National Basketball Association
Michigan St 82, Citadel 56
When: 6:00 PM ET, Monday, December 22, 2014
Where: Jack Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan
Officials:
# Rob Kueneman, # Kelly Pfeifer, # Mike Sanzere
Attendance:
14797
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Michigan State 82, The Citadel 56: Denzel Valentine scored 18 points and the Spartans ripped off the first 19 points of the second half in a rout of the visiting Bulldogs.
Matt Costello had 13 points off the bench and Marvin Clark Jr. added 12 points and six rebounds for Michigan State (9-4), which bounced back from Saturday's shocking overtime loss to Texas Southern that knocked it out of the Top 25. Gavin Schilling was 5-of-6 and supplied 11 points as the Spartans shot 60.4 percent and used a stunning 36-2 burst spanning halftime to break it open.
P.J. Horgan scored a team-high 19 points for The Citadel (4-7), which dropped its third in a row. Ashton Moore added 15 points for the Bulldogs, who were held without a field goal for more than 14 minutes during the decisive blitz.
Michigan State trailed by a point late in the first half before scoring 26 unanswered points for a 51-26 lead with 13:30 to play. The Spartans hit nine of their first 10 shots after intermission and held The Citadel to three free throws before Horgan connected on its first field goal of the second half with 8:48 to play to make it 61-30.
Moore knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and Quinton Marshall made a pair of buckets as The Citadel battled back from an early seven-point deficit to take a one-point lead with three minutes left in the opening half. Michigan State went ahead to stay with a 7-0 spurt and took a 32-26 lead into the locker room on Valentine's 3-pointer.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Valentine, who wore goggles to protect a scratched cornea sustained in Saturday's loss, also had six assists and six rebounds as Michigan State controlled the glass 34-19. ... Moore was 4-of-8 from 3-point range as the Bulldogs connected on 8-of-21 from behind the arc. ... Spartans F Branden Dawson missed his second straight game with a fractured wrist and will be re-evaluated over the holiday break with the hope he can return for the start of Big Ten play Dec. 30.
Top Game Performances
| Citadel |
|
Michigan St |
|
P.J. Horgan 19 |
Scoring |
Denzel Valentine 18 |
|
Tim Broom 3 |
Assists |
Travis Trice 11 |
|
P.J. Horgan 5 |
Rebounds |
Marvin Clark Jr 6 |
|
P.J. Horgan 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Javon Bess 4 |
|
C.J. Bray 2 |
Steals |
Alvin Ellis III 2 |
|
Warren Sledge 1 |
Blocks |
Marvin Clark Jr 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Citadel
|
56 |
41.7 |
8-21 |
8-13 |
15 |
16 |
1 |
3 |
15 |
| Michigan St
|
82 |
60.4 |
4-11 |
14-19 |
23 |
32 |
2 |
8 |
10 |
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