Hoiberg takes round two vs. Niang, who scores 16 for Pacers

Oct 8, 2016; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg during the second quarter against the Indiana Pacers at the United Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports

Two of Georges Niang’s three first preseason games as a pro happened to be against his former Iowa State head coach – Fred Hoiberg.

The Pacers won round one on Thursday in Indiana.

On Saturday evening in Chicago, Niang scored 16 for the Pacers but it wasn’t enough as Hoiberg’s Bulls won by a 121-105 final.

The start of Niang’s pro career has been impressive though. He had 12 points and eight rebounds in his first game, struggled with only three in the second but rebounded with a very efficient night in Chicago. Niang was 4-of-6 from 3-point range in route to the 16 point performance, where he also collected two rebounds and an assist in only 12 minutes of work.

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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