FINAL: Michigan State 75, Michigan 62
With first place in the Big Ten on the line, Michigan State pushed past Michigan in the second half for the 13-point win at Crisler Center. The Spartans have now won three straight and it’s their third straight victory in the rivalry. The Wolverines went scoreless for the final 4:12 with Michigan State closed on a 9-0 run.
Fears banked in an open 3-pointer with 2:17 left and Spartans continued to dominate the offensive glass in the final couple minutes as Michigan fans headed for the exits and “go green, go white” chants broke out at Crisler.
Richardson scored 21 to lead the Spartans while Holloman had 18, Akins 11 and Fears 10. Goldin paced the Wolverines with 21, Burnett had 12 and Wolf 11.
Michigan State shot 53.3 percent from the field in the second half, including 6-for-12 from 3-point range. Michigan made just 37.5 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes while hitting only 1 of 10 from beyond the arc.
3:16: Michigan State 68, Michigan 62
Gayle hit a pair of free throws and Wolf got an easy two after a loose ball scramble to cut the deficit to seven. After Carr missed both from the line, Goldin threw down a slam and then scored following an offensive rebound while drawing a foul before missing the and-one. It was an 8-0 run for the Wolverines before Richardson got an easy jumper in the paint then banked one in off the glass. Tschetter and Cooper traded baskets with the Spartans up six at the final media timeout.
7:39: Michigan State 62, Michigan 51
Wolf spun through the lane for a layup to snap a 6-0 run before Kohler scored his first points of the game. On the other end of the floor, Fears drove through traffic for a shot at the rim to give the Spartans their biggest lead of the game at 11. The Wolverines, scoreless for 2:58, are in the bonus the rest of the way.
10:43: Michigan State 57, Michigan 49
Goldin ended the run with a pair of free throws and Burnett hit a 3-pointer for Michigan’s first field goal in nearly four minutes. Holloman knocked down three straight triples as Michigan State matched its largest lead of the game at eight.
13:13: Michigan State 46, Michigan 42
Michigan went scoreless for more than three minutes and the Spartans countered with a 6-0 run. A Richardson layup in transition led to a four-point lead and timeout by the Wolverines.
16:00: Michigan 42, Michigan State 40
Richardson and Fears hit triples coming out of the locker room to give Michigan State a 40-38 advantage before back-to-back baskets by Goldin. Starting forward Jaxon Kohler picked up his third foul and went to the Spartan bench scoreless on 0-for-4 shooting.
HALFTIME: Michigan 38, Michigan State 34
Although Michigan State continued to cough up the ball, the shots finally started dropping. The Spartans made five of six field goals and the teams swapped free throws just before time ran out as the Wolverines took a four-point lead into the locker room.
Burnett has nine points, Goldin eight and Wolf seven to lead a balanced attack for Michigan, which shot 54 percent from the floor in the first half. Richardson scored 11 to pace the Spartans in the opening 20 minutes and Holloman has seven.
3:54: Michigan 28, Michigan State 23
Tre Holloman halted the 15-0 run with a pair of free throws and a jumper for Michigan State’s first made basket in seven minutes. In between those scores, Will Tschetter knocked down a triple. Holloman split a pair of free throws after a technical foul on Michigan before a Burnett dunk on the break.
7:19: Michigan 23, Michigan State 16
Baskets by Rubin Jones and Justin Pippen followed by a triple from Burnett pushed the run to 15-0 while the Spartans looked lost offensively. They missed 11 of 12 shots, have gone scoreless for 5:34 and have a trio of turnovers in that stretch.
11:02: Michigan State 16, Michigan 15
Michigan’s Roddy Gayle missed a pair of free throws and Jaden Akins knocked down a 3-pointer in transition for the Spartans. Danny Wolf rattled in a triple and then delivered a behind-the-back pass on the break as Gayle scored and was fouled. It’s a 7-0 run for the Wolverines and Gayle will have a chance to complete the three-point play with a free throw coming out of the break.
14:09: Michigan State 11, Michigan 6
Jase Richardson got Michigan State started with five quick points on a triple and drive down the lane and early subs Coen Carr and Carson Cooper got on the board early. Cooper scored on an offensive rebound and Carr threw down an alley-oop. Vladislav Goldin scored first in the paint for Michigan and Nimari Burnett had a pair of buckets before the first media timeout.
PREGAME:
ANN ARBOR – Michigan and Michigan State are back to playing meaningful games late in the season.
The No. 12 Wolverines host the No. 14 Spartans on Friday (8 p.m., FOX) with first place in the Big Ten up for grabs. It’s the first matchup with both teams ranked in the top 15 in five years.
Michigan, which closed the Juwan Howard era with an 8-24 record last season, has surged under first-year coach Dusty May and an overhauled roster. The Wolverines have won six straight and have a half-game lead over the Spartans in the Big Ten standings.
Michigan State also opened the season unranked before a 13-game winning streak vaulted the team into the top 10. The Spartans lost three of four before rebounding with wins at Illinois and against Purdue for coach Tom Izzo, who now owns the record for career Big Ten victories.
Izzo owns a 34-21 career record against Michigan after the Spartans took both games last season. Michigan State won 81-62 in East Lansing and 73-63 in Ann Arbor.
GAME INFORMATION:
Who: No. 14 Michigan State (21-5, 12-3) at No. 12 Michigan (20-5, 12-2)
When: Friday, 8 p.m.
Where: Crisler Center (Ann Arbor)
TV: FOX
Latest line: Michigan -3.5
