Michigan State Spartans @ Butler Bulldogs

Gavitt Tipoff Games

2-1, 1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Michigan St MSU	31	42	73
Butler BUT	23	29	52

Butler BulldogsButlerBUT

3-1, 3-1 Home

Michigan State Spartans

starters
Marcus Bingham Jr.M. Bingham Jr.#30
Gabe BrownG. Brown#44
Joey HauserJ. Hauser#10
Max ChristieM. Christie#5
Tyson WalkerT. Walker#2
bench
Malik HallM. Hall#25
Julius MarbleJ. Marble II#34
Pierre Brooks IIP. Brooks#1
Mady SissokoM. Sissoko#22
Davis SmithD. Smith#14
Jaden AkinsJ. Akins#3
AJ HoggardA. Hoggard#11
Michael PetersonM. Peterson#20
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	10	4-4	0-0	2-3	6	0	3	2	6	3	3	2
30	19	6-13	4-10	3-3	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	5
23	2	0-6	0-5	2-3	6	0	3	1	0	3	3	1
32	18	6-9	2-4	4-5	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	1
25	5	1-3	0-0	3-3	1	5	3	2	1	0	1	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
18	8	3-4	2-3	0-0	4	0	2	0	0	0	4	3
12	6	2-4	0-0	2-2	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
3	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	5	0	3	0	0	1	4	1
14	0	0-3	0-1	0-1	4	4	2	0	0	1	3	3
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	73	23-49	8-24	19-24	41	12	20	7	8	11	30	20
		47%	33%	79%

Butler Bulldogs

starters
Bryce NzeB. Nze#10
Bryce GoldenB. Golden#33
Chuck HarrisC. Harris#3
Jayden TaylorJ. Taylor#13
Aaron ThompsonA. Thompson#2
bench
Myles WilmothM. Wilmoth#5
John-Michael MulloyJ. Mulloy#35
Ty GroceTy Groce#4
Simas LukosiusS. Lukosius#41
Jair BoldenJ. Bolden#52
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
7	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
24	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	4
36	13	4-16	3-9	2-2	2	4	4	1	0	0	2	2
25	5	1-5	1-3	2-2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
30	9	4-8	0-0	1-6	2	2	4	2	1	1	1	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
11	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
26	15	4-13	3-8	4-6	8	1	1	2	0	3	5	2
9	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
16	5	1-5	1-5	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	52	16-56	9-30	11-18	25	8	14	6	5	10	15	25
		29%	30%	61%

Game Information

Indianapolis, IN

Referee:D.J. Carstensen

Referee:Kelly Pfeifer

Referee:Courtney Green

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Big East Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
St. John's	18-2	-	30-7
UConn	17-3	1	34-6
Villanova	15-5	3	24-9
Seton Hall	10-10	8	21-12
Creighton	9-11	9	16-18
DePaul	8-12	10	16-16
Butler	7-13	11	16-16
Providence	7-13	11	15-18
Marquette	7-13	11	12-20
Georgetown	6-14	12	16-18
Xavier	6-14	12	15-18

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