Post-Game Notes: Bowling Green
12/4/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2010
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With the win, Michigan State...
• is 212-26 (.890) at home under coach Tom Izzo.
• has now won 51 consecutive non-conference games at the Breslin Center.
• is now 14-9 in games played on Dec. 4, including 12-4 at home.
• remains perfect at home in the 2010-11 season (4-0).
• is now 4-1 in day games this season.
• is 1-0 in games played on Saturday this season.
Series notes...
• MSU now leads the all-time series against Bowling Green, 9-3.
• This marked only the third time the two teams have met inside the Breslin Center (MSU 2-1); MSU is 6-1 at home against Bowling Green.
• MSU held BGSU to just 39 points, the fewest Falcon points ever recorded in the series.
• The 74-39 MSU win is the largest margin of victory by either team in the series (35 points).
• Tom Izzo is now 2-0 all-time against BGSU.
• The Spartans have won the last three meetings between the two schools.
Player notes...
• Adreian Payne's two blocks matches his career-best set against Washington (Nov. 24)...Payne has recorded six rebounds in each of the past two games...Payne set a new career-best steals total with two...Payne set career-highs in free throws (two) and free throw attempts (four).
• Korie Lucious has led the team in assists in each of the past two games, including three of the last four.
• Durrell Summers led the team in scoring for just the third time this season (3-0), and 15th time in his career (12-3)...Summers tied bested his season-high in both 3-point field goals (four) and 3-point field goal attempts (11).
• Kalin Lucas was held scoreless for just the second time in his career, the first since January 12, 2008 at Iowa...Lucas' 15 minutes is the fewest he has played throughout his career.
• Keith Appling set a career-best 25 minutes against BGSU... Appling also bested is career-high in 3-point field goals (three), 3-point field goal attempts (five), field goals (four) and field goal attempts (nine)...He tied is previous high in rebounds (two) and assists (three).
• Draymond Green's 12 rebounds ties his season-best total...Green has led the team in rebounding in each of the first eight games this season...Green has also recorded double-figure scoring in every game this year.
• Mike Kebler set a new career-best scoring total with four...Kebler's one rebound and one assists tie season-best marks... Kebler set career-highs in field goals (two) and tied field goal attempts (two).
• Delvon Roe recorded his second double0figure scoring mark of the season with 10 points.
• Garrick Sherman tied his career-best assist mark with two.
• Austin Thornton set career-highs in rebounds (six) and both field goals (four) and field goal attempts (eight).
Team Notes...
• MSU held BGSU to just 39 points, the fewest points scored against the Spartans since Nov. 8, 2006 when Brown recorded 34 points in the Coaches vs. Cancer game.
• The Spartans had an assist on 81-percent of their total field goals (21-of-26).
• Michigan State has had four or more players record double-digit point figures in four games this season, going 3-1 in those games.
• MSU has played 10 or more players in each of the past 17 games, going 13-4 in those games.
• The Spartan bench has out-scored the opponent's bench in all eight games this season.
• MSU's margin of victory of 35 points is the largest since Massachusetts by 38 points on November 28, 2009.
