Vol. 128, No. 66 Thursday, November 15, 2018
NEWS
OPINION
ARTS & CULTURE
CSU offers safe spaces for parents to breastfeed
Head to Head: The wage gap is a women’s problem
The slow food movement in Fort Collins
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Kendle Moore (3) goes in for a layup during the game against Montana State University on Nov. 14. CSU beat the visiting Bobcats 81-77. PHOTO BY DEVIN CORNELIUS COLLEGIAN
The renovation of CSU men’s basketball reaches three-straight wins By Luke Zahlmann @lukezahlmann
Newly-minted Colorado State men’s basketball Coach Niko Medved is a rebuilder. Whether it was his turnaround of Furman University from 9-21 to 23-12 in his four seasons at the helm or Drake University from 7-24 to 17-17 in his lone season, Medved has turned programs around. Now, back in Fort Collins where he spent the early years of his coaching career under Larry Eustachy, Medved is
leading another rejuvenation, present once again in the Rams’ latest win Wednesday night over Montana State University, 81-77. With his wife and 2-year-old daughter in the stands and in the proceeding press conference room, Medved is working on what he called his “dream job” in his introductory press conference. That dream job has been nary a nightmare thus far as the Rams are 3-0, winning the trio by an average of 21 points. But the matchup against the visit-
ing Cougars was the first time the Rams have been contested this year. Whether it was freshmen Adam Thistlewood and Kendle Moore playing pivotal roles, or a pair of routs, Medved’s fingerprint has been present. Without their impact, the Rams were forced to scrap. The two combined for a mere 16 points in the teams’ latest contest. The Rams were finally tested. Multiple possessions running the shot clock down to five seconds or less, balls rimming out on open looks, the Rams fi-
nally faced the adversity they’d evaded. “We’re a young team in a way,” redshirt junior Nico Carvacho said. “Me, (J.D. Paige) and (Anthony Maniston-Bonner) has to step up, we’re the veterans of the team. That’s what I felt like we did.” Adding on to the roadblocks was the Rams’ lack of efficiency from outside for the first time in three games. After making over half of their attempts from outside in each of their previous contests, the Rams fell to a 20-percent mark against the
Cougars. Of those 3-point attempts, the Rams shot 4-17 in the first half alone. The blemishes in the first half led to the slimmest margin the Rams have entered the intermission with this year, 3432. There was a strong message at the half. “(At halftime) I told them, ‘This is great for us, this is a great test,’” Medved said. “I think that was the message. Everybody in that locker room
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