GT: #8 Michigan State at Nebraska - 7PM - BTN

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February 16, 2013

7:00PM CT - BTN (Announcers: Kevin Kugler, Tim Doyle)

Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595) - Lincoln, NE

#8 Michigan State Spartans 21-4, 10-2 (Last: W 75-52 vs Michigan)

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Nebraska Cornhuskers 12-13, 3-9 (Last: L 76-47 vs Indiana)

Big Ten Standings

#1 Indiana 10-2, 22-3

#8 Michigan State 10-2, 21-4

#13 Ohio State 8-4, 18-6

#20 Wisconsin 8-4, 17-8

#4 Michigan 8-4, 21-4

Minnesota 6-6, 18-7

Purdue 5-7, 12-13

Illinois 5-7, 18-8

Iowa 5-7, 16-9

Northwestern 4-8, 13-12

Nebraska 3-9, 12-13

Penn State 0-12, 8-16

Head Coaches

Michigan State Tom Izzo (433-173 at Michigan State)

Nebraska Tim Miles (295-233, 12-13 at Nebraska)

Injury Report

Michigan State

G - Branden Dawson - Head - Probable

G - Travis Trice - Concussion - Out

F - Kenny Kaminski - Shoulder - Out for season

Nebraska

G - Mike Petlz - Knee - Out for season

Scouting Michigan State

This season, MSU comes to Lincoln with a 21-4 mark and enters the weekend tied with Indiana for the Big Ten lead at 10-2. The Spartans dropped their Big Ten opener at Minnesota on New Year's Eve, but have lost once since then, a five-point loss at now No. 1 Indiana on Jan. 27. The Spartans have won five straight, including a 75-52 pasting of No. 4 Michigan on Tuesday night. MSU is second in the Big Ten in scoring defense at 58.9 ppg while holding opponents to just 39 percent on the year. The Spartans also control the glass, out-rebounding foes by an average of nearly seven per game.

Junior point guard Keith Appling guides the MSU offense with 14.0 points and 4.0 assists per game, as three Spartans average in double figures and two others average more than nine points per game. Senior Derrick Nix and junior Adreian Payne give the Spartans one of the best inside combos in the conference, as they combine for 18.7 points and 13.0 rebounds per game. Freshman guard Gary Harris is second on the team in scoring at 13.9 points per game and is hitting 44 percent from 3-point range.

 
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According to Smiles, their guard injuries forced line-up changes that made them bigger. Now they are pounding people on the boards to a much greater degree.

Not exactly an injury scenario that plays into our hands............

 
Comish said:
According to Smiles, their guard injuries forced line-up changes that made them bigger. Now they are pounding people on the boards to a much greater degree.

Not exactly an injury scenario that plays into our hands............
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Not that they needed much help. They are usually one of the best if not the best rebounding team in the country.

 
The reporter for the IU Purdue game just said he thinks MSU is playing the best basketball in the country and he had never seen complete dominance on the boards when MSU played Michigan

 
Gallegos getting up 10 threes per game over the last 5??? Hopefully they're going in tonight.

 
I don't like the looks of this. Either Ubel is going to get into foul trouble or Nix is going to have a field day.

 
AA will need to play QUALITY big minutes tonight if we are going to have a chancce down low.

Might be a long night...

8-4 MSU - 14 minute mark.

 
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