Michigan State Gets Win Over Purdue, 76-62

Filed under Game Recap on February 19th, 2012

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On February 19th on the road, the Spartans beat the Boilermakers, 76-62.

The Spartans played a decent game, winning by a larger margin than expected. This caps a regular season sweep, including a 83-58 win earlier this year.

Michigan State defeated Purdue while showing domination in shooting and defensive rebounding.

The Spartans, shooting 50%, stifled the Boilermakers with their defense, and limited them to 33%. Michigan State made a huge difference on the glass, 33 defensive rebounds to 19.

Draymond Green put up the most points for the Spartans with 20 points in 32 minutes, shooting 46% from the floor. Green also helped the cause by topping everyone with seven assists.

MSU Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Draymond Green 32 20 10 7 0 1 1 A Branden Dawson 27 15 11 0 0 2 1 B+ Austin Thornton 27 17 3 0 0 0 0 B+ Keith Appling 35 7 3 5 1 1 1 B Derrick Nix 25 12 4 1 1 0 1 C Brandon Wood 22 3 2 2 1 0 0 C Adreian Payne 13 2 4 0 0 1 3 D Brandan Kearney 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 - Alex Gauna 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

PUR Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A+ Robbie Hummel 39 24 15 3 0 3 1 B+ Lewis Jackson 39 15 2 5 2 0 3 B- Anthony Johnson 24 10 2 1 1 0 0 C Ryne Smith 31 10 0 1 1 0 1 C Terone Johnson 23 3 4 1 0 0 0 D Travis Carroll 29 0 3 0 0 0 0 - Jacob Lawson 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 - John Hart 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Sandi Marcius 4 0 0 0 0 0 0

The Spartans have moved up to 22-5 as they get closer to the final stretch. They're still 1st in the Big Ten and their conference record improves to 11-3. Their record against RPI Top 50 teams (Purdue #46) improves to 9-4. They're also on a 5 game winning streak.

Coming up next is Minnesota on the road on February 22nd.

• The Spartans have outshot their opponents in field goal percentage for the past 5 games.
• Branden Dawson has led the team in rebounding in 3 out of 27 games this season.
• Draymond Green has led the team in scoring in 13 out of 27 games this season.
• Michigan State has been outshot by their opponents in free throw percentage for the past 5 games.
• The Spartans have won 100% of the time this season (6-0) after recording 30 or more field goals made.

• This was the 1st foul out of the season for Robbie Hummel.
• Robbie Hummel recorded a double-double. It was his 6th this season and 20th of his career.
• This marks the 19th 20-point game of Robbie Hummel's career.
• Robbie Hummel recorded a team season high in rebounds with 15.
• Purdue lost and did not cover the spread.

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