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Query Results

Query Results Table
Rk	Player	Pos	Date	Schl	Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
1	Adreian Payne	C	2014-03-20	Michigan State	Delaware	W	1	24	10	15	.667	6	10	.600	4	5	.800	17	17	1.000	0	8	8	0	0	1	2	3	41	34.4
2	Greg Kelser	F	1979-03-18	Michigan State	Notre Dame	W	1	39	15	25	.600	15	25	.600				4	8	.500			13	1	1	2	3	4	34
3	Sam Vincent	G	1985-03-15	Michigan State	UAB	L	1	39	13	23	.565	13	23	.565				6	6	1.000	4	2	6	2	1	0	2	3	32	23.7
4	Steve Smith	G	1990-03-23	Michigan State	Georgia Tech	L	1	44	13	22	.591	10	17	.588	3	5	.600	3	4	.750	1	4	5	6	2	0	4	0	32	25.5
5	Greg Kelser	F	1979-03-10	Michigan State	Lamar	W	1	35	12	21	.571	12	21	.571				7	10	.700			14	3	1	0	7	3	31
6	Scott Skiles	G	1986-03-13	Michigan State	Washington	W	1	40	12	21	.571	12	21	.571				7	7	1.000	0	0	0	7	3	0	3	2	31	25.2
7	John Green	C	1959-03-14	Michigan State	Louisville	L	1		11	21	.524	11	21	.524				7	12	.583			23					3	29
8	Magic Johnson	G	1979-03-24	Michigan State	Pennsylvania	W	1	35	9	10	.900	9	10	.900				11	12	.917			10	10	3	0	4	2	29
9	Greg Kelser	F	1979-03-24	Michigan State	Pennsylvania	W	1	34	12	19	.632	12	19	.632				4	6	.667			9	3	1	4	3	2	28
10	Steve Smith	G	1991-03-17	Michigan State	Utah	L	1	47	10	21	.476	7	13	.538	3	8	.375	5	6	.833	0	5	5	4	1	0	2	4	28	18.6
11	Shawn Respert	G	1995-03-17	Michigan State	Weber State	L	1	37	10	23	.435	3	6	.500	7	17	.412	1	1	1.000	1	3	4	3	1	0	5	3	28	14.4
12	Shawn Respert	G	1992-03-22	Michigan State	Cincinnati	L	1	38	9	17	.529	5	11	.455	4	6	.667	5	6	.833	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	2	27	18.6
13	Mateen Cleaves	G	1998-03-14	Michigan State	Princeton	W	1	37	9	13	.692	6	8	.750	3	5	.600	6	9	.667	0	9	9	5	2	0	7	2	27	20.7
14	Maurice Ager	G	2006-03-17	Michigan State	George Mason	L	1	34	10	18	.556	6	7	.857	4	11	.364	3	4	.750	0	3	3	3	0	0	4	3	27	15.8
15	Drew Neitzel	G	2007-03-17	Michigan State	North Carolina	L	1	38	9	27	.333	3	10	.300	6	17	.353	2	2	1.000	0	1	1	5	2	0	4	3	26	11.3
16	Durrell Summers	G	2010-03-21	Michigan State	Maryland	W	1	30	10	14	.714	4	6	.667	6	8	.750	0	0		1	3	4	0	0	0	3	4	26	17.2
17	Branden Dawson	F	2014-03-22	Michigan State	Harvard	W	1	31	12	15	.800	12	14	.857	0	1	.000	2	2	1.000	3	6	9	1	1	0	1	1	26	24.5
18	Shawn Respert	G	1994-03-18	Michigan State	Seton Hall	W	1	34	5	15	.333	3	7	.429	2	8	.250	13	14	.929	1	3	4	3	1	0	5	2	25	15.0
19	Kalin Lucas	G	2010-03-19	Michigan State	New Mexico State	W	1	36	7	11	.636	4	6	.667	3	5	.600	8	12	.667	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	1	25	20.9
20	Magic Johnson	G	1979-03-16	Michigan State	Louisiana State	W	1	37	5	16	.313	5	16	.313				14	15	.933			5	12	3	0	3	2	24
Rk	Player	Pos	Date	Schl	Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
21	Magic Johnson	G	1979-03-26	Michigan State	Indiana State	W	1	35	8	15	.533	8	15	.533				8	10	.800			7	5	1	0	6	3	24
