
(7) Michigan St 74
(15-3, 4-1 Big Ten)

Northwestern 81
(12-5, 2-3 Big Ten)
Coverage: BTN
3:00 PM ET, January 14, 2012
Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, IL
| Michigan State Spartans | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Draymond Green, F | 39 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| Adreian Payne, F | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Keith Appling, G | 36 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 9-13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Branden Dawson, F | 17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Brandon Wood, G | 23 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Russell Byrd, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Thornton, G | 21 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Alex Gauna, F | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Trice, G | 23 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Derrick Nix, F | 16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Brandan Kearney, G | 11 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 24-52 | 9-18 | 17-27 | 14 | 36 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 74 | ||
| 46.2% | 50.0% | 63.0% | ||||||||||
| Northwestern Wildcats | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| John Shurna, F | 40 | 5-14 | 2-6 | 10-11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Davide Curletti, F | 36 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 6-10 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| Drew Crawford, G-F | 29 | 8-14 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Reggie Hearn, G | 29 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Dave Sobolewski, G | 40 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Luka Mirkovic, C | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Fruendt, G | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Marcotullio, G | 15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 26-52 | 8-17 | 21-29 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 81 | ||
| 50.0% | 47.1% | 72.4% | ||||||||||
Officials: Tom O'Neill, Bob Donato, Lamont Simpson
Attendance: 8,117

