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MICHIGAN STATE BASKETBALL #9/10 Michigan State (8-1) vs. IPFW (4-4) Dec. 15, 2007 - East Lansing, Mich. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS GAME #10 * Eight different Spartans have scored in #9/10 Michigan State (8-1) double figures this season (see page 2). vs. * Michigan State has played more ranked IPFW (4-4) teams than any other school in the AP Top 10 (see page 2). December 15, 2007 - 5:30 p.m. EST East Lansing, Mich. - Breslin Center * Michigan State has won 31 straight non- conference home games (see page 5). Radio: Spartan Sports Network - Will Tieman (Play by Play), Gus Ganakas (Color). Flagship - WJIM 1240 AM/WMMQ 94.9 FM Michigan State Men’s Basketball TV: ESPNU - Mike Gleason (Play by Play), Mike Kelley (Color) 2007-08 Schedule THE OPENING TIP November After a week off for final exams, Michigan State will return to action on Saturday 2 GRAND VALLEY ST. (Exhib.) (BTN) L, 85-82 (2OT) against IPFW. The Spartans are coming off a great week with two victories away 7 MICHIGAN TECH (Exhib.) (BTN) W, 61-55 13 & CHICAGO STATE (ESPNU) W, 86-53 from East Lansing against quality teams. MSU returns home where it is 5-0 this 14 & ULM (ESPNU) W, 83-65 season. IPFW enters the contest on a three-game winning streak. The Mastodons, 19 & vs. Missouri (ESPNU) [1] W, 86-83 however, are 0-3 away from home this year, with losses at Wisconsin, Indiana 20 & vs. No. 2 UCLA (ESPN2) [1] L, 68-63 State and Nebraska. 24 OAKLAND (BTN) W, 75-71 28 No. 24 NC STATE (ESPN)[2] W, 81-58 December THE JUMP BALL 1 JACKSONVILLE (BTN) W, 80-51 4 at Bradley (ESPNU) W, 66-61 Michigan State IPFW 8 vs. No. 20 BYU (BYUTV) [3] W, 68-61 Record 8-1 4-4 15 IPFW (ESPNU) 5:30 p.m. Coach Tom Izzo Dane Fife 19 SAN JOSE STATE (BTN) 8 p.m. 22 vs. Texas (ESPN2) [4] 6:30 p.m. Career Record (Years) 286-122 (13) 26-39 (3) 29 UW-GREEN BAY (BTN) 4 p.m. January Leading Scorer Raymar Morgan (17.3) Jaraun Burrows (13.1) 5 MINNESOTA (BTN) 8 p.m. Leading Rebounder Goran Suton (9.0) Jaraun Burrows (5.9) 8 PURDUE (BTN) 9 p.m. Leading Assists Drew Neitzel (4.7) D. Johnson (6.5) 12 at Iowa (BTN) 8:30 p.m. 15 OHIO STATE (ESPN) 7 p.m. Series Record MSU leads 3-0 20 at Minnesota (BTN) 4 p.m. 24 at Northwestern (ESPN/ESPN2) 9 p.m. Record At East Lansing MSU leads 3-0 27 MICHIGAN (CBS) 12 p.m. Last Meeting MSU 80-43 (Dec. 6, 2006 in East Lansing) 30 ILLINOIS (BTN) 9 p.m. Series Streak MSU won three February 2 at Penn State (BTN) 8 p.m. 9 NORTHWESTERN (BTN) 7 p.m. POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUPS 12 at Purdue (ESPN) 7 p.m. 16 at Indiana (ESPN) 9 p.m. Michigan State Spartans (8-1) Ppg. Rpg. Apg. Other 20 PENN STATE (BTN) 7 p.m. 23-24 * IOWA (ESPN/BTN/CBS) TBA C - #14 Goran Suton (Jr., 6-10, 245) 9.2 9.0 1.9 3.7 orpg 28 at Wisconsin (ESPN/ESPN2) 9 p.m. * Became the first Spartan to grab 20 rebounds in a game since Kevin Willis in 1983, with 20 March against Oakland ... Leads MSU with 10 blocks and 13 steals ... Three double-doubles. 2 % INDIANA (BTN/CBS/ESPN) TBA F - #41 Marquise Gray (Jr., 6-8, 235) 7.1 4.9 0.0 .692 FG% 4/5/6 $ at Illinois (BTN/ESPN/ESPN2) TBA * Leads the Big Ten in field-goal percentage ... Leads Michigan State with 10 dunks. 9 + at Ohio State (BTN/ESPN/CBS) TBA 13-16 Big Ten Tournament [5] F - #2 Raymar Morgan (So., 6-7, 225) 17.3 7.7 1.7 .607 FG% * Played with the USA U19 World Championship Team over the summer ... CBE Classic & O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic East Lansing Regional MVP ... Averaging 5.0 points a game at the foul line. Home games (BOLD) played at the Breslin Center Game times are Eastern Standard Time G - #5 Travis Walton (Jr., 6-2, 190) 4.0 1.7 4.0 2.6:1 a-to ratio [1] - CBE Classic - Kansas City, Mo. * Ranked second on the team with 36 assists ... Started the last four games, averaging [2] - ACC/Big Ten Challenge 5.3 assists ... In second season as co-captain. [3] - Salt Lake City, Utah [4] - Spartan Clash - The Palace of Auburn Hills G - #11 Drew Neitzel (Sr., 6-0, 185) 14.2 2.4 4.7 4.2:1 a-to ratio [5] - Conseco Fieldhouse - Indianapolis, Ind. * 2007-08 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year ... Big Ten’s leading returning scorer ... The Associated Press Preseason All-American ... CBE Classic All-Tournament Team. MSU SPORTS INFORMATION IPFW Mastodons (4-4) Ppg. Rpg. Apg. Other F - #34 Jaraun Burrows (Sr,. 