22	Scott Skiles	G	1986-03-15	Michigan State	Georgetown	W	1	40	7	14	.500	7	14	.500				10	11	.909	0	2	2	5	1	0	6	2	24	14.9
23	Shannon Brown	G	2005-03-27	Michigan State	Kentucky	W	1	36	8	10	.800	3	4	.750	5	6	.833	3	4	.750	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	3	24	20.3
24	Maurice Ager	G	2005-04-02	Michigan State	North Carolina	L	1	28	6	18	.333	4	12	.333	2	6	.333	10	10	1.000	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	1	24	15.1
25	Draymond Green	F	2012-03-16	Michigan State	Long Island University	W	1	35	10	17	.588	8	13	.615	2	4	.500	2	3	.667	3	9	12	10	1	0	0	3	24	27.3
26	Branden Dawson	F	2014-03-28	Michigan State	Virginia	W	1	34	9	16	.563	9	16	.563	0	0		6	8	.750	3	7	10	1	1	0	0	0	24	21.5
27	Travis Trice	G	2015-03-27	Michigan State	Oklahoma	W	1	36	7	14	.500	3	5	.600	4	9	.444	6	6	1.000	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	1	24	17.9
28	Bob Anderegg	F	1959-03-13	Michigan State	Marquette	W	1		10	19	.526	10	19	.526				3	7	.429			8					1	23
29	Greg Kelser	F	1978-03-11	Michigan State	Providence	W	1	35	9	10	.900	9	10	.900				5	7	.714			11	3	1	2	4	2	23
30	Bob Chapman	G	1978-03-16	Michigan State	Western Kentucky	W	1	39	10	12	.833	10	12	.833				3	6	.500			3	2	0	0	1	3	23
31	Greg Kelser	F	1978-03-16	Michigan State	Western Kentucky	W	1	31	11	18	.611	11	18	.611				1	2	.500			13	1	0	1	3	5	23
32	Goran Suton	C	2008-03-28	Michigan State	Memphis	L	1	29	11	14	.786	10	13	.769	1	1	1.000	0	0		1	8	9	0	0	1	3	3	23	17.2
33	Draymond Green	F	2011-03-17	Michigan State	UCLA	L	1	37	6	13	.462	3	5	.600	3	8	.375	8	9	.889	1	10	11	10	4	0	4	4	23	25.0
34	Derrick Nix	C	2013-03-21	Michigan State	Valparaiso	W	1	28	10	17	.588	10	17	.588	0	0		3	5	.600	9	6	15	1	2	0	2	0	23	23.1
35	Gary Harris	G	2013-03-23	Michigan State	Memphis	W	1	25	6	9	.667	2	2	1.000	4	7	.571	7	8	.875	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	23	16.4
36	Travis Trice	G	2015-03-22	Michigan State	Virginia	W	1	39	7	15	.467	3	7	.429	4	8	.500	5	6	.833	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	23	17.2
37	Jack Quiggle	G	1957-03-16	Michigan State	Kentucky	W			9	22	.409	9	22	.409				4	4	1.000			4					4	22
38	Bob Anderegg	F	1959-03-14	Michigan State	Louisville	L	1		8	21	.381	8	21	.381				6	10	.600			3					5	22
39	Darryl Johnson	G	1986-03-13	Michigan State	Washington	W	1	37	11	13	.846	11	13	.846				0	0		1	3	4	3	1	0	1	3	22	19.8
40	Steve Smith	G	1990-03-15	Michigan State	Murray State	W	1	40	10	16	.625	8	11	.727	2	5	.400	0	0		3	8	11	4	0	1	3	2	22	19.0
Rk	Player	Pos	Date	Schl	Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
41	Shawn Respert	G	1994-03-20	Michigan State	Duke	L	1	35	8	14	.571	7	9	.778	1	5	.200	5	5	1.000	0	3	3	4	1	0	8	3	22	10.9
42	Charlie Bell	G	1998-03-12	Michigan State	Eastern Michigan	W	1	29	7	12	.583	6	11	.545	1	1	1.000	7	8	.875	5	4	9	0	0	0	1	2	22	18.9
