Michigan State Vs. DePaul Postgame Notes

Nov. 30, 2003

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Michigan State vs. DePaul Breslin Center-East Lansing, Mich. November 30, 2003

MSU Game Notes

Attendance: 14,759. Today's game marked the 86th-consecutive sellout in the Breslin Center. MSU is 76-4 in its last 80 regular season games in the Breslin Center.

All-Tournament Team: Kelvin Torbert - MSU (MVP); Chris Hill - MSU; Shannon Brown - MSU; Delonte Holland - DePaul; Andre Brown - DePaul; Charlie Copp - Penn

Michigan State has now won 17 of the 21 Coca-Cola Classics. MSU has appeared in the championship game 20 times, posting a 17-3 record in those games.

Michigan State now has a 41-3 mark when playing at home in November.

Michigan State is now 4-7 all-time vs. DePaul, although the two teams had not met since an 88-72 Spartan victory on Jan. 29, 1955 in Chicago. MSU is now 2-3 vs. DePaul in games played in East Lansing.

Michigan State scored a season-high 89 points. MSU has increased its scoring output in every game this season. The Spartans totaled 64 points vs. Bucknell, 74 at Kansas, 77 vs. Penn and 89 today vs. DePaul.

Kelvin Torbert scored a season-high for the second straight day, collecting 19 points. Torbert tied a career-high with three three-point baskets, all of which came in the first half. Torbert previously hit three treys Jan. 22, 2002, at Iowa.

Junior Chris Hill had a career-high 11 assists, surpassing his previous best of seven set three times, including earlier this season vs. Bucknell. Hill finished one assist shy of the Coca-Cola Classic single-game record held by current MSU assistant coach Doug Wojcik, who had 12 while playing for Navy in a 1986 game vs. MSU.

Hill also finished with 16 points and sank four three-point baskets. Hill has now made at least one three-point basket in 67 of 70 games during his career. He made seven three-pointers in the two-day tournament.

Junior Alan Anderson tied a season high with 16 points, all of which came during the second half.

Freshman Shannon Brown reached double-figure scoring for the second consecutive day, totaling 13 points.

Today's game marked the first time this season that four MSU players reached double-digit scoring.