National Basketball Association
Michigan St 80, Michigan 67
When: 9:00 PM ET, Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Where: Crisler Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Officials:
# Pat Driscoll, # Mike Eades, # Ted Valentine
Attendance:
12502
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Michigan State 80, Michigan 67: Branden Dawson scored 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Spartans cruised past the Wolverines in Big Ten play.
Travis Trice had 22 points and seven assists off the bench and made four 3-pointers as Michigan State (18-8, 9-4) won for the fifth time in six games. Gavin Schilling added 10 points on 5-of-5 shooting as the Spartans shot 62 percent from the field while completing a regular-season sweep of Michigan.
Zak Irvin scored 16 points for the Wolverines (13-13, 6-8), who lost their fifth straight contest. Spike Albrecht, Aubrey Dawkins and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman had 12 points apiece.
Michigan State took control early with a 10-0 run – capped by Trice’s 3-pointer – for a 21-8 lead with 10:35 left in the first half. The lead grew to 19 points on Dawson’s layup with 5:55 to play before the Spartans settled for a 38-23 halftime lead.
Abdur-Rahkman scored Michigan’s first 10 second-half points to pull within 11 with just 16 minutes to play and the Wolverines later moved within 55-45 on two free throws by Mark Donnal with 10:29 remaining. The Spartans answered with a 9-2 burst to make it a 17-point margin with seven minutes left and protected the lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Dawson recorded his ninth double-double of this season and 21st of his career. … Wolverines PG Derrick Walton Jr. (foot) missed his sixth consecutive game. … The victory was Michigan State’s first in Ann Arbor since 2010.
Top Game Performances
| Michigan St |
|
Michigan |
|
Branden Dawson 23 |
Scoring |
Zak Irvin 16 |
|
Travis Trice 7 |
Assists |
Spike Albrecht 5 |
|
Branden Dawson 13 |
Rebounds |
Max Bielfeldt 6 |
|
Travis Trice 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Aubrey Dawkins 5 |
|
Branden Dawson 1 |
Steals |
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman 2 |
|
Matt Costello 1 |
Blocks |
Mark Donnal 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Michigan St
|
80 |
62.0 |
6-18 |
12-17 |
17 |
32 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
| Michigan
|
67 |
39.6 |
8-22 |
21-28 |
10 |
22 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
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