Michigan State: Road wins Texas, Minnesota, and NW.. Getting stronger… Suton is back !  We needed his shooting and size inside.

Watching Kalin cut to the basket, this kid is FAST. Kalin has taken charge and is developing into a real leader. Raymar is playing with enthusiasm, does this mean that he is the Raymar we all expected and is believing in himself.. if so.. no one in the Big Ten can stop this guy…  And the Bench is turning out to be as deep as predicted..

This is the first time any MSU team has started the season with 2 road wins in the conference.  Next couple games at difficult. Ohio State and Kansas Jay Hawks...




SCORING              GP   FG-FGA   FG%  3FG-FGA  3PT%   FT-FTA   FT%   PTS PTS/G
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Morgan, Raymar...... 13   75-119  .630    3-11   .273   47-65   .723   200 15.4
 Lucas, Kalin........ 13   52-142  .366   12-30   .400   50-65   .769   166 12.8
 Allen, Chris........ 13   49-122  .402   27-68   .397   17-24   .708   142 10.9
 Suton, Goran........  7   28-42   .667    4-6    .667    8-8   1.000    68  9.7
 Summers, Durrell.... 13   40-87   .460   16-32   .500   17-25   .680   113  8.7
 Walton, Travis...... 13   36-81   .444    3-5    .600    8-14   .571    83  6.4
 Roe, Delvon......... 13   27-48   .563    0-0    .000   15-42   .357    69  5.3
 Gray, Marquise...... 13   27-40   .675    0-0    .000   13-21   .619    67  5.2
 Lucious, Korie...... 13   12-34   .353    7-25   .280    3-5    .600    34  2.6
 Green, Draymond..... 13   11-25   .440    0-1    .000    7-10   .700    29  2.2
 Thornton, Austin.... 11    7-18   .389    4-13   .308    5-8    .625    23  2.1
 Herzog, Tom.........  5    2-3    .667    0-0    .000    4-7    .571     8  1.6
 Crandell, Jon.......  2    1-1   1.000    0-0    .000    0-0    .000     2  1.0
 Dahlman, Isaiah.....  8    3-7    .429    1-3    .333    1-3    .333     8  1.0
 Ibok, Idong......... 11    2-5    .400    0-0    .000    4-6    .667     8  0.7
 Kebler, Mike........  3    1-1   1.000    0-0    .000    0-0    .000     2  0.7
 Total............... 13  373-775  .481   77-194  .397  199-303  .657  1022 78.6
 Opponents........... 13  305-738  .413   94-274  .343  168-233  .721   872 67.1

                                   REBOUNDS
 TOTALS               GP   MIN  OFF  DEF  TOT   PF  FO    A   TO  A/TO  HI
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 Morgan, Raymar...... 13   346   33   55   88   32   0   20   34   0.6  29
 Lucas, Kalin........ 13   395    3   19   22   18   0   82   16   5.1  24
 Allen, Chris........ 13   261    9   25   34   19   0   19   16   1.2  21
 Suton, Goran........  7   163   21   24   45   18   0    7    8   0.9  18
 Summers, Durrell.... 13   269   17   31   48   21   0   12   19   0.6  14
 Walton, Travis...... 13   354   14   20   34   33   0   40   25   1.6  16
 Roe, Delvon......... 13   216   27   40   67   32   1   14   16   0.9  13
 Gray, Marquise...... 13   175   18   35   53   23   0    9   17   0.5  12
 Lucious, Korie...... 13   103    0   10   10   12   0   21   17   1.2   7
 Green, Draymond..... 13   120   10   28   38   19   1   11    6   1.8  10
 Thornton, Austin.... 11    65    2   11   13    7   0    5    3   1.7   9
 Herzog, Tom.........  5    17    3    7   10    3   0    1    0  99.0   5
 Crandell, Jon.......  2     4    0    0    0    0   0    0    0   0.0   2
 Dahlman, Isaiah.....  8    20    3    4    7    1   0    0    0   0.0   6
 Ibok, Idong......... 11    87    5    7   12   11   0    3    5   0.6   2
 Kebler, Mike........  3     5    1    0    1    0   0    0    0   0.0   2
 Total............... 13  2600  191  338  529  249   2  244  185   1.3 118
 Opponents........... 13  2600  133  270  403  265   -  155  187   0.8  98

 TEAM STATISTICS                   MSU          OPP
 --------------------------------------------------
 SCORING.................         1022          872
   Points per game.......         78.6         67.1
   Scoring margin........        +11.5            -
 FIELD GOALS-ATT.........      373-775      305-738
   Field goal pct........         .481         .413
 3 POINT FG-ATT..........       77-194       94-274
   3-point FG pct........         .397         .343
   3-pt FG made per game.          5.9          7.2
 FREE THROWS-ATT.........      199-303      168-233
   Free throw pct........         .657         .721
   F-Throws made per game         15.3         12.9
 REBOUNDS................          529          403
   Rebounds per game.....         40.7         31.0
   Rebounding margin.....         +9.7            -
 ASSISTS.................          244          155
   Assists per game......         18.8         11.9
 TURNOVERS...............          185          187
   Turnovers per game....         14.2         14.4
   Turnover margin.......         +0.2            -
   Assist/turnover ratio.          1.3          0.8
 STEALS..................           90           80
   Steals per game.......          6.9          6.2
 BLOCKS..................           52           44
   Blocks per game.......          4.0          3.4

 SCORE BY PERIODS:           1st  2nd    Total
 -------------------------  ---- ----     ----
 Michigan State...........   496  526  -  1022
 Opponents................   410  462  -   872

Purdue: Illinois beat them in West Lafayette. Their strength of schedule (149) has me concerned. I’ll keep them at 2 this week.. but like OSU, expect them to drop big time if they lose to Penn State, Wisc., or NW.

Illinois: went to Purdue and Won.. Tight game in AnnArbor.. Should have beaten Michigan.

Ohio State: the loss of Lighty seems to be an issue. The lost to Minnesota, and too close against Iowa at home. They might not stay in the top 4 of the Big Ten….

Wisconsin:  Nice win at Michigan, and a close game against a good PSU squad at home… at Purdue on the 11th…

Minnesota: Beat Ohio State, Tubby’s got them mov’in on up.

Michigan: Beat Illinois in a close contest at home, they are better than last year, but don’t expect it to last. They are NIT bound at best.

Northwestern: They will beat some people this year.  Lost away at PSU, and home against the Spartans.

Iowa: Barely beat Indiana at Home, Lost a close away game to Ohio State.. Should they move up…?? Possibly.

Penn State: Beat NW and lost to Wisc, both close games. They have Purdue, Spartans and the Gophers up next…

Indiana: Tom Crean has his work cut out for him. He is actually getting more out of the guys then he should.  But, it doesn’t look like a good season this year Tom…

Oakland University: Beat a tough ND State, they are doing well in their league.. Want to see them stomp Oral Roberts on Jan 10.
 

Will Post right after the OSU game... The Spartan's first home game...


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