Pleta's big night leaves Iowa State basketball demanding more | Hines

Iowa State basketball coach TJ Otzelberger on challenging Dom Pleta Iowa State basketball coach TJ Otzelberger on why he and his staff have been pushing Dominykas Pleta and challenging him in recent practices. AMES – It wasn’t, by the sounds of it, a particularly pleasant last week of practice for Dominykas Pleta. The 6-foot-11 freshman from Germany had been on a little run of extended playing time, but, apparently, that was only emboldening Iowa State basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger and his staff to ask for more. “We’ve really been after him,” Otzelberger noted. So, Pleta, I’m guessing, had to feel like he’s earned a little reprieve after standing out Thursday in the...