THREE-POINT LINE WILL BE A KEY
HERE TODAY. AKINS GETS UP THE FIRST SHOT.
AKINS. HE'S BEEN IN A SHOOTING SLUMP,
JIM, BUT HE WAS COOKING LAST THAT TIME.
CAMERON MATTHEWS TO THE BASELINE, ABLE TO CUT IT OFF.
EXPERIENCE IS GOING TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS GAME,
MICHIGAN STATE OPERATING OFFENSIVELY WITH THE BACKDOOR
CUTS BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN THERE VISION ON THAT PASS.
MISSISSIPPI STATE LOOKING FOR THE FIRST BASKET OF THE GAME.
JEFFRIES. MATTHEWS GETS TO THE PAINT,
LOOKING FOR HELP. THREE TO SHOOT.
DRIVING IS DAVIS. GOOD CUT TO THE BASKET AND THE
BULLDOGS ARE ON THE BOARD FOR >> Brian: MISSISSIPPI STATE
HAS NOT BEEN BACK AND NCAA TOURNAMENT SINCE 2008.
DAVIS DRIVES. THE LITTLE FLOATER IS GOOD.
DASHAWN DAVIS WITH THE FIRST TWO IS THEY ARE IN PLACE.
NICOLE WAS LOOKING TO PASS IT OUT.
ONCE YOU SLAP DOWN, AND EASY CALL.
>> Brian: A.J. HOGGARD HEADSET VERY IMPORTANT.
HAS AN IDEA OF GAME PLANNING TYSON WALKER'S COUNTER THAT
RIGHT THERE. ABLE TO FINISH THAT STEAL OFTEN
TRANSITION. HUBBARD TRYING TO GET HIS SHOT
DOWN, AND A LOT OF ATTENTION. COMING OFF THE BENCH.
JEFFRIES WITH HOGGARD IN THE AIR.
D.J. JEFFRIES, WHO PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL BALL WITH CAMERON
MATTHEWS, OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI.
MISSISSIPPI STATE TRIES TO SETTLE IN HERE.
AND NOW POKED AWAY BY MURPHY, FORCES THE TURNOVER, AND HUBBARD
LAYS IT IN, SO THERE IS THE DEFENSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
A LOT OF EASY BASKETS OFF THEIR GRADER IN MISSISSIPPI.
ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER. JUST ONTO THE FLOOR, PICKS UP
HIS FIRST REBOUND. WANTS TO PUSH IT.
DOUBLE QUICKLY. THAT IS SISSOKO WITH A
TWO-HANDED JIM! >> Jim: THAT IS
MICHIGAN STATE'S FORTE. >> Brian: SHAKEEL MOORE.
WALKER. A HIGH FLYER, LITTLE TROUBLE
SHAKING WALKER, THOUGH. KESHAWN MURPHY MISSES THE THREE.
SISSOKO WITH ANOTHER REBOUND. MICHIGAN STATE HAS ASSISTS ON
ALL OF THEIR MADE BASKET'S THUS FAR.
FIVE FIELD GOALS MADE, AND ADDING ONE TO IT.
THREE-POINTER IS DOWN FOR TYSON WALKER!
>> Jim: EXCELLENT BALL SEC IN HIS FIFTH YEAR.
MICHIGAN STATE CUTS OFF ANOTHER TRIP TO THE PAINT.
NOW JEFFRIES OFF HIS FOOT. WALKER IN TRANSITION.
THREE-POINTER IS GOOD! [WHISTLE BLOWING]
THREE-POINTER NUMBER 4! CHRIS JANS WANTS TO TALK IT
OVER. IT IS AN 8-0 SPARTANS RUN HERE,
JIM. >> Jim: THREE BALL HAS BEEN
THE FRIEND OF HE CAN GET IT GOING OFF THE
BENCH. ALEX KOHLER COMING OFF THE
MICHIGAN STATE BENCH AS WELL, NOW IN THE POST, MATCHING UP
WITH BELL. HITS THE JUMPER.
>> Jim: YOU CAN KEEP THE BALL POSSESSION ALIVE.
HOLLOMAN. TOO TALL FOR: CARR, WHO TAKES A
TOUGH SPILL, MISSISSIPPI STATE IN TRANSITION NOW.
JOSH HUBBARD NEEDED THAT ONE, MICHIGAN STATE.
THE AVERAGE JUST SHY OF TEN TONER IS A GAME.
THIRD BEST IN THE BIG TEN, TOP 30 IN THE NATION.
