Posted: Oct 27, 2016

Men's Basketball Drops 93-69 Exhibition Contest At Michigan State

Northwood

(0-0)

Michigan St.

(0-0)

Final

Northwood (0-0)

Michigan St. (0-0)

Game Leaders

Pts: 2 Players (#21, #23) - 12

Reb: 2 Players (#21, #23) - 7

Ast: 2 Players (#12, #21) - 2

Pts: Bridges, Miles - 33

Reb: Bridges, Miles - 8

Ast: Winston, Cassius - 9

Team Stats

Northwood

Michigan St.

Field Goals

(25-61)

(32-57)

Field Goal %

41.0%

56.1%

Rebounds

Assists

Turnovers

Pts off Turnovers

2nd Chance Pts

Pts in the Paint

Fastbreak Pts

Bench Pts

Full stats

OVERVIEW – NO. 9 MICHIGAN STATE (EXHIBITION)

SCORE: No. 9 Michigan State 93, Northwood 69

RECORDS: Northwood (0-0), Michigan State (0-0)

LOCATION: Breslin Center – East Lansing, Mich..

RECAP: Northwood opens their 2016-17 season with a 93-69 exhibition loss to No. 9 Michigan State Thursday night (October 27).

INSIDE THE GAME

Northwood did a good job to open the game, scoring the first six points of the game. With less than five minutes remaining in the first half, MSU led 30-27 but Northwood had out-rebounded the Spartans 19-9 to that point. A late push by the Spartans gave MSU a 48-35 lead at the break.
Michigan State held the lead at the break thanks to strong shooting – the Spartans shot 56.7 percent overall (17-30) and 54.5 percent from 3-point range (6-11). Northwood ended the opening half at 39.4 percent overall (13-33) and 4-14 from 3-point range (28.6 percent).
Northwood continued to hang tough in the second half, using an 8-0 run to get the lead down to 61-54 with 11 minutes to go in the game. The MSU lead was 68-59 with just over eight minutes to go when the Spartans finishes strong. Michigan State scored 25 of the final 35 points to close out the game

GAME STATS