Jan. 31, 1998

Michigan State 72, Northwestern 66

MICHIGAN ST (72)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Smith           41   0-5   3-6   4-7  0  4    3
Klein           32  2-11   0-0   4-9  0  1    5
Hutson          14   1-2   0-0   0-1  1  3    2
Cleaves         44 10-20  8-10   3-5  9  3   34
Bell            25   1-4   4-4   0-1  2  2    7
Thomas           8   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Davis            1   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Peterson        25   3-8   0-1   1-3  3  0    8
Granger         13   1-1   1-2   0-1  0  3    3
Wiley           22   5-7   0-0   0-2  0  5   10
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TOTALS         225 23-58 16-23 12-30 15 21   72
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Percentages: FG-.397, FT-.696. 3-Point Goals:
10-20, .500 (Klein 1-3, Cleaves 6-10, Bell 1-2,
Peterson 2-5). Team rebounds: 1. Blocked shots: 4
(Wiley 3, Thomas). Turnovers: 14 (Cleaves 4,
Klein 4, Granger 2, Peterson 2, Hutson, Smith).
Steals: 13 (Cleaves 6, Peterson 3, Granger,
Klein, Smith, Wiley).
NORTHWESTERN (66)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Harmsen         36   5-8   0-2   1-1  3  4   10
Branch          37   1-4   0-0   0-5  0  3    3
E Eschmeyer     41 12-18  6-13  2-14  2  4   30
Bonner          44   1-5   0-0   0-3  9  4    2
Wink            42   5-8   2-2   0-1  3  2   17
Kammrath         2   0-0   0-0   0-0  0  0    0
Harris           2   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
Pomeday         10   0-1   2-2   0-0  2  0    2
Molnar          11   0-1   2-2   2-3  0  2    2
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TOTALS         225 24-45 12-21  5-28 19 19   66
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Percentages: FG-.533, FT-.571. 3-Point Goals:
6-10, .600 (Branch 1-2, Bonner 0-2, Wink 5-6).
Team rebounds: 7. Blocked shots: 2 (E Eschmeyer
2). Turnovers: 22 (E Eschmeyer 4, Harmsen 4,
Bonner 3, Branch 3, Molnar 2, Pomeday 2, Wink 2,
Harris, Kammrath). Steals: 2 (Branch, Kammrath).
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Michigan St        25   30   17  -   72
Northwestern       26   29   11  -   66
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 6,053. Officials: Tom
Rucker, Eric Harmon, Paul Janssen.

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