HERE IS HUBBARD ONCE AGAIN. THE PULL-UP IS GOOD.
LONG TWO BY JOSH HUBBARD. HE WENT WITH 32 AGAINST LSU IN
LATE FEBRUARY, WHEN FOR 34 AGAINST KENTUCKY IN EARLY MARCH.
MALIK HALL GUARDED BY MATTHEW'S. GETS THE STEAL.
MATTHEWS ON THE SEC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM, HE SETS UP
TOLU SMITH, AND NOW MISSISSIPPI STATE STARTING TO
MOVE IT A LITTLE BIT ON THEIR DEFENSE, TURNING INTO POINTS.
>> Jim: CAMERON MATTHEWS EARLY IN TRANSITION, GIVING
MICHIGAN STATE A LITTLE DOSE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE IN
TRANSITION. NOT GET BY TOLU SMITH.
THE TURNOVER, HE SETTLED F FOR E JUMP SHOT.
>> Brian: ACTIVE HANDS, BOTH TEAMS, MICHIGAN STATE FORCES THE
TURNOVER. HERE IS AKINS IN THE CORNER.
HE COMES UP SHORT. AKINS GETS IT BACK.
MIDRANGE JUMPER IS GOOD. TO WORK WITH AND CARSON COOPER
DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF USING HIS BODY AND NOT SWIPING DOWN AT
THE END TO PICK UP A FOUL. BEAUTIFUL JOB THAT TIME.
>> Brian: A.J. HOGGARD, DRIBBLE, SAW AN OPENING, LAYS IT
IN. MICHIGAN STATE BY 9 APPROACHING
THE FIVE MINUTE MARK. INTO THE CORNER, JEFFRIES, A
WILLING SHOOTER. SIZE AND LENGTH TO KEEP
MICHIGAN STATE PERIMETER ORIENTED, JUST CAN'T LET THE
DEFENSE OF DRIBBLE PENETRATION KEEP YOU DOWN.
>> Brian: HOGGARD. AKINS FOR THREE.
ANOTHER THREE-POINT BASKET SET UP WITH A BEAUTIFUL PASS!
>> Jim: IT WAS THE THREAT OF HE WANTS AND HOW HE WANTS TO
BUILD HIS PROGRAM. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT
BECAUSE IT IS VERY INTERESTING, HIS THOUGHTS ON THAT.
>> Brian: THESE TWO COACHES ARE OPPOSITE IN THEIR THINKING
ABOUT PROGRAM BUILDING. HOW ABOUT THAT FINISH?
TYSON WALKER GOES WITH THE HE CAME BACK AND INFLUENCED THAT
SHOT WHICH LEFT IT A LITTLE BIT SHORT FOR HOLLAND.
>> Brian: MALIK HALL GIVING HER TO MURPHY ALL HE WANTS.
[WHISTLE BLOWING] THERE IS A THREE.
THERE IS A FOUL UNDERNEATH THE BASKET.
COUNT THE THREE-POINTER, AND A LISTEN, THAT IS YOUR SHOT.
STEP UP WITH CONFIDENCE AND KNOCK IT IN.
>> Brian: HERE IS HUBBARD AND HUBBARD RIPS A THREE!
JOSH HUBBARD, A BIG SHOT LATE MICHIGAN STATE.
JOSH HUBBARD, A LIGHTNING BOLT. THE FRESHMAN PLACES WANT TO MAKE
IT A FIVE-POINT GAME. ? ? LAST POSSESSION HERE.
MICHIGAN STATE CAN TAKE THE CLOCK DOWN, DOWN TO 2.
HERE IS HALL. GETS IT OFF IN TIME AND SCORES
IT AT THE BUZZER! MALIK HALL DRIVING AND SCORING,
AND MICHIGAN STATE UP 7 GOING INTO THE HALF, JIMMY.
>> Jim: BIG TIME SHOT BY MALIK HALL.
THE BULLDOGS HAVE MADE THEIR RUN, CLOSED THE GAP, HAD SOME
MOMENTUM ON THEIR SIDE BUT THAT THE FIRST HALF.
FIVE TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST SEVEN PLUS MINUTES.
FIRST POSSESSION, MICHIGAN STATE, TYSON WALKER,
MIDRANGE JUMPER, HE PUSHES THAT LEAD TO 9 RIGHT OUT OF THE
HALFTIME LOCKER ROOM. CLEAR SPACE WITH THE DRIBBLE.
NICE LITTLE 12-FOOT POLE UP TO BEGIN THE SECOND HALF.
