Northwestern 81-74 Michigan State (14 Jan, 2012) Play-by-Play

Michigan State Spartans

15-3, 4-1 Conference

	1	2	T
MSU	37	37	74
NU	39	42	81

Northwestern Wildcats

12-5, 2-3 Conference

TIME		MSU	NU
19:50	Brandon Wood Turnover.	0	0
19:50	Drew Crawford Steal.	0	0
19:14	Dave Sobolewski made Jumper.	0	2
18:48	Draymond Green made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Wood.	3	2
18:29	Drew Crawford made Jumper. Assisted by John Shurna.	3	4
18:12	Foul on Dave Sobolewski	3	4
18:12	Adreian Payne made Free Throw.	4	4
18:12	Adreian Payne missed Free Throw.	4	4
18:12	John Shurna Defensive Rebound.	4	4
18:03	Drew Crawford missed Layup.	4	4
18:03	Branden Dawson Block.	4	4
17:58	Branden Dawson Defensive Rebound.	4	4
17:53	Foul on Reggie Hearn	4	4
17:53	Brandon Wood missed Free Throw.	4	4
17:53		4	4
17:53	Brandon Wood made Free Throw.	5	4
17:38	Drew Crawford Turnover.	5	4
17:38	Keith Appling Steal.	5	4
17:31	Branden Dawson made Dunk. Assisted by Brandon Wood.	7	4
17:18	John Shurna missed Jumper.	7	4
17:12	Northwestern Offensive Rebound.	7	4
17:01	John Shurna missed Three Point Jumper.	7	4
16:57	Draymond Green Defensive Rebound.	7	4
16:46	Adreian Payne made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Wood.	9	4
16:21	Dave Sobolewski missed Three Point Jumper.	9	4
16:16	Davide Curletti Offensive Rebound.	9	4
16:16	Foul on Adreian Payne	9	4
16:16	Davide Curletti made Free Throw.	9	5
16:16	Davide Curletti made Free Throw.	9	6
15:57	Draymond Green made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brandon Wood.	12	6
15:31	Foul on Brandon Wood	12	6
15:31	Official TV Timeout.	12	6
15:16	Davide Curletti missed Jumper.	12	6
15:10	Reggie Hearn Offensive Rebound.	12	6
14:48	Foul on Brandon Wood	12	6
14:48	John Shurna made Free Throw.	12	7
14:48	John Shurna made Free Throw.	12	8
14:14	Michigan State Turnover.	12	8
14:02	Reggie Hearn Turnover.	12	8
14:02	Draymond Green Steal.	12	8
13:53	Travis Trice Turnover.	12	8
13:53	Davide Curletti Steal.	12	8
13:33	Foul on Derrick Nix	12	8
13:33	Reggie Hearn missed Jumper.	12	8
13:33	Derrick Nix Block.	12	8
13:33	Derrick Nix Defensive Rebound.	12	8
13:11	Travis Trice made Layup. Assisted by Austin Thornton.	14	8
12:52	Foul on Austin Thornton	14	8
12:52	Davide Curletti made Free Throw.	14	9
12:52	Davide Curletti missed Free Throw.	14	9
12:52	Derrick Nix Defensive Rebound.	14	9
12:41	Keith Appling missed Three Point Jumper.	14	9
12:34	Alex Marcotullio Defensive Rebound.	14	9
12:25	Dave Sobolewski missed Three Point Jumper.	14	9
12:18	Davide Curletti Offensive Rebound.	14	9
12:15	Davide Curletti made Layup.	14	11
11:59	Draymond Green made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Austin Thornton.	17	11
11:33	Drew Crawford made Layup. Assisted by Davide Curletti.	17	13
11:20	Derrick Nix made Layup. Assisted by Travis Trice.	19	13
11:05	Davide Curletti made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dave Sobolewski.	19	16
10:44	Official TV Timeout.	19	16
10:28	Foul on Drew Crawford	19	16
10:28	Adreian Payne made Free Throw.	20	16
10:28	Adreian Payne missed Free Throw.	20	16
10:28	Luka Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.	20	16
10:28	Alex Marcotullio missed Jumper.	20	16
10:28	Draymond Green Defensive Rebound.	20	16
10:28	Austin Thornton made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Travis Trice.	23	16
10:28	Luka Mirkovic missed Layup.	23	16
10:28	Luka Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.	23	16
10:28	Luka Mirkovic Turnover.	23	16
10:28	Branden Dawson Steal.	23	16
10:28	Branden Dawson made Dunk. Assisted by Travis Trice.	25	16
10:28	John Shurna missed Jumper.	25	16
