Dec. 27, 1997

Michigan State 81, Eastern Illinois 69

EASTERN ILL (69)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Cuffle          22   1-6   1-4   0-1  1  3    3
Polite          30   3-8   1-2   1-5  1  1    8
Smith           20   1-4   6-6   1-2  0  4    8
Owens           29  4-11   7-9   0-3  4  4   15
Kaye            18   2-7   4-4   0-1  2  1    9
Sowers           3   0-0   0-0   1-1  0  0    0
Peckinpaugh     21   2-5   0-0   0-3  4  2    5
Ktistou         13   3-6   0-0   1-1  0  0    9
Osei-agyeman     7   0-0   1-2   0-0  0  0    1
Robinson        17   2-2   1-2   1-1  2  3    5
Frankford       14   2-3   0-0   1-1  1  3    5
Newman           4   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  1    0
Shaver           2   0-0   1-2   0-0  0  0    1
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TOTALS         200 20-52 22-31  6-20 15 22   69
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Percentages: FG-.385, FT-.710. 3-Point Goals:
7-20, .350 (Cuffle 0-1, Polite 1-3, Owens 0-2,
Kaye 1-4, Peckinpaugh 1-2, Ktistou 3-6, Frankford
1-2). Team rebounds: 7. Blocked shots: None.
Turnovers: 17 (Owens 4, Polite 4, Smith 3,
Frankford, Kaye, Ktistou, Osei-agyeman,
Peckinpaugh). Steals: 10 (Owens 3, Kaye 2, Polite
2, Frankford, Peckinpaugh, Smith).
MICHIGAN ST (81)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Hutson          22   3-7   2-2   3-6  3  2    8
Klein           31   5-9   2-2   1-4  3  2   16
Smith           29  6-10   2-5  5-15  1  3   14
Cleaves         29  5-11   4-6   0-4  7  4   15
Bell            29   3-6   1-2   0-1  0  1    8
Guess            3   1-1   0-0   0-0  1  0    2
Davis           13   0-3   0-0   0-0  1  2    0
Peterson        12   2-5   0-0   1-4  1  0    6
Granger         15   0-2   2-4   2-2  0  4    2
Wiley           17  5-10   0-2   3-4  0  4   10
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TOTALS         200 30-64 13-23 15-40 17 22   81
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Percentages: FG-.469, FT-.565. 3-Point Goals:
8-17, .471 (Klein 4-6, Cleaves 1-3, Bell 1-2,
Davis 0-2, Peterson 2-4). Team rebounds: 5.
Blocked shots: 2 (Hutson 2). Turnovers: 20
(Cleaves 5, Smith 5, Granger 4, Bell 2, Wiley 2,
Guess, Klein). Steals: 5 (Klein 3, Davis, Smith).
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Eastern Ill        30   39  -   69
Michigan St        41   40  -   81
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 12,365. Officials:
Arnie Mcdonald, Glenn Mayborg, Jerry Sauder.

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