Michigan State vs. Iowa: Full Game Preview
By on January 9, 2013
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Michigan State
(12-3, 2-3 away)
Iowa
(11-4, 11-1 home)
Venue: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
7:00PM ET / 4:00PM PT, January 10, 2013
Team Leaders
| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | K Appling 14.2 | A Payne 7.4 | K Appling 4.4 |
| Iowa | R Devyn Marble 15.5 | A White 6.1 | A Clemmons 4.3 |
In their last outing, behind 22 points from Gary Harris, the Spartans blew out Purdue 84-61 on January 5th. While contributing 2.4 rebounds per game, he also scores 13.1 points per game. For the Hawkeyes, Anthony Clemmons finished with 12 points and 7 assists in the 95-67 loss to Michigan on January 6th. He is averaging 4.8 points per game and leads the team in assists with 4.3 per game.
Iowa StatSmack
- At least you keep showing up. Michigan State has an average margin of victory of 12 over Iowa in 37 wins since 1980.
- Kids want to come here. Since 1998 Michigan State has recruited more Top 50 high school players than Iowa (19 vs 8).
- Michigan State has a much better NCSA Athletic Ranking than Iowa (#39 vs #55).
- Keep filling up on cupcakes. Michigan State has a stronger schedule than Iowa this season (SOS Rank: #60 vs #193).
- The Michigan State assist leader (Keith Appling) has more assists than the Iowa assist leader (Anthony Clemmons).
- You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? Michigan State currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (981 to 947) than Iowa, per the NCAA.
- The Michigan State rebounding leader (Derrick Nix) has more rebounds than the Iowa rebounding leader (Aaron White).
- Obviously, AP Voters agree that Michigan State is superior to Iowa (Latest AP Poll: #18 vs Not Ranked).
- The Michigan State steals leader (Branden Dawson) has more steals than the Iowa steals leader (Mike Gesell).
- We just win. Michigan State has more wins over the last 5 years than Iowa (145 vs 78).
- It must sting. Michigan State has blown out Iowa by 20 points or more on 9 occasions since 1997.
| MSU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Keith Appling | 33 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| B | Branden Dawson | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| B | Gary Harris | 27 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B- | Derrick Nix | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C+ | Adreian Payne | 20 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C+ | D. Valentine | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| C | Travis Trice | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Brandan Kearney | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Matt Costello | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D+ | Keenan Wetzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D+ | Dan Chapman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D+ | Russell Byrd | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Alex Gauna | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| IOWA Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | R. Marble | 31 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| B | Aaron White | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C+ | Mike Gesell | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Adam Woodbury | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C | A. Clemmons | 19 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Melsahn Basabe | 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Zach McCabe | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | Josh Oglesby | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C- | Eric May | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | A. Olaseni | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D+ | Darius Stokes | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Pat Ingram | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | C. Rickert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Kyle Denning | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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