Half Isn’t Enough
Purdue's first half performance was enough to give hope, but the second half destroyed them again.
| Final - 2.19.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan St. Spartans | 35 | 41 | 76 |
| Purdue Boilermakers | 38 | 24 | 62 |
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BriefCap -- Michigan State 76, Purdue 62 -- Spartans Alone In First Place
Michigan State retained sole possession of first place in the Big Ten with a 76-62 victory over Purdue.
Michigan State At Purdue: Five Players Functioning As A Single Unit
If Purdue is going to spring an upset it is going to take the following blueprint.
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan St. | 35 | 41 | 76 |
| Purdue | 38 | 24 | 62 |
| Michigan St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draymond Green | 32 | 7-15 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 10-2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 20 |
| Adreian Payne | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4-0 | 2 |
| Branden Dawson | 27 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 11-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2-0 | 15 |
| Austin Thornton | 27 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Keith Appling | 35 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 3-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 7 |
| Russell Byrd | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Alex Gauna | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Brandan Kearney | 13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Dan Chapman | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Derrick Nix | 25 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 12 |
| Brandon Wood | 22 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Anthony Ianni | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Keenan Wetzel | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Joe Sweeny | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Colby Wollenman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Travis Trice | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-59 | 5-13 | 11-17 | 44-11 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17-0 | 76 | |
| .508 | .385 | .647 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Purdue | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Carroll | 29 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Robbie Hummel | 39 | 8-21 | 1-9 | 7-9 | 15-5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5-0 | 24 |
| Ryne Smith | 31 | 3-11 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Terone Johnson | 23 | 1-8 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Lewis Jackson | 39 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 2-0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Anthony Johnson | 24 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Dru Anthrop | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| John Hart | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jacob Lawson | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Sandi Marcius | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Kelsey Barlow | DNP - | ||||||||||
| D.J. Byrd | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Neal Beshears | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Donnie Hale | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 22-65 | 6-22 | 12-18 | 32-13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16-0 | 62 | |
| .338 | .273 | .667 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Lamont Simpson, Pat Driscoll, Tim Clougherty
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Officials: - Lamont Simpson, Pat Driscoll, Tim Clougherty
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