Post-Game Notes
2/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 11, 2005
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* Michigan State improved to 21-3 overall and 10-2 in the Big Ten. The 21-3 record is MSU's best-ever after 24 games, and the 10-2 start in league games is the best since the 1996-97 team started 10-2.
* Michigan State's 21 wins are tied for fourth most in a season in school history. The MSU record for wins in a season is 23, set during the 1976-77 season.
* This is the seventh time in 24 seasons of Big Ten basketball that MSU has won at least 10 conference games. MSU has won at least 10 games in the league three straight years, going 10-6 each of the past two seasons.
* Michigan State improved to 7-1 this season against nationally-ranked teams. The seven wins against ranked opponents are two more than the previous school single-season record.
* MSU improved to 27-14 all-time vs. Minnesota, and has won 13 of the last 16, including four straight at Minnesota.
* Over the past four seasons, Minnesota is now 0-3 against Michigan State at Williams Arena, and 39-2 against everyone else.
* Michigan State has now scored 75 or more points 10 times this season. Last year, MSU reached 75 points just four times all season.
* MSU's 79 points were almost 25 points more than the 54.3 per game that Minnesota was allowing, which was the 15th best scoring defense in the nation.
* MSU held Minnesota to 48 points, which was the seventh time this season that MSU has held a team below 50 points, and fifth time in the last eight games.
* Minnesota entered the game ranked sixth nationally in field goal percentage (.480) but shot just 35.3 percent. The Gophers were 12th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.391) but were 0-for-17 from long range.
* MSU had a 35-26 rebounding advantage against the Gophers, who were ranked sixth nationally in rebound margin at +9.5. MSU, the nation's No. 4 team in rebound margin (+10.0) has been outrebounded just twice all season.
* MSU shot 52.7 percent from the field, and had season highs in 3-point percentage (.750) and free throw percentage (.882).
* Rene Haynes led MSU with a career high 22 points, hitting 8-of-10 shots from the floor including 3-for-3 from 3-point range. Haynes, who had 17 points in the first meeting with Minnesota, is averaging 19.5 points this season against the Gophers and 7.1 against everyone else. Haynes' three treys tied her career high, and she also tied a career best with four assists.
* Kristin Haynie had 18 points, which are the most she has scored since getting 19 in the second game of the season against Boston College. She moved up a spot to 13th on the MSU all-time scoring list with 1,048 points. She also had five steals, moving her school career record to 304, and had four assists to push her school career record total to 498.
* Liz Shimek had 15 points and 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double of the season and 19th of her career. Shimek now has 994 points for her career, and needs just six more to become the fourth Spartan this season to reach 1,000 career points.
* Lindsay Bowen had 13 points, hitting five of her six shots. It was the 10th straight double-figure scoring game for Bowen, who moved into sole possession of eighth on MSU's career scoring list with 1,156 points.