6-8, 210) 13.1 5.9 2.1 1.6 bpg Basketball SID: Matt Larson F - #3 DeWitt Scott (Sr., 6-6, 190) 12.1 2.1 1.0 20-50 3FG E-mail: [email protected] G - #15 Demetrius Johnson (Sr., 6-4, 198) 10.9 4.5 6.5 1.3 bpg Office: 517-355-2271 Fax: 517-353-9636 G - #12 Ben Botts (Fr., 6-0, 165) 12.8 2.6 1.3 22-37 3FG Address: Z-22 Breslin Center, G - #2 Jakari Johnson (Jr., 6-4, 175) 10.0 2.9 1.3 1.5 spg East Lansing, MI 48824 Michigan State Basketball • vs. IPFW • Dec. 15, 2007 Michigan State is 8-0 when it outrebounds its opponent ... 2007-08 MICHIGAN STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name. Pos. Ht. Wt. El./Yr. Hometown Notes 00 Idong Ibok C 6-11 255 Jr./Sr. Lagos, Nigeria Owns a 7-foot-5 wingspan 1 Kalin Lucas G 6-0 180 Fr./Fr. Sterling Heights, Mich. 2007 Detroit News and Detroit Free Press Dream Teamer 2 Raymar Morgan F 6-7 225 So./So. Canton, Ohio Won back-to-back Division I State Championships 3 Chris Allen G 6-3 195 Fr./Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution AAAAA Player of the Year 5 Travis Walton G 6-2 190 Jr./Jr. Lima, Ohio In second season as co-captain 10 Jon Crandell F 6-8 210 So./So. Rochester, Mich. In his first season as a walk-on 11 Drew Neitzel G 6-0 185 Sr./Sr. Grand Rapids, Mich. The Associated Press Preseason All-American 13 Austin Thornton F 6-5 200 Fr./Fr. Sand Lake, Mich. 2007 The Associated Press All-State Class B 14 Goran Suton C 6-10 245 Jr./Sr. Lansing, Mich. Born in Bosnia-Herzegovina 15 Durrell Summers G 6-4 195 Fr./Fr. Detroit, Mich. The Associated Press Michigan Class D Player of the Year 20 Mike Kebler G 6-3 195 Fr./Fr. Okemos, Mich. Joins MSU as a walk-on 22 Isaiah Dahlman G 6-6 195 So./So. Braham, Minn. Grandson of Hall of Famer John Kundla 34 Drew Naymick C 6-10 250 Sr./Sr.-5 Muskegon, Mich. Pursuing a PhD. in finance 40 Tom Herzog C 7-0 230 Fr./So Flint, Mich. Redshirted in 2006-07 41 Marquise Gray F 6-8 235 Jr./Sr. Flint, Mich. Started 22 games in 2006-07 Head Coach: Tom Izzo (13th season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Associate Head Coach: Mark Montgomery (7th season) Isaiah Dahlman ................DOLL-munn Assistant Coach: Dwayne Stephens (5th season) Marquise Gray..................Mar-QWEESE Assistant Coach: Mike Garland (8th season) Idong Ibok ........................EE-dong EE-bock Director of Basketball Operations: Richard Bader Kalin Lucas ......................KAY-lin Video Coordinator: Kevin Pauga Raymar Morgan ...............RAY-mar Assistant Video Coordinator: Doug Herner Drew Naymick .................NAY-mick Athletic Trainer: Tom Mackowiak Drew Neitzel.....................NIGHT-zul Equipment Manager: Dave Pruder Goran Suton ....................GORE-on SUE-tahn Strength and Conditioning Coach: Mike Vorkapich On This Date The Starting Five Michigan State is 10-4 all-time on 1. MSU’s Difficult Schedule - Michigan State has played three teams ranked in The Dec. 15, including 8-2 at home. Associated Press Top 25 at the time of the game (No. 2 UCLA, No. 24 NC State and No. 20 BYU). In addition, the Spartans have a game scheduled against No. 4 Texas on Dec. 22. The three ranked opponents are the most for any team currently ranked in the AP Top 10. Texas, Duke and UCLA have all played two ranked opponents, while Year Site W/L Score Opponent Memphis, Kansas, Washington State and Marquette have played one. North Carolina 2001 H W 74-60 Arizona and Georgetown are yet to play a ranked opponent in 2007-08. The only other team 1992 H W 79-75 Illinois-Chicago ranked in the Top 25 to play as many as three ranked opponents is BYU. 1990 N L 75-95 UNLV 1988 A W 96-91(ot) Detroit 2. Dickie V’s Coach Of The Week - After leading Michigan State to back-to-back 1987 H W 78-64 Illinois-Chicago victories away from East Lansing against Bradley and BYU, Tom Izzo was named 1984 H W 79-61 Missouri Coach of the Week by Dick Vitale on his web site on Dec. 10. Vitale wrote “It is never 1983 H W 85-72 Brooklyn easy to win on the road in college basketball and Izzo led the Spartans to victories at 1981 H W 49-48(ot) UW-Green Bay two difficult places.” 1976 H L 94-99 Detroit 1973 H W 85-76 Western Mich.