Post Game: BU Loses 59-75 @ Mich. St.

[ser_solace]

Well, that's too bad we couldn't sustain the hot start. Couldn't buy a shot in the later parts of the game.

David Collins looked good. Surprised he got the start over Singh, but he played well today I thought.

Hated watching the 2nd half with all the fouls.

[lake Camelot]

Well I am not one of the people that usually complains about Sam. I really wonder how badly he is hurt. That was the worst game I can remember him having in his career. All around, shot wouldn't fall, got the ball taken away several times, just a bad game. That and the free throws really cost us.

[MacabreMob]

I think they guarded Sam really good.

[Big Mike]

if your name was Sam today......you had a Bad game!

[MacabreMob]

If you wore a red jersey today - your team shot poorly from the ft line.

[Da Coach]

Not much to say. Michigan State just has bigger, quicker athletes at every position. And as long as they shoot this well from outside, they will be very hard to beat. Bradley played well for 15 minutes, then they couldn't make an outside shot after that.

I think they'll rebound against Butler.

[ifarania]

I was actually fairly pleased about this game, especially in the first half... And man, those Vegas people are pretty good, huh?

[BUFAN]

Well I am not one of the people that usually complains about Sam. I really wonder how badly he is hurt. That was the worst game I can remember him having in his career. All around, shot wouldn't fall, got the ball taken away several times, just a bad game. That and the free throws really cost us.

Lake, who have you been watching, SM played his typical game, only thing is it was against a team that could make him pay. Heaven forbid JL benches him but SM is his boy. In JLs defence this was a hard played game and we are not that deep...

[ser_solace]

Yeah, DaCoach, I agree. Disappointed in not being able to make some of the open shots and free-throws. But then again, it's not like we're playing @ a 300 RPI team's court. It's a tough top 25 team wanting to rebound from their own bad loss.

Don't mind losing by 16. Just wish it could have been a better game overall.

[Guinness]

Hate to be the bad news bear but Butler will hand it to us also

[houstontxbrave]

We rebounded in the first half very well, really played bad interior defense in the second, especially when MSU made it a point to get the ball to the block. We turn it over to much and in some really bad situations.

We really shot bad from the free throw line.

But the one thing that really is glaring bigtime to me is we have no one who we can go to score points. If we need a shot during a stretch of play were we need to break momentum we just have no one to go to... If we have that in the first half and make some free throws, it might have been different but again our interior defense is not good, but it does not help to have small forwards trying to play the 4 spot.

Collins... its difficult to say he played well, he is out of position defensively alot, playing a 2-1-2 and having Collins as the 1 really allows him to much opportunity to roam and he needs to sit in the lane.

Not a bad lose but certainly no lose is good. But we should take away alot from this and Florida, its just to bad we didnt have this game closer. MSU is not great and we had our chances to make a game of it several times.

[Big Mike]

WEll sitting @ 4-3 right now....losing @ 19 Florida and @ 12 Micigan State is about what is expected from this years team so far...the only bad loss IMO was losing to UMKC...If it wasn't for that...this season is about where I thought it would be!

[Da Coach]

Hate to be the bad news bear but Butler will hand it to us also

I can't agree with this. Bradley will play much etter at home and will hand Butler their first loss. It should boost Bradley's RPI and their SOS into the 30's.

Here is the box score-
http://msuspartans.cstv.com/sports/m.../brad-msu.html

 
Official Basketball Box Score
Bradley vs Michigan State
12/07/08 4 p.m. at East Lansing, Mich. (Breslin Center)
 
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VISITORS: Bradley 4-3
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 Dunson, Dodie....... * 5-12 1-5 2-4 1 1 2 1 13 0 3 0 0 35
04 Collins, David...... * 3-7 0-0 3-5 1 1 2 1 9 0 0 0 0 23
05 Maniscalco, Sam..... * 2-8 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 4 4 3 6 0 1 26
12 Wilson, Theron...... * 4-9 2-4 6-9 1 6 7 3 16 1 2 1 2 29
23 Roberts, Chris...... * 3-10 1-5 2-2 2 3 5 3 9 0 4 0 1 28
01 McCain, Eddren...... 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 19
03 Norris, Darian...... 0-4 0-3 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 13
13 Brown, Taylor....... 2-3 0-0 1-4 1 4 5 2 5 0 0 1 0 13
41 Thompson, Anthony... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
54 Singh, Sam.......... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 11
TEAM................ 1 3 4
Totals.............. 20-59 4-22 15-26 8 24 32 18 59 6 16 3 6 200
 
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-29 34.5% 2nd Half: 10-30 33.3% Game: 33.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-14 21.4% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 18.2% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4% 2nd Half: 11-15 73.3% Game: 57.7% 6
 
 
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HOME TEAM: Michigan State 5-2
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lucas_kalin00.html"]Lucas, Kalin[/URL]........ * 3-15 1-2 5-6 1 5 6 1 12 9 1 0 2 32
02 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/morgan_raymar00.html"]Morgan, Raymar[/URL]...... * 3-6 0-0 1-2 5 5 10 4 7 0 3 0 0 21
03 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/allen_chris00.html"]Allen, Chris[/URL]........ * 6-14 5-9 2-2 0 3 3 2 19 1 2 0 1 28
05 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/walton_travis00.html"]Walton, Travis[/URL]...... * 3-6 0-0 3-4 0 3 3 2 9 4 4 0 0 34
10 [URL="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/roe_delvon00.html"]Roe, Delvon[/URL]......... * 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 15
00 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ibok_idong00.html"]Ibok, Idong[/URL]......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
13 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/thornton_austin00.html"]Thornton, Austin[/URL].... 1-4 0-3 1-2 1 4 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 11
15 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/summers_durrell00.html"]Summers, Durrell[/URL].... 3-4 2-2 1-1 1 2 3 2 9 0 3 1 2 13
23 [URL="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/green_draymond00.html"]Green, Draymond[/URL]..... 1-2 0-0 3-3 1 4 5 4 5 2 1 0 1 15
34 [URL="http://onlyfans.cstv.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/lucious_korie00.html"]Lucious, Korie[/URL]...... 2-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 5 2 3 0 1 10
41 [URL="http://www.fansonly.com/schools/msu/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gray_marquise00.html"]Gray, Marquise[/URL]...... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 2 4 0 1 0 0 15
Team................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 25-60 9-19 16-20 10 35 45 23 75 18 19 1 7 200
 
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-30 36.7% 2nd Half: 14-30 46.7% Game: 41.7% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-11 45.5% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 47.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 11-14 78.6% Game: 80.0% 4,1
 
 
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Officials: John Higgins, Paul Janssen, Steve Olson
Technical fouls: Bradley-None. Michigan State-None.
Attendance: 14759
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Bradley....................... 27 32 - 59
Michigan State................ 32 43 - 75

[TheHeemyMonster]

After seein the boxscore and seeing 13 mins for TB, it really starts to bother me. TB IMO needs 20+ mins a game somehow

[Big Mike]

AT also had a nice block at the end of the game which he is not getting credit for!