>> Brian: DASHAWN DAVIS PICKS IT UP IN THE CORNER.
D.J. JEFFRIES FINALLY HITS ONE, LET'S TAKE YOU BACK, EARLY IN
THE FIRST HALF, JEFFRIES WAS A THERE WERE 34TH FREE THROWS AND
THE SECOND HALF. [LAUGHTER]
>> Jim: THEY MADE UP FOR IT RIGHT THERE.
>> Brian: FIRST FREE THROWS IN THIS GAME.
BIG JIMMY BELL JUST PICKED UP THE FOUL.
TURNAROUND JUMPER HOPE IS GOOD. HE PLAYED A LOT EARLY IN THE
SEASON WHEN TOLU SMITH WAS OUT MICHIGAN STATE BACK IN 1981-'82.
GOT A LITTLE EXTRA MOTIVATION. GOOD PATIENCE INSIDE.
THERE IS ANOTHER STEAL. HUBBARD OUT.
>> Brian: MATTHEWS THIS DEAL. HUBBARD.
IT IS DENIED! JADEN AKINS!
FLYING HIGH. REJECTION.
LET'S SEE IF THERE WAS ANY CONTACT HERE.
MISSISSIPPI STATE IS UPSET THERE WAS NO WHISTLE HERE.
SPEW TO HIS BODY HIT HIM AT THE FORCING THE BALL TO COME BACK IN
ON THE SAME SIDE BUT THEY CREATED A TURNOVER.
>> Brian: REMEMBER HOW CLEANLY MICHIGAN STATE PLAYED IN THE
FIRST HALF, THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIRST HALF.
NOW A SECOND CHANCE FOR MICHIGAN STATE AND MALIK HALL,
JUST AS HE DID BEFORE THE NOW MICHIGAN STATE PUSHES.
WALKER. GIVES IT BACK TO HOGGARD.
MICHIGAN STATE GETS IT ORGANIZED.
JADEN AKINS WITH A BASELINE PULL UP.
AKINS HAVING A NICE GAME 1 HERE. WALKER HAS BEEN THE TOP SCORER
FOR THE SPARTANS WITH 12, INCLUDING 23 IS.
A LOT OF DRIBBLING HERE. TYSON WALKER ON THE OTHER
BASELINE. HE AND JADEN AKINS WORKING THOSE
BASELINE JUMPERS. >> Jim: ACTUALLY COME A REALLY
GOOD DEFENSE BY DASHAWN DAVIS, T FREE THROWS COMING FOR WALKER
AND MICHIGAN STATE. THEY HAVE OPENED UP THEIR
BIGGEST LEAD AND A CHANCE TO ADD TO IT AS WALKER WITH 14 NOW. THAT TIME, ABLE TO FALL BACK
INTO A LITTLE ZONE DEFENSE. FORCED MICHIGAN STATE INTO A
MISS. >> Brian: SMITH DEFENDING
THERE AS WELL. HUBBARD, NICE PASS.
MATTHEWS, A TWO-HANDED JAM. >> Jim: THE DIFFERENCE WITH
HUBBARD, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HIS >> Brian: NO BASKET HERE.
MATTHEWS THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE A THREE-POINT CHANCE.
HOW ABOUT HUBBARD? THE DISH.
>> Jim: DRAW THE DEFENSE, >> Jim: THE DIFFERENCE WITH
HUBBARD, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT HIS JUMP SHOT, BUT HIS DRIVING
ABILITY. NOW ON THE DEFENSIVE END.
>> Brian: HUBBARD GOING UP AGAIN.
FEARLESS. HE LAYS IT IN THIS TIME AT
HUBBARD WITH HIS FIRST TWO CHRIS JANS AND THE BULLDOGS, UP
TOP! MALIK HALL!
FINALLY, THE SPARTANS CONNECT WITH A LOB.
THEY MISSED ON TWO OCCASIONS IN THRILLING DRIVES PRESENTED BY
NISSAN. HOGGARD, THE BEAUTIFUL LEAVE FOR
MALIK HALL. >> Jim: BUT THEY BEAT THE
PRESSURE BY THROWING THE BALL ABLE TO GET THAT EASY BASKET.
POOR DEFENSE THAT TIME AND THAT PRESSURE BUT BEAUTIFUL PLAY THAT
TIME OUT-OF-BOUNDS FOR SHAKEEL MOORE TO COME OFF THAT SCREEN
AND ABLE TO CASH IN ON THAT. THREE-POINTERS.
