Dec. 3, 1996
MSU Comes Back to Beat Cleveland State
After trailing by 11 points at one time in the second half, MSU utilized excellent free throw shooting (26 of 27 in the 2nd half) and its full-court press to overcome Cleveland State 83-78. Senior Jon Garavaglia had a career night and led MSU with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Antonio Smith also had a career record by scoring 16 and getting 10 rebounds. Guards Ray Weathers and Mateen Cleaves had 15 and 10 points respectively.
"I take my hat off to (our) guys," said MSU head coach Tom Izzo. "I think last year this was a game we would've lost.
"That was a hard team to defend, but I think they got a little tired at the end, and their shots fell a hair short."
Next up for the team is Illinois-Chicago on Thursday, December 5th. That game is at the Bres and starts at 7:30 p.m.
1ST 2ND TOTAL --- --- ----- CLEVELAND ST 42 36 78 MICHIGAN ST 35 48 83 FINAL HIGH SCORERS CLEVELAND ST - ERIC NICHELSON 18, LEONIDAS SKOUTARIS 16, MICHAEL BOWENS 14 MICHIGAN ST - JON GARAVAGLIA 20, ANTONIO SMITH 16, RAY WEATHERS 15 HIGH REBOUNDERS CLEVELAND ST - ERIC NICHELSON 8, TWO PLAYERS WITH 7 MICHIGAN ST - JON GARAVAGLIA 10, ANTONIO SMITH 10 HIGH ASSISTS CLEVELAND ST - MALCOLM SIMS 7, ANTHONY LAMBERT 4 MICHIGAN ST - JASON KLEIN 3, MATEEN CLEAVES 3 ATTENDANCE : 11,931 CLEVELAND ST (78) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Sims 36 3-11 3-5 3-7 7 3 10 Bowens 29 6-10 1-3 4-7 0 5 14 Nichelson 39 6-12 6-8 2-8 1 5 18 Lambert 21 2-3 0-2 0-0 4 2 5 Madison 22 2-7 1-2 1-2 1 3 5 Dames 24 4-7 0-0 3-3 2 4 8 Rahas 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Skoutaris 21 4-5 7-7 0-0 1 2 16 Brewster 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Mcroy 4 0-0 2-2 0-0 0 0 2 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 27-56 20-29 13-27 16 24 78 Percentages: FG-.482, FT-.690. 3-Point Goals: 4-13, .308 (Sims 1-3, Bowens 1-2, Nichelson 0-1, Lambert 1-2, Madison 0-3, Skoutaris 1-1, Brewster 0-1). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: None. Turnovers: 17 (Bowens 5, Sims 4, Skoutaris 3, Lambert 2, Dames, Madison, Mcroy). Steals: 12 (Sims 7, Dames 2, Nichelson 2, Mcroy). MICHIGAN ST (83) fg ft rb min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp Polonowski 11 2-5 2-2 2-2 0 0 6 Klein 13 0-4 0-1 1-2 3 1 0 Garavaglia 27 6-10 7-8 2-10 2 3 20 Weathers 33 4-8 4-5 0-0 2 3 15 Thomas 12 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 3 0 Kelley 15 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 5 2 Cleaves 19 2-7 6-6 1-1 3 2 10 Smith 31 5-6 6-6 5-10 2 2 16 Webber 3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Peterson 24 2-3 6-6 1-6 1 4 10 Granger 8 2-2 0-1 1-1 0 1 4 Wiley 4 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 _______________________________________________ TOTALS 200 24-53 31-35 15-37 14 24 83 Percentages: FG-.453, FT-.886. 3-Point Goals: 4-10, .400 (Klein 0-1, Garavaglia 1-1, Weathers 3-4, Cleaves 0-3, Peterson 0-1). Team rebounds: None. Blocked shots: 1 (Klein). Turnovers: 20 (Smith 6, Cleaves 3, Garavaglia 3, Kelley 2, Thomas 2, Granger, Peterson, Polonowski, Weathers). Steals: 8 (Kelly 2, Peterson 2, Garavaglia, Granger, Thomas, Weathers).
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