Daily News | Iowa State’s Izaiah Brockington is one of three Penn State transfers looking to reach their ‘full potential’ in the Big Dance
and was named the conference’s Newcomer of the Year. He averaged career highs of 17.2 points and 7.1 rebounds in helping lead the Cyclones to a 20-12 record, an 18-win improvement from the year before, best in Big 12 history. The Cyclones, who qualified for the NCAA Tournament as an 11 seed, will face off with No. 6 seed LSU on Friday in Milwaukee .
Brockington, who played his first year in college at St. Bonaventure, wasn’t the only Nittany Lion to take off after interim head coach Jim Ferry was replaced by former Purdue assistant. Guards Jamari Wheeler and Myreon Jones, who with Brockington played in all 25 games the previous season, headed to Ohio State and Florida, respectively, and three reserve players also departed.
Brockington, who said he felt he was “more along for the ride” when accompanying St. Bonaventure to the 2019 NCAA tournament, was devastated. Brockington finished fourth in the Big 12 in scoring and third in rebounding, was fifth in field-goal percentage among guards and sixth in free-throw percentage . He averaged 34.5 minutes per game, second in the league.
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