THE REST OF THE TEAM HAS THREE. MOORE PICKS UP THE BIG ONE RIGHT
THERE. HOGGARD SO STRONG INSIDE, HE CAN
TAKE ALL KIND OF CONTACT. KICK, DOESN'T MATTER.
>> Brian: STEVE SMITH SON, DAVIS SMITH, IS A MEMBER OF THIS
MICHIGAN STATE TEAM. THREE-POINTER MISSES BADLY.
HUBBARD DISHES AGAIN AND MATTHEWS ON THE RECEIVING END
AGAIN. THE SOPHOMORE FROM UTAH.
>> Jim: SOME OUTSTANDING PASSING, TOUGH SHOT, EASY
REBOUND THAT TIME. SHAWN JONES, JR., ABLE TO GET IT
INSIDE OF THESE TYPE WINDOWS. BULLDOGS, KEEPING IT AT 2
2-THREE-POSSESSION GAME, FORCED MICHIGAN STATE TO THEN MAKE SOME
MISTAKES AND THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
>> Brian: NICE DISH, NOEL FOR MISSISSIPPI STATE.
KESHAWN MURPHY BACK ON THE LOOKED TO KOHLER!
BIG PASSING UNDER THE BASKET. FLOOR.
THAT IS A PICK BY SEAN JONES WHO FORCES THE TURNOVER AND THE HIGH
FLYER, SHAKEEL MOORE, WITH A TWO-HANDED JAM.
>> Jim: EYES BEHIND YOUR HEAD, HALF INTO THE SECOND HALF.
THIS IS A 9-8 MATCHUP. MICHIGAN STATE AND
MISSISSIPPI STATE. RISING UP, JUMP SHOT, TREY
HOLLOMAN. OF THE GAME.
HOLLOMAN COMING UP 10 POINTS AGAINST PURDUE IN THE BIG TEN
TOURNAMENT LAST FRIDAY. INSIDE, TOLU SMITH GOING TO WORK
ON JAXON KOHLER. >> Jim: THAT WAS A MOVE RIGHT
THERE. ON JAXON KOHLER.
>> Jim: THAT WAS A MOVE RIGHT THERE.
TOLU SMITH WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE CHEST OF JAXON KOHLER.
>> Brian: OH! JADEN AKINS FLYING HIGH
DEFENSIVELY! NOW FLYING HIGH OFFENSIVELY WITH
A JAM! IN THE FIRST HALF WITH JOSH
HUBBARD, GIVING HIM THE BASELINE, COMING TOO LATE, AND
HUBBARD AND AKINS. GOING TO THE SEC.
10-POINT GAME. THIS TIME, AKINS GETS THE BEST
OF HIM ONCE AGAIN. TOLU SMITH.
HOLLOMAN GOING TO WORK. BIG MAN CAN SHOOT IT.
XAVIER BOOKER. BOOKER REIGNS IN A THREE.
THE 6'11" FRESHMAN FROM INDIANAPOLIS STRUCTURES THAT
MICHIGAN STATE LEAD TO 13. >> Jim: MORE THAN HALF THE
FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN FROM THREE IN THE LAST FOUR
GAMES. >> Brian: HEAVES IT CAN'T REACH RIGHT THERE.
SHAWN JONES JR. WITHIN THIS STRUCTURE, YOU
DRIBBLE, YOU ATTRACT, YOU JADEN AKINS AT THE CONTROLS H
HERE. AKINS.
HE WILL LET IT FLY. MISSED IT.
REBOUND. BOOKER IN TRAFFIC.
BOOKER, NO! SISSOKO GETS THE OFFENSIVE
BOARD. HOLLOMAN FIRES AND HITS.
THE BENCH SQUAD FOR EASIER TO GET OFF.
>> Brian: THAT HAPPENED IN ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF MINUTE
SPAN. THE BLOCK AND THE DOWN.
MATTHEWS DENIED. MATTHEWS HAVING A TOUGH TIME
DRIBBLING ON THE PERIMETER. >> Brian: IT IS THAT TIME OF
YEAR. YOU KNOW, NEVER ASK FOR
ANYTHING. >> Jim: I MEAN COME WITHOUT
HIS NEXT VEHICLE LET ME GET A SHIRT FIRST.
>> Brian: MATTHEWS NEEDS THAT. MISSISSIPPI STATE NEEDED THAT.
