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The Spartans have been checking in on a couple of top recruits in the nation, and an under-the-radar prospect from Grand Rapids.
| Final - 3.29.2013 | 1 | 2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan St. Spartans | 31 | 30 | 61 |
| Duke Blue Devils | 32 | 39 | 71 |
The Spartans have been checking in on a couple of top recruits in the nation, and an under-the-radar prospect from Grand Rapids.
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The Spartans have been checking in on a couple strong Midwest 2015 prospects in the spring.
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MSU picks up an athletic tight end.
| November | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| @ Connecticut Huskies | Friday, November 09 2012 | loss 62 - 66 | coverage |
| @ Kansas Jayhawks | Tuesday, November 13 2012 | win 67 - 64 | coverage |
| Texas Southern Tigers | Sunday, November 18 2012 | win 69 - 41 | coverage |
| Boise St. Broncos | Tuesday, November 20 2012 | win 74 - 70 | coverage |
| Oakland, Mich. Golden Grizzlies | Friday, November 23 2012 | win 70 - 52 | coverage |
| Louisiana Ragin Cajuns | Sunday, November 25 2012 | win 63 - 60 | coverage |
| @ Miami Hurricanes | Wednesday, November 28 2012 | loss 59 - 67 | coverage |
| December | |||
| Nicholls Colonels | Saturday, December 01 2012 | win 84 - 39 | coverage |
| Ark.-Pine Bluff Golden Lions | Wednesday, December 05 2012 | win 76 - 44 | coverage |
| Loyola of Chicago Rambers | Saturday, December 08 2012 | win 73 - 61 | coverage |
| Tuskegee Golden Tigers | Saturday, December 15 2012 | win 92 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Bowling Green Falcons | Tuesday, December 18 2012 | win 64 - 53 | coverage |
| Texas Longhorns | Saturday, December 22 2012 | win 67 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Minnesota Golden Gophers | Monday, December 31 2012 | loss 63 - 76 | coverage |
| January | |||
| Purdue Boilermakers | Saturday, January 05 2013 | win 84 - 61 | coverage |
| @ Iowa Hawkeyes | Thursday, January 10 2013 | win 62 - 59 | coverage |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | Sunday, January 13 2013 | win 66 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Penn St. Nittany Lions | Wednesday, January 16 2013 | win 81 - 72 | coverage |
| Ohio St. Buckeyes | Saturday, January 19 2013 | win 59 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Wisconsin Badgers | Tuesday, January 22 2013 | win 49 - 47 | coverage |
| @ Indiana Hoosiers | Sunday, January 27 2013 | loss 70 - 75 | coverage |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | Thursday, January 31 2013 | win 80 - 75 | coverage |
| February | |||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | Wednesday, February 06 2013 | win 61 - 50 | coverage |
| @ Purdue Boilermakers | Saturday, February 09 2013 | win 78 - 65 | coverage |
| Michigan Wolverines | Tuesday, February 12 2013 | win 75 - 52 | coverage |
| @ Nebraska Cornhuskers | Saturday, February 16 2013 | win 73 - 64 | coverage |
| Indiana Hoosiers | Tuesday, February 19 2013 | loss 68 - 72 | coverage |
| @ Ohio St. Buckeyes | Sunday, February 24 2013 | loss 60 - 68 | coverage |
| March | |||
| @ Michigan Wolverines | Sunday, March 03 2013 | loss 57 - 58 | coverage |
| Wisconsin Badgers | Thursday, March 07 2013 | win 58 - 43 | coverage |
| Northwestern Wildcats | Sunday, March 10 2013 | win 71 - 61 | coverage |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | Friday, March 15 2013 | win 59 - 56 | coverage |
| @ Ohio St. Buckeyes | Saturday, March 16 2013 | loss 58 - 61 | coverage |
| Valparaiso Crusaders | Thursday, March 21 2013 | win 65 - 54 | coverage |
| Memphis Tigers | Saturday, March 23 2013 | win 70 - 48 | coverage |
| @ Duke Blue Devils | Friday, March 29 2013 | loss 61 - 71 | coverage |
| # | Pos. | DOB | W | H | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Appling | 11 | GUARD | 190 | 6-1 | junior | |
| Trevor Bohnhoff | 13 | FORWARD | 205 | 6-7 | freshman | |
| Russell Byrd | 0 | GUARD | 205 | 6-7 | sophomore | |
| Dan Chapman | 40 | GUARD | 190 | 6-3 | junior | |
| Matt Costello | 10 | FORWARD | 245 | 6-9 | freshman | |
| Emmett Dacey | 1 | FORWARD | 245 | 6-9 | sophomore | |
| Branden Dawson | 22 | GUARD | 230 | 6-6 | sophomore | |
| Alex Gauna | 2 | FORWARD | 245 | 6-9 | sophomore | |
| Gary Harris | 14 | GUARD | 205 | 6-4 | freshman | |
| Kenny Kaminski | 30 | FORWARD | 240 | 6-8 | freshman | |
| Brandan Kearney | 3 | GUARD | 190 | 6-5 | sophomore | |
| Derrick Nix | 25 | CENTER | 270 | 6-9 | senior | |
| Adreian Payne | 5 | CENTER | 240 | 6-10 | junior | |
| Bella Sibedwo | 44 | GUARD | 180 | 6-1 | sophomore | |
| Travis Trice | 20 | GUARD | 170 | 6-0 | sophomore | |
| Denzel Valentine | 45 | GUARD | 220 | 6-5 | freshman | |
| Keenan Wetzel | 15 | GUARD | 200 | 6-4 | sophomore | |
| Colby Wollenman | 41 | FORWARD | 225 | 6-7 | sophomore |
| FG | 3PT | FT | Rebounds | Misc | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | M | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | M | A | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Ast | TO | Stl | Blk | PF | PPG | |
| Keith Appling | 36 | 33.6 | 4.3 | 10.4 | 41.5 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 32.0 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 74.9 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 13.4 |
| Gary Harris | 34 | 29.7 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 45.6 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 41.1 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 75.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 12.9 |
| Adreian Payne | 36 | 25.6 | 3.8 | 7.0 | 54.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 38.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 84.8 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10.5 |
| Derrick Nix | 36 | 27.6 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 50.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 69.0 | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 9.9 |
| Branden Dawson | 36 | 26.9 | 3.9 | 7.3 | 53.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 53.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 8.9 |
| Denzel Valentine | 36 | 20.8 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 44.5 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 28.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 66.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 5.0 |
| Travis Trice | 27 | 18.6 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 32.0 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 40.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 72.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| Brandan Kearney | 13 | 16.9 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 29.7 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 18.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 55.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Russell Byrd | 27 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 27.5 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 17.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Matt Costello | 30 | 6.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 46.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 82.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Alex Gauna | 35 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Trevor Bohnhoff | 4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Dan Chapman | 11 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Keenan Wetzel | 10 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Emmett Dacey | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Bella Sibedwo | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |