Nov. 17, 2010

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With the win, Michigan State...
• improves to 87-25 all-time in the month of November, including a 62• 3 mark at home.
• is 210-26 (.889) at home under coach Tom Izzo.
• improves its record to 40-0 in games in November with Tom Izzo as head coach.
• has now won 49 consecutive non-conference games at the Breslin Center
• has won its first two games of the season in each of the previous five seasons.

Series notes...
• MSU now leads the all-time series against South Carolina, 4-2.
• This marked the first time the two teams have met inside the Breslin Center; MSU is 3-1 at home against South Carolina.
• Tom Izzo is now 2-0 all-time against USC.

Player notes...
• Draymond Green's six assists rank him tied for ninth all-time in a single game...Green recorded his ninth double-double of his career as he tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds...Green set a career-best mark free throw attempts with nine...Green tied his career-high in both blocks (four) and minutes (31)...Green led the team in rebounds for the 24th time in his career, going 18-6 in those games.
• Delvon Roe set a career record with six assists...Roe was third on the team in scoring with 15 points...Roe recorded his 16th double-digit scoring mark of his career (15-1).
• Durrell Summers led the Spartans in scoring for the 13th time in his career (10-3) with 22 points...Summers has tallied double-figure scoring in 45 games (33-12); second time this season (2-0)...Summers' 17 field goal attempts ties for most in his career.
• Kalin Lucas led the team in assists for the 48th time in his career, improving to 37-11 in those games.
• Adreian Payne has tallied seven rebounds in each of his first two games of his career...Payne hit the first free throw of his career with 8:03 left in the second half.
• Keith Appling set career-best marks in field goal attempts (six), 3-point attempts (two) and total rebounds (two).
• Austin Thornton tied his career-best 3-point field goal attempts for the fourth time in his career with three (last vs. Alcorn State on Dec. 13, 2008).

Team Notes...
• This is the first time since Feb. 9, 2010 against Purdue that the Spartans have been out rebounded at home by an opponent and won the game.
• MSU shot 50 percent from the free-throw line (17-34), its lowest free-throw percentage of the since Nov. 20, 2009 vs. Toledo (11-of-26).
• The Spartans had an assist on 79 percent of their total field goals (23-for-29).
• Michigan State outscored South Carolina in the paint, 40-22, its third-consecutive game it has outscored an opponent in the paint.
• MSU has played 10 or more players in each of the past 11 games, going 9-2 in those games.