(18) Michigan St 63
(11-3, 0-1 Big Ten)
(9) Minnesota 76
(13-1, 1-0 Big Ten)
Coverage: ESPN2/WatchESPN
2:00 PM ET, December 31, 2012
Williams Arena, Minneapolis, MN
Top Performers
Michigan State: K. Appling 15 Pts, 1 Reb, 5 Ast, 6 Stl, 1 Blk
Minnesota: A. Hollins 22 Pts, 2 Reb, 6 Ast, 2 Blk
| Michigan State Spartans | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Derrick Nix, F | 30 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Keith Appling, G | 34 | 7-16 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Branden Dawson, F | 28 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Gary Harris, G | 34 | 5-9 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Denzel Valentine, G | 22 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Gauna, F | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Adreian Payne, F | 24 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Travis Trice, G | 24 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 28-63 | 5-11 | 2-10 | 10 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 63 | ||
| 44.4% | 45.5% | 20.0% | ||||||||||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Trevor Mbakwe, F | 28 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| Rodney Williams, F | 33 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 5-7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Austin Hollins, G | 32 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Joe Coleman, G | 31 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Andre Hollins, G | 31 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 7-7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Julian Welch, G | 12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Maverick Ahanmisi, G | 7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Elliott Eliason, C | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Oto Osenieks, F | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Maurice Walker, F | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Ingram, F | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 30-53 | 3-8 | 13-22 | 13 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 76 | ||
| 56.6% | 37.5% | 59.1% | ||||||||||
Officials: D.J. Carstensen, Ted Valentine, Terry Wymer
Attendance: 14,625
