Post-Game Notes
2/9/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Feb. 9, 2006
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Michigan State has now won seven of the last eight meetings against Minnesota...Coach McCallie is 8-2 vs. Minnesota.
MSU has won its last four games and improves to 18-7, 8-4 in Big Ten action.
The 23-point victory was the highest over the Gophers at the Breslin Center since Feb. 7, 1997, when the Spartans beat the Gophers 102-51.
MSU scored 57 points in the first half, topping last year's 56 points vs. Northwestern in the first half of a 101-40 win over the Wildcats on Feb. 3, 2005...the Breslin Center record for points in a half is 58...MSU scored 58 second-half points vs. Cleveland State on Dec. 3, 1991...Valparaiso also scored 58 vs. South Alabama on Dec. 4, 1993...MSU's previous high for first-half points this season was 45 vs. Houston on Dec. 17...the 30-point halftime lead (57-27) was MSU's largest since Feb. 3, 2005 (Northwestern, led 56-21 at the break).
Aisha Jefferson scored a career-high 19 points on 7-for-9 shooting...the seven field goals were also a career high...her previous best was 12 points vs. Illinois on Jan. 19...the five steals were also a career high.
Victoria Lucas-Perry tied her career high with four 3-pointers...she scored 14 points and went 4-for-5 beyond the arc.
Rene Haynes scored a season-high 18 points and had five assists and three steals.
Lindsay Bowen scored nine points and now has 1,642 for her career, just 26 shy of Kisha Kelly's school record 1,668 points...Liz Shimek is right behind with 1,634 points after scoring seven vs. the Gophers...it marked just the second time all season Shimek has been held to single figures.
The Spartans tied a season-high with nine 3-pointers...they went 8-for-10 in the first half...MSU also hit nine 3's vs. Tennessee and Maryland.
MSU posted a 44-26 rebounding advantage.
During their current four-game winning streak, the Spartans have held all four opponents to under 62 points...MSU is 17-1 when holding its opponent to under 70 points.
The 84 points tied for second most this season...MSU also scored 84 vs. Western Carolina on Nov. 20...MSU's season high is 86 vs. UC Santa Barbara in the season opener on Nov. 18.
