game-recap Stories - The Only Colors
The Team That Would Not Die: Michigan State 70, Tennessee 69
At this point, I'm too emotionally spent to do a blow-by-blow account of how this game was won, so let's start with the big picture numbers: NCAA Basketball Tennessee actually beat Michigan S...
Depleted but Elite: Michigan State 59, Northern Iowa 52
[Warning: Game recaps published after 1:30 a.m. are not guaranteed to be fully coherent.] At the 10-minute mark in the second half, Michigan State led the game by just one point, 43-42. From tha...
Short-Handed, Full-Hearted: Michigan State 85, Maryland 83
With five and a half minutes left to go in the game, and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen on the line, Tom Izzo had this lineup out on the floor: Korie Lucious Mike Kebler Austin Thornton Raymar Morgan Der...
Thrive then Survive: Michigan State 70, New Mexico State 67
What a lovely first half: Michigan State built a 42-29 lead by knocking down 3-pointers (6-13) against a stunningly passive New Mexico State zone defense while preventing New Mexico State to get any k...
That Felt Good: Michigan State 64, Michigan 48
Only stat you really need to know: For the first 25 minutes of today's basketball game, Raymar Morgan outscored the entire Michigan Wolverine basketball team by himself, 19 to 18. Michigan State...
By the skin of their teeth: Michigan State 67, Penn State 65
This game could have, and maybe should have, gone the other way. Ed DeChellis' team came out and executed a nearly-lethal gameplan. On offense, Penn State took advantage of all the defensi...
I love it when a plan comes together: Michigan State 53, Purdue 44
Normally, by the time a Michigan State basketball game gets to halftime, I wonder why I bothered spending an hour writing the game preview. In most games, very little goes according to plan. But...
A Hole Too Deep: Ohio State 74, Michigan State 67
Michigan State has now played six games against upper division Big Ten teams. Here are the halftime scorelines from those six games: table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family...
Whistling By: Michigan State 72, Indiana 58
Because of the way it was called, this game is a tough one to analyze. The officials called a total of 43 personal fouls--26 of them on MSU. That was partially a function of Indiana being ...
A Tale of Three Point Guards: Michigan State 65, Penn State 54
Point Guard #1: Talor Battle must wake up the morning before every game he plays against Michigan State feeling like he has super powers. Battle is now 21 for 43 from 3-point range in 5 career g...
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