!), go to www.d-league.com. Click on “Scores”. Then, you have to move the calendar to today’s date and you should be able to watch…actually READ….what is going on.
Media Day Fesitvities
On Thursday, we held our annual media day at Wells Fargo Arena. It gave us a chance to show off the 12 players on our roster to those that will be covering us. It’s always great to see the guys with their Energy gear on for the first time. Watch the video from ABC5 and John Walters to get an inside look at Media Day.
Our roster stands at 12 players as of today. There is going to be one more cut before the start of the season next week. It’s been a great training camp. The competition has been healthy and the players have had a very good chemistry. We have one exhibition game scheduled with Tulsa down in Oklahoma tomorrow, before the season gets underway a week from today! Let’s get it started!
High School Hoop Series Photo Gallery
We held a press conference this week announcing our High School Hoop Series games this year. We have a great slate of games, which includes the #1 High School basketball player in the nation, Harrison Barnes. He and the Ames High Little Cyclones will face off with Sioux City North as part of a Triple-Header on February 6th. For more info on other games click HERE.
