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Jan. 15, 1997
Michigan State Tops Vanderbilt 82-51
Cheri Euler scored a career-high 23 points and made a school record 11-of-11 shots from the field as Michigan State pounded number seven Vanderbilt, 82-51.
Nicole Cushing-Adkins added 18 points for the Spartans (13-3), who shot 50 percent (29-of-58) from the field and scored 35 points off 27 Vanderbilt turnovers. Jamie Wesley added 13 points for Michigan State.
Na'Sheema Hillmon scored 18 points and Michelle Palmisano added 11 for Vanderbilt (12-3), which shot 37 percent (22-of-60) from the field and was outrebounded 41-35.
NCAA WOMENS BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
VANDERBILT (7) 23 28 51
MICHIGAN ST 35 47 82 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: VANDERBILT - NA'SHEEMA HILLMON 18, MICHELLE
PALMISANO 11, TWO PLAYERS WITH 6
MICHIGAN ST - CHERI EULER 23, NICOLE CUSHING 18,
JAMIE WESLEY 13
HIGH REBOUND: VANDERBILT - NA'SHEEMA HILLMON 10, PAIGE
REDMAN 4
MICHIGAN ST - NICOLE CUSHING 7, PAULA SANDERS 6
HIGH ASSISTS: VANDERBILT - PAIGE REDMAN 4, NETTIE RESPONDEK 3
MICHIGAN ST - TAMIKA MATLOCK 9, TWO PLAYERS WITH
4
ATT: 1,080
NCAA WOMENS BB
VANDERBILT (51)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Hillmon 33 9-16 0-3 6-10 0 4 18
Ostrom 11 1-4 0-0 0-1 0 1 2
Gorsica 22 3-8 0-0 1-3 0 3 6
Redman 28 2-9 1-1 1-4 4 1 6
Respondek 22 1-6 0-0 0-1 3 4 2
Palmisano 25 4-7 0-0 1-3 0 2 11
Hammond 19 0-2 1-2 1-3 1 1 1
Washington 6 0-2 0-0 0-3 0 3 0
Holmes 14 0-2 0-0 2-3 0 2 0
Janky 5 1-2 0-0 1-1 0 0 2
Louis 15 1-2 1-5 0-1 2 1 3
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TOTALS 200 22-60 3-11 13-33 10 22 51
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Percentages: FG-.367, FT-.273. 3-Point Goals:
4-16, .250 (Redman 1-6, Respondek 0-4, Palmisano
3-5, Louis 0-1). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots:
6 (Gorsica 3, Hammond 2, Holmes). Turnovers: 27
(Respondek 5, Hillmon 4, Ostrom 4, Redman 4,
Gorsica 3, Louis 3, Hammond 2, Palmisano 2).
Steals: 11 (Hammond 3, Hillmon 2, Louis 2,
Palmisano 2, Redman, Respondek).
MICHIGAN ST (82)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Sanders 19 0-4 5-6 1-6 4 3 5
Euler 29 11-11 0-1 1-1 1 2 23
Cushing 28 6-12 6-8 3-7 1 2 18
Matlock 30 0-4 2-3 0-0 9 2 2
Wesley 28 5-11 2-2 0-4 4 1 13
Dalgaard 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
Reese 16 2-4 2-2 1-3 2 1 6
Collier 5 0-0 1-2 1-3 1 1 1
Engen 9 0-2 3-5 0-0 2 0 3
Rasmussen 21 2-6 1-1 0-5 1 2 5
Winberg 12 2-3 0-0 1-3 0 0 4
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TOTALS 200 29-58 22-30 8-32 25 15 82
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Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.733.
3-Point Goals: 2-4, .500 (Euler 1-1, Wesley 1-2, Reese 0-1).
Team rebounds: 9.
Blocked shots: 4 (Rasmussen 3, Cushing).
Turnovers: 17 (Matlock 4, Cushing 2, Euler 2, Rasmussen 2, Sanders 2, Winberg 2,
Dalgaard, Reese, Wesley).
Steals: 17 (Sanders 6, Euler 3, Matlock 3, Wesley 2, Cushing, Engen, Rasmussen).
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Vanderbilt 23 28 - 51
Michigan St 35 47 - 82
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Technical fouls: None. A: 1,080.
Officials: June Courteau, Sally Bell, Greg Smith.