Michigan State 89, Iowa 72
2/4/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 4, 2004
MICHIGAN STATE POST-GAME NOTES
Michigan State 89, Iowa 72
Iowa 11-8, 4-4 Big Ten
Michigan State 11-8, 6-2 Big Ten
Feb. 4, 2004
Breslin Center
East Lansing, Mich.
+ At 200-86 as Michigan State's head coach, Tom Izzo is just the eighth coach in NCAA history to record 200 wins in nine seasons as a head coach. Jud Heathcote (340 wins) and Benjamin VanAlstyne (232 wins) are currently the only two other coaches to record 200 victories at Michigan State. Izzo's 100th win came on Jan. 11, 2000, with a 77-71 overtime win against Indiana in East Lansing. The seven other coaches who have managed 200 wins in their first nine seasons at the helm are: Roy Williams, Kansas (247); Everett Case, N.C. State (241); Denny Crum, Louisville (219); Jerry Tarkarnian, Long Beach State & UNLV (218); John Calipari, Memphis & UMass (210); Tubby Smith, Kentucky, Georgia & Tulsa (210); and Jim Boeheim, Syracuse (204).
+ Michigan State is shooting 58.4 percent (104-of-178) from the field in the second half in its eight Big Ten Conference games this season.
+ Michigan State's 50 points in the first half marked its largest first-half offensive output of the season. MSU's previous high was 43 against Kentucky on Dec. 13, 2003. Additionally, the first-half output marked the second consecutive half in which the Spartans scored 50 points, as they did so in the second half against Indiana (Jan. 31).
+ In the last 10 games, Chris Hill is shooting .547 (52-of-95) from the field and .516 (32-of-62) from beyond the arc.
+ State's 89 points scored in the game tie the most points it has scored in 2003-04 (DePaul, Nov. 30, 2003).
+ At 6-2 in the Big Ten, MSU is off to its best start in the league since 2001 when it opened with an identical mark.
+ Michigan State's assist-to-turnover ratio of 19 to 11 marked the largest differential (+8) of the season between assists and turnovers. MSU's previous best was 20 to 13 (+7) against Syracuse (Jan. 3).
+ Jason Andreas tied his career-best points total tonight with eight (set on Jan. 19, 2002 vs. Penn State). He was 4-6 from the floor with a rebound and an assist.
+ State is shooting .502 from the field in home games this season, 265-of-528.
+ MSU's 11 turnovers are the second-lowest single-game total for State this season. The Spartans' season low came in the 2004 opener against Bucknell (Nov. 21) when they recorded nine.
+ The Spartan bench outscored Iowa's, 17-4. State is now 11-4 when its reserves outscore the opponent's, which has happened in 15 of 19 games this season.
+ For the seventh time this season, MSU had four players score in double figures. State is 5-2 in those games.
+ Kelvin Torbert was 5-for-6 from the field in the first half, including two three-point field goals. He had three assists and a rebound in the first 20 minutes to go along with those 14 points. Torbert was held to four points in the second half, giving him 18, just three points off his season best of 21.
+ In the last 10 games, State is averaging 76.7 points while shooting 53.4 percent from the field (236-of-440).
+ MSU is now 6-3 when the Spartans start Chris Hill, Shannon Brown, Kelvin Torbert, Alan Anderson and Paul Davis.
+ This year, MSU is 9-1 in the Breslin Center. Since the start of the 1998-99 season, Michigan State has won 82 of its last 87 regular-season games at home, a winning percentage of .943, and is 42-2 (.955) in Big Ten play in that same span. In addition, tonight marked the 93rd consecutive sell out for the Spartans in the Breslin Center.
+ With the win tonight, Michigan State moved its record to 8-0 when leading at halftime.
