Who leads the team in assists this coming year?

[alexssdean12]

We are losing our two best facilitators in Jefferson and Tamin each averaging nearly 5 assists a game. Who do you think at the end of the season will lead the team in assists?

In the running:
Toure - 2.3apg
Jaquan Johnson - 3.6apg
Ryan Prather - 3.6apg

Freshman:
Yusef Gray Jr. - 1.8apg (2023-24 season, injured 2025, not sure his stats this year)
Christian Wiggins - 4.4apg

Could one of the forwards lead? Probably not, I think Jefferson was an anomaly and would be quite a jump in production for any of them. I'd be surprised to see any of the freshman come in and immediately facilitate the offense but its happened twice in TJ's reign (Hunter and Lipsey). My guess will be Prather will lead all players. If he can put it together on the defensive side I think his toolset could be deadly as the guy we run an offense through. Lead the nation assist to turnover ratio last year at 4.4 (Monte's average was 4.65).

 

[MyNameEhJeff]

Toure, Johnson, Prather, Singleton. In that order.

 

[CyCrazy]

Toure

 

[MJ271]

Prather is an interesting option. He obviously had that great A/TO ratio. But I believe a lot of his assists came in a secondary creator role rather than someone the offense ran through. Though that also might make his numbers more sustainable vs. someone like Johnson, who will probably handle the ball less at ISU than he did last year.

Still, I think I'd go Toure, Johnson, then Prather. Toure has a good feel for passing; he just needs more experience, and I think he can grow a lot.

 

[Marcelason78]

My guess is Johnson but Toure a close second.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Bully because he's going to allow Toure to play off the ball more.