Feb. 23, 2012
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Minnesota 61, Michigan State 66
Wed, Feb 22, 2012 7:30 PM Minneapolis, Minn. (Williams Arena)
| VISITORS: Michigan State 23-5, 12-3 |
| NO. | PLAYER | | FG-A | 3FG | FT-A | OF | DE | REB | PF | PTS | A | TO | BK | ST | MIN |
| 23 | Green, Draymond | F | 5-14 | 4-8 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 39 |
| 05 | Payne, Adreian | C | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Thornton, Austin | G | 0-5 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 22 | Dawson, Branden | G | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Appling, Keith | G | 3-8 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
| 25 | Nix, Derrick | | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 30 | Wood, Brandon | | 6-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| 03 | Kearney, Brandan | | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 00 | Byrd, Russell | | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | | 0-0 | 0-0 | | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 0 | | 0 | | | |
| Total | | 22-53 | 5-20 | 17-23 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 14 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 200 |
| 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total |
| FG% | 13-28 (0.464) | 9-25 (0.360) | 22-53 (0.415) | Deadball |
| 3FG% | 5-16 (0.312) | 0-4 (0.000) | 5-20 (0.250) | Rebs |
| FT% | 0-1 (0.000) | 17-22 (0.773) | 17-23 (0.739) | 3 |
| HOME TEAM: Minnesota 17-11, 5-10 |
| NO. | PLAYER | | FG-A | 3FG | FT-A | OF | DE | REB | PF | PTS | A | TO | BK | ST | MIN |
| 33 | Williams, Rodney | F | 5-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 50 | Sampson III, Ralph | F | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| 20 | Hollins, Austin | G | 5-8 | 4-6 | 3-4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| 11 | Coleman, Joe | G | 1-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 00 | Welch, Julian | G | 3-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| 55 | Eliason, Elliott | | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 23 | Armelin, Chip | | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 01 | Hollins, Andre | | 1-4 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Osenieks, Oto | | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 30 | Ingram, Andre | | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Team | | 0-0 | 0-0 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 0 | | 1 | | | |
| Total | | 21-46 | 5-13 | 14-15 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 20 | 61 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 200 |
| 1st Half | 2nd Half | Total |
| FG% | 13-26 (0.500) | 8-20 (0.400) | 21-46 (0.457) | Deadball |
| 3FG% | 2-9 (0.222) | 3-4 (0.750) | 5-13 (0.385) | Rebs |
| FT% | 2-2 (1.000) | 12-13 (0.923) | 14-15 (0.933) | 0 |
| Score by Period | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Michigan State | 31 | 35 | 66 |
| Minnesota | 30 | 31 | 61 |
| Officials:Jim Burr, Mike Eades, Earl Walton |
| Technical fouls: Michigan State -Michigan State-Appling Minnesota -None |
| Attendance: 13,331 |