MATCH UP OF THE BIG TEN AND THE MATCH UP OF THE BIG TEN AND THE
SEC. MISSISSIPPI STATE BEAT TENNESSEE
TWICE THIS YEAR, INCLUDING A 17-POINT VICTORY IN THE SEC
TOURNAMENT. AKINS MISSES.
KESHAWN MURPHY LOST THE HANDLE ON THE REBOUND.
AKINS ONCE AGAIN FOR MICHIGAN STATE.
IN THE CORNER. THREE-POINTER IS GOOD FOR JADEN
AKINS! HE IS HAVING A GAME SISSOKO ON THE FLOOR.
>> Jim: THIS IS THE THING FOR ME, THE OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS.
FOR MICHIGAN STATE, YOU HAVE 8 RIGHT NOW, AND THOSE
POINTS OFF OF THOSE OFFENSIVE THINKING DIVE TO THE BASKET
BECAUSE THE LANE WAS WIDE OPEN. >> Brian: HERE IS WALKER.
HITS ANOTHER ONE! GAME.
CHRIS JANS, ONE OF HIS INITIAL COMMENTS TO THE PRESS, WHEN HE
TOOK THE JOB AT MISSISSIPPI STATE, HE SAID, I AM
NOT HERE TO BUILD A PROGRAM. I THINK THAT TOOK EVERYBODY
BACK. FRESHMAN YEAR AND THE SEC.
>> Jim: TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU CAN BUILD SOME SHOOTING AROUND
JOSH HUBBARD, WHAT HIS POTENTIAL IS, BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO
ATTRACT SO MUCH GRAVITY FROM THE PLAY.
LEVELED THINGS OUT. >> Brian: LITTLE SMITTY IS
GOING TO LET IT FLY, JUST LIKE HIS FATHER.
A SMITTY CITING! AND THEY LOVE IT ON THE BENCH!
>> Jim: [LAUGHS] LOOK AT TOM RIGHT THERE.
>> Brian: LET'S GET TREY FORT IN THAT GAME AS WELL, SCOTT.
LET'S GET US TO THE FREE THROW -- FINISH LINE.
THE 9 SEED. THE 18-POINT WIN OVER
MISSISSIPPI STATE.
Hoggard is guarding or was
guarding in the lane. not giving the driving
opportunities. quick inside.
the veteran bacot immediately >> brian: second all time
scoring in program history at north carolina.
bacot... Read more
Were really vocal before this
game began. tominaga feeds the post. this is rink mask spins
into the double. what a pass underneath. now the interior
defense for a&m was there. well washington a factor just then.
but a nice interior pass as you mentioned this is wade taylor.
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Damask will bring it down.
they're going to double team it there.
>> that's how you beat the shannon.
another three. rebound rodgers.
inside it goes. picked up for robert jones.
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They went 9-9 in s.e.c. play,
but they come into this game red-hot and full of confidence.
they've won six of their last seven.
and they get right to work with obaseki.
>> jim: he's coming off a they'll reset to cryer.
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Jumper and it is burns with the
rebound. d.j. horne for three.
curious to see n.c. state, after playing five games in five days
at the a.c.c. tournament, what they have left for this one as
joe toussaint connects. steve: he's become really good
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Now max abmas starred in this
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his final year transferring to texas.
misses on his first try. there is disu.
disu opens up our scoring tonight.
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Shahada working on watson.
has to give it up to cooper. cooper in some deep traffic in
there against ike. >> brendan: that was a tough
possession overall. the ball never got going.
you see the double team on the post right there, nembhard wide
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First.
here is shahada at the point. and through traffic.
and the first shot off the window.
>> brendan: tough bucket right there by wells.
went right inside. this is what they're going to
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Aidoo a big round 1 game.
tennessee comes up empty on the second try.
abmas again. followed by santiago vescovi.
he missed his first 3 in round first 3 minutes and could not
hit them. misses that time.
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Spokane, the tip to the cougars.
and the tip to brzovic. and the tip to brzovic.
the referees are paul szelc and matt potter and thomas nunez.
>> robbie: i don't know why we played in the big ten.
>> steve: right, we could put up as many threes as we wanted to.
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North carolina and they immediately get the ball over to deja kelly number 25 in white michigan state in a man-to-man defense if to try to g it they want to keep the ball out of the paint julia aong with a little deflection underneath but she's got to be careful now because she's the only size that... Read more
Showing in the acc tournament
when they lost as a 6 seed to the number 11 seed bosse toj
college eagles. that shot is good and we are off
and running. it's jamal mashburn getting the
party started. >> jim: you want to see a little
elevation... Read more