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<p class="maintitle"><span class="Fid_13"> Clemmons swipes Hawks
back into it </span> </p>
<p class="abody"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> By Scott
Dochterman,</span><span class="Fid_12"> The Gazette</span><span
class="Fid_5"> BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Iowa guard Anthony Clemmons
threw his hands, clenched his lips and shook his head.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> With 2.1 seconds left,
Clemmons reached straight up and hit Temple guard Quenton
De-Cosey's arm during a 3-point attempt in a three-point game.
DeCosey sank all three free throws to tie the score and send the
NCAA tournament first-round game into overtime.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> But when his team needed him,
Clemmons came through.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> With the Hawkeyes trailing by
two in overtime, the senior swiped DeCosey at the freethrow line
and triggered a fast</span><span class="Fid_5"> break that ended
with a layup and a free throw by teammate Peter Jok. That gave
Iowa a one-point lead in an eventual 72-70 victory Friday.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> 'I knew I had to make up for
the foul that I did,' Clemmons said. 'That was the best way. It
pretty much takes disrespect when somebody (isolates) you at the
top of the key. I knew if I wasn't going to get a steal, I was
going to get a contested shot. I'm glad I did my part, got a
breakout and an and-one on that.' 'I was thrilled for him,' Iowa
Coach Fran McCaffery said of Clemmons. 'Nobody felt worse than
he did on the last play of regulation. For him to make a huge
steal, which really was a momentum</span><span class="Fid_5">
shift in overtime, and then make a free throw and play defense
...' Clemmons finished with six points, six assists, five
rebounds, two steals and no turnovers in 36 minutes. The steal
and dish to Jok was as pivotal as any play in the game. But
afterward, he still thought about fouling De-Cosey.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> 'I wanted to make it as tough
as possible,' Clemmons said. 'He has a funky release. So I
wasn't expecting ... I fouled the guy. I admitted it to Coach, I
did. But you've got to give that guy credit. He came up and
knocked three straight free throws down in a clutch situation.
Big ups to him, he's a great player. He's got a lot of</span><span
class="Fid_5"> respect from me.' On the Clemmons' steal, Iowa
center Adam Woodbury barked out the defense, which left Clemmons
at the top without help.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> Clemmons defended De-Cosey,
who started right and switched the ball to his left hand.
Clemmons poked with his right hand to knock the ball loose, then
sprinted up the court with Jok at his left. Clemmons passed to
Jok, who scored and was fouled.</span></p>
<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_5"> 'I take pride in defense and
that's what I do,' Clemmons said. 'I just wanted to make a play
and make up for the foul I had before. I got the steal.'</span></p>
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<p class="abody"><span class="Fid_16"> Temple guard Quenton DeCosey
(left) is fouled by Iowa guard Anthony Clemmons (5) during the
final seconds of regulation of a first-round NCAA men's
basketball tournament game Friday at the Barclays Center in
Brooklyn, N.Y.</span></p>
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