| Final - 2.22.2012 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan St. Spartans | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | 30 | 31 | 61 |
The Minnesota Golden Gophers probably didn't impress any of those practicing bracketology with their loss to the Michigan State Spartans on Wednesday night, but they could get right back on the NCAA Tournament bubble by posting victories in their upcoming games against a pair of Top 25 teams.
The Gophers were up six, 52-58, with 3:25 remaining after Julian Welch hit a jumper. Minnesota would go the next 3:24 without scoring until Andre Hollins hit a meaningless three with one second. ...
A preview of Michigan State at Minnesota.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan St. | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| Minnesota | 30 | 31 | 61 |
| Michigan St. | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draymond Green | 39 | 5-14 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 5-2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3-0 | 17 |
| Adreian Payne | 25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Austin Thornton | 27 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 2 |
| Branden Dawson | 19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Keith Appling | 36 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 2-0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-1 | 13 |
| Derrick Nix | 15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Brandon Wood | 27 | 6-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 13 |
| Brandan Kearney | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Russell Byrd | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Keenan Wetzel | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Alex Gauna | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Dan Chapman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Joe Sweeny | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Colby Wollenman | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Travis Trice | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Anthony Ianni | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 22-53 | 5-20 | 17-23 | 27-9 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 14-1 | 66 | |
| .415 | .250 | .739 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (0 pts) | |||||||
| Minnesota | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Williams | 35 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 10 |
| Ralph Sampson III | 25 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-0 | 8 |
| Austin Hollins | 37 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 17 |
| Joe Coleman | 30 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Julian Welch | 32 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 4-1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Eliott Eliason | 15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Chip Armelin | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Andre Hollins | 12 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Oto Osenieks | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Andre Ingram | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Trevor Mbakwe | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Maverick Ahanmisi | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Maurice Walker | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Chris Halvorsen | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Kendal Shell | DNP - | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 21-46 | 5-13 | 14-15 | 33-8 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 20-0 | 61 | |
| .457 | .385 | .933 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 1 (0 pts) | |||||||
