Post-Game Notes
3/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
March 19, 2005
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-- This is the first-ever meeting between Michigan State and Alcorn State.
-- Total attendance for the first session on Saturday - 7,410.
-- This is Michigan State's sixth NCAA tournament appearance and its third straight. MSU is now 4-5 all-time in NCAA play. This is MSU's first NCAA appearance as a No. 1 seed.
-- MSU has now won a school-record 13 straight games and 17 of its last 18.
-- Alcorn State saw its four-game winning streak snapped, just its second loss in its last 12 games.
-- This is Alcorn State's third appearance in the NCAA tournament (1999-2000, 2000-01), and it is now 0-3 all-time in NCAA play.
-- This is Alcorn State's first-ever game played in the state of Minnesota.
-- Alcorn State's 17 first-half points were its lowest scored this season; its previous first-half low was 18 in a 65-58 win over Alabama A&M on Jan. 22.
-- ASU is now 1-2 in games when scoring under 20 points in the first half and 5-6 when trailing at halftime this season.
-- It was the sixth time MSU held an opponent to under 20 points in a half, and the 17 points allowed ties for MSU's second-lowest first-half total allowed. Central Connecticut was limited to 16 points in MSU's season opener (11/20/04).
-- Michigan State used a 16-4 run over the first 11 minutes of play to take a commanding lead, an advantage built to 18 points, 30-12 with 2:13 left in the half. MSU led by as many as 36 points in the closing minutes.
-- MSU hit 48.3 percent (14-29) from the field in the first half, while ASU was limited to 19.4 percent (7-36). MSU also outrebounded ASU 30-15 in the first half, with Liz Shimek pulling down seven boards.
-- Alcorn State didn't score in the first 4:08 of the first half and the first 3:01 of the second half. MSU scored four points before ASU scored in the first half, while MSU used an 8-0 run to start the second half.
-- ASU was held to its fewest points this season (previous low - 43 at Georgia Tech on Dec. 31) and its fewest points since a 103-41 loss at Missouri at the beginning of last season. Also, it was the fewest points scored by ASU in any of its NCAA tournament games (previous low was 49 vs. Notre Dame in 2001).
-- MSU's margin of victory was its largest ever in NCAA tournament play (previous high was 12 points in a 72-60 win over Arizona last season).
-- MSU outrebounded ASU by a 62-29 margin, the most rebounds in a game this season for the Spartans (previous high was 57 vs. Eastern Illinois on Dec. 9).
-- ASU was held to just 23.4 percent (15-of-64) from the field, the lowest field-goal percentage a Michigan State opponent has hit this season.
-- MSU's Liz Shimek surpassed the 800-rebound barrier in her career with a game-high 13 boards. She now has 806 in her career, sixth-best in school history. She also moved into 11th place in school history in scoring with her 18-point effort; she now has 1,126 career points.
-- Shimek has now had three straight double-figure scoring games (12 of her last 14 games).
-- Shimek recorded her 10th double-double of the season and 21st of her career, with her 18-point, 13-rebound effort. It's the 11th time she has led the Spartans in scoring this season and 18th time she has led the team in rebounding.
-- MSU's Lindsay Bowen now has 211 three-pointers in her career, seven shy of the school record of 218 set by Maxann Reese (1996-2000).
-- MSU's Kristin Haynie surpassed the 150 mark in assists this season (153) and 100 mark in single-season steals (102). She is now one steal away from the single-season school record of 103, set by Marline Ferguson in 1991-92. She now has school career records of 538 assists and 331 steals.
-- MSU center Kelli Roehrig has now had seven straight double-figure scoring efforts and 26 this season.
-- MSU's Lindsay Bowen has now had four straight double-figure scoring games (16 of her last 18 games).
-- It is the 18th time Michigan State has had at least four players score in double figures this season.
-- It is the 23rd time this season MSU has used the starting lineup of Bowen, Haynie, Lucas-Perry, Roehrig and Shimek; MSU is now 21-2 in those games.
-- ASU's Shikhia Sims has now scored in double figures in 17 games this season; ASU is 14-3 in those games.
-- ASU's LaToya Johnson has 1,020 points, which is 13th-best in school history.
-- Johnson has 412 career rebounds, which is 19th on the school's all-time list.
-- ASU's Candace Roberts recorded her 90th career steal with a team-high three steals.
-- ASU's Tnonealyer Powers now has 683 rebounds, seventh on the school's all-time list. Powers scored in double figures in her ninth game this season.
-- It was the 15th time this season, and 14th game in a row, that ASU used the starting lineup of Dennis, Powers, Roberts, Johnson and Sims.
-- ASU's senior class finished their careers with a 67-48 record, including this season's Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) regular-season and tournament championships.
