Post-Game Notes
12/31/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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• Michigan State scored 100 points in its fourth straight game for the first time in school history. The Spartans are the first men's Division 1 team with four straight 100-point games since VMI in 2006-07. (via ESPN Stats & Info)
• Miles Bridges grabbed a career-high 21 rebounds, the most by a Spartan since Greg Kelser grabbed 27 against Wisconsin on Jan. 3, 1976. He becomes just the second Spartan to record 20 rebounds in the Tom Izzo era, joining Goran Suton who grabbed 20 vs. Oakland on Nov. 24, 2007. Bridges' 21 rebounds established a new Breslin Center record.
• Nineteen of Miles Bridges' 21 rebounds came on the defensive backboard, establishing a new school record (Since 1986-87 season).
• All five Michigan State starters scored in double figures for the fifth time this season.
• Six Spartans scored in double figures for the second straight game.
• Over the last four games, Nick Ward is shooting 94.1 percent (32-34) from the field. As a team, the Spartans are shooting 63.2 percent over the same stretch, making more than 60 percent of their shots in each contest.
• Three Spartans recorded a double-double, including Nick Ward (21 points, 10 rebounds), Miles Bridges (19 points, 21 rebounds) and Cassius Winston (16 points, 13 assists). It marked the first game where three Spartans have recorded a double-double since Branden Dawson, Gary Harris and Adreian Payne accomplished it on Nov. 8, 2013 (vs. McNeese State).
• Cassius Winston dished out a career-high 13 assists, marking the most by a Spartan since Denzel Valentine had 13 vs. Ohio State on March 5, 2016.
• Michigan State's 35 assists tied the second-highest team mark in school history and are the most since recording 35 against Nebraska Omaha on Dec. 4, 2011.
• Michigan State's 56-point margin of victory is the fourth-largest mark in Breslin Center history.
• Michigan State recorded back-to-back 50-point victories (50 vs. Cleveland State, 56 vs. Savannah State) for the first time since Nov. 23 and 27, 2004 (58 vs. Green Bay, 50 vs. Nicholls State).
• Michigan State has won its last four games by a total of 193 points (48.3 per contest). It's the first time has won four straight games by at least 40 points.
• Savannah State set a Breslin Center and Michigan State opponent record with 42 3-point attempts.
