Monday was an eventful day for the Heise family.
Taylor Heise, the oldest of Tony and Amy’s three children, is competing in her first Olympics with the U.S. women’s hockey team. Seeking her first gold medal, she helped get the U.S. to Thursday’s gold-medal game against Canada by scoring her second goal of the tournament during a 5-0 win over Sweden.
As if that wasn’t enough of a highlight for one day for the Heise family, younger brother Nate played a big role in No. 6 Iowa State’s 70-67 win over No. 2 Houston on Monday night.
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Hours after Taylor scored, Nate drilled a 3-pointer with 1:17 left in the game to put the Cyclones up 69-67. A shot clock violation and a missed chance with four seconds to play by the Cougars helped Iowa State hang on.
Nate said afterward that the family group chat was not lively yet because his family was asleep in Milan before Iowa State’s game tipped off.
“They’ll wake up to some fun texts, I think,” Heise said, via Ben Hutchens of the Quad City Times. “Obviously, it was cool earlier when she scored a goal and they won and they’re on to the championship. So, pretty good day.”
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Heise added that most of his family and relatives, along with a number of people from their hometown of Lake City, Minnesota, are in Milan for the Olympics. He also said he’s been able to catch each game on time after the Cyclones practice.
So, who had the better day?
“Our game was closer,” said a laughing Nate, “[so] I would say us.”
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