Michigan State Wins Comfortably Over FSU, 65-49, To Clinch Challenge Win For Big Ten
Michigan State showed the benefits of their tough early-season schedule as they handily defeated Florida State in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
| Final - 11.30.2011 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida St. Seminoles | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| Michigan St. Spartans | 30 | 35 | 65 |
Stories
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida St. | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| Michigan St. | 30 | 35 | 65 |
| Florida St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Gibson | 21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4-0 | 4 |
| Luke Loucks | 20 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 5 |
| Bernard James | 32 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 13-4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4-0 | 13 |
| Okaro White | 32 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Michael Snaer | 37 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 11 |
| Deividas Dulkys | 23 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jeff Peterson | 22 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Terry Whisnant II | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jon Kreft | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Rafael Portuondo | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Terrance Shannon | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Ian Miller | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Joey Moreau | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Antwan Space | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kiel Turpin | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 21-54 | 4-20 | 3-6 | 34-11 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 21-0 | 49 | |
| .389 | .200 | .500 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Michigan St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adreian Payne | 23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Keith Appling | 34 | 8-15 | 3-5 | 5-5 | 7-1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1-0 | 24 |
| Branden Dawson | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Draymond Green | 36 | 5-14 | 2-5 | 4-5 | 8-5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Brandon Wood | 32 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 4-7 | 10-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Russell Byrd | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Alex Gauna | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Austin Thornton | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Travis Trice | 27 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 3 |
| Derrick Nix | 17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Anthony Ianni | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Keenan Wetzel | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dan Chapman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Brandan Kearney | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 21-52 | 8-19 | 15-20 | 35-13 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 11-0 | 65 | |
| .404 | .421 | .750 | Team Reb: 4 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Ted Valentine, Mike Kitts, Bo Boroski
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Officials: - Ted Valentine, Mike Kitts, Bo Boroski
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