10:28	Branden Dawson Defensive Rebound.	25	16
10:28	Branden Dawson Turnover.	25	16
10:28	Alex Marcotullio Steal.	25	16
10:28	Drew Crawford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dave Sobolewski.	25	19
10:28	Branden Dawson Turnover.	25	19
7:57	Dave Sobolewski missed Layup.	25	19
7:52	Derrick Nix Defensive Rebound.	25	19
7:52	Derrick Nix Turnover.	25	19
7:45	Official TV Timeout.	25	19
7:17	Drew Crawford missed Jumper.	25	19
7:09	Davide Curletti Offensive Rebound.	25	19
7:09	Davide Curletti made Tip Shot.	25	21
6:31	Keith Appling missed Layup.	25	21
6:31	Branden Dawson Offensive Rebound.	25	21
6:31	Foul on Reggie Hearn	25	21
6:31	Branden Dawson missed Free Throw.	25	21
6:31		25	21
6:31	Branden Dawson made Free Throw.	26	21
6:11	Drew Crawford made Layup. Assisted by Dave Sobolewski.	26	23
6:11	Derrick Nix missed Layup.	26	23
6:11	Davide Curletti Block.	26	23
6:11	Keith Appling Offensive Rebound.	26	23
6:11	Derrick Nix Turnover.	26	23
5:28	Dave Sobolewski missed Three Point Jumper.	26	23
5:24	Draymond Green Defensive Rebound.	26	23
5:09	Derrick Nix made Layup. Assisted by Keith Appling.	28	23
5:09	Foul on Drew Crawford	28	23
5:09	Derrick Nix made Free Throw.	29	23
5:01	John Shurna made Layup. Assisted by Davide Curletti.	29	25
4:33	Keith Appling made Layup. Assisted by Derrick Nix.	31	25
4:02	Foul on Austin Thornton	31	25
3:46	Foul on Adreian Payne	31	25
3:46	Official TV Timeout.	31	25
3:46	John Shurna made Free Throw.	31	26
3:46	John Shurna made Free Throw.	31	27
3:30	Brandan Kearney missed Jumper.	31	27
3:28	Dave Sobolewski Defensive Rebound.	31	27
3:23	John Shurna missed Three Point Jumper.	31	27
3:20	Draymond Green Defensive Rebound.	31	27
3:14	Foul on Alex Marcotullio	31	27
2:59	Keith Appling missed Three Point Jumper.	31	27
2:55	John Shurna Defensive Rebound.	31	27
2:47	Dave Sobolewski Turnover.	31	27
2:47	Keith Appling Steal.	31	27
2:41	Keith Appling Turnover.	31	27
2:33	Davide Curletti made Dunk. Assisted by Dave Sobolewski.	31	29
2:33	Foul on Derrick Nix	31	29
2:33	Davide Curletti made Free Throw.	31	30
2:11	Alex Gauna missed Dunk.	31	30
2:06	Alex Gauna Offensive Rebound.	31	30
2:06	Alex Gauna made Tip Shot.	33	30
1:51	Alex Marcotullio made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dave Sobolewski.	33	33
1:39	Foul on Nick Fruendt	33	33
1:39	Keith Appling made Free Throw.	34	33
1:39	Keith Appling missed Free Throw.	34	33
1:39	Northwestern Defensive Rebound.	34	33
1:26	Alex Marcotullio made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Davide Curletti.	34	36
1:09	Michigan State Full Timeout.	34	36
1:07	Brandan Kearney made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Draymond Green.	37	36
0:39	Alex Marcotullio missed Layup.	37	36
0:39	Brandan Kearney Block.	37	36
0:28	Alex Gauna Defensive Rebound.	37	36
0:22	Alex Gauna missed Jumper.	37	36
0:16	Davide Curletti Defensive Rebound.	37	36
0:06	John Shurna made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Fruendt.	37	39
0:06	John Shurna made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Fruendt.	37	42
0:00	End of the 1st Half.	37	39

Welsh-Ryan Arena

8:00 PM, 14 January 2012

Evanston, IL

Attendance: 8,117

Referees:
Lamont Simpson
Tom O'Neill
Bob Donato

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan State	2-0	-	10-2
UCLA	2-0	-	10-2
Michigan	2-0	-	9-3
Oregon	1-1	1	11-1
Maryland	1-1	1	10-2
Penn State	1-1	1	10-2
Nebraska	1-1	1	8-2
Iowa	1-1	1	9-3
Northwestern	1-1	1	9-3
Indiana	1-1	1	9-3
Illinois	1-1	1	8-3
USC	1-1	1	9-4
Ohio State	1-1	1	8-4
Purdue	1-1	1	8-4
Rutgers	1-1	1	7-5
Wisconsin	0-2	2	10-3
Washington	0-2	2	8-3
Minnesota	0-2	2	7-5

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