43	Gary Harris	G	2014-03-30	Michigan State	Connecticut	L	1	37	8	14	.571	4	5	.800	4	9	.444	2	2	1.000	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	22	15.0
44	Denzel Valentine	G	2015-04-04	Michigan State	Duke	L	1	37	7	11	.636	2	2	1.000	5	9	.556	3	4	.750	1	10	11	0	0	0	2	1	22	18.0
45	Matt Costello	F	2016-03-18	Michigan State	Middle Tennessee	L	1	31	9	10	.900	9	10	.900	0	0		4	5	.800	2	7	9	2	1	1	0	3	22	23.6
46	Miles Bridges	F	2017-03-19	Michigan State	Kansas	L	1	34	7	15	.467	5	9	.556	2	6	.333	6	9	.667	1	7	8	2	1	0	1	1	22	16.9
47	Kirk Manns	G	1990-03-15	Michigan State	Murray State	W	0	26	9	18	.500	6	7	.857	3	11	.273	0	0		2	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	21	14.0
48	Steve Smith	G	1990-03-17	Michigan State	UC Santa Barbara	W	1	37	6	15	.400	6	13	.462	0	2	.000	9	10	.900	2	4	6	4	2	0	4	2	21	15.1
49	Mateen Cleaves	G	2000-03-18	Michigan State	Utah	W	1	36	7	14	.500	3	7	.429	4	7	.571	3	4	.750	0	2	2	5	1	0	1	1	21	17.3
50	Morris Peterson	F	2000-03-23	Michigan State	Syracuse	W	1	34	6	10	.600	1	1	1.000	5	9	.556	4	4	1.000	1	2	3	2	0	1	1	2	21	18.0
51	Morris Peterson	F	2000-04-03	Michigan State	Florida	W	1	32	7	14	.500	4	6	.667	3	8	.375	4	6	.667	1	1	2	5	1	0	3	3	21	14.5
52	Charlie Bell	G	2001-03-23	Michigan State	Gonzaga	W	1	35	5	12	.417	2	4	.500	3	8	.375	8	10	.800	4	6	10	3	1	1	2	1	21	19.8
53	Chris Hill	G	2002-03-15	Michigan State	NC State	L	1	34	5	11	.455	1	2	.500	4	9	.444	7	8	.875	1	0	1	1	1	0	3	4	21	12.7
54	Maurice Ager	G	2005-03-27	Michigan State	Kentucky	W	1	39	6	13	.462	4	9	.444	2	4	.500	7	8	.875	3	5	8	1	1	1	0	1	21	19.5
55	Drew Neitzel	G	2008-03-22	Michigan State	Pittsburgh	W	1	36	6	13	.462	1	5	.200	5	8	.625	4	4	1.000	0	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	21	15.3
56	Kalin Lucas	G	2009-04-04	Michigan State	Connecticut	W	1	33	7	15	.467	4	9	.444	3	6	.500	4	6	.667	0	2	2	5	0	0	3	1	21	13.2
57	Durrell Summers	G	2010-03-28	Michigan State	Tennessee	W	1	29	8	10	.800	4	4	1.000	4	6	.667	1	1	1.000	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	3	21	16.3
58	John Green	C	1957-03-15	Michigan State	Notre Dame	W	1		8	21	.381	8	21	.381				4	7	.571			27					3	20
59	Jack Quiggle	G	1957-03-22	Michigan State	North Carolina	L	1		6	21	.286	6	21	.286				8	10	.800			10					1	20
60	Horace Walker	C	1959-03-13	Michigan State	Marquette	W	1		9	21	.429	9	21	.429				2	3	.667			8					2	20
Rk	Player	Pos	Date	Schl	Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
61	Scott Skiles	G	1986-03-21	Michigan State	Kansas	L	1	38	6	14	.429	6	14	.429				8	10	.800	0	2	2	7	1	0	4	3	20	13.1
62	Mateen Cleaves	G	1998-03-12	Michigan State	Eastern Michigan	W	1	35	7	14	.500	5	7	.714	2	7	.286	4	4	1.000	1	1	2	3	1	0	1	3	20	14.9
63	Morris Peterson	F	2000-04-01	Michigan State	Wisconsin	W	1	33	7	15	.467	5	7	.714	2	8	.250	4	4	1.000	3	4	7	0	1	0	1	3	20	14.4
64	Andre Hutson	F	2001-03-31	Michigan State	Arizona	L	1	37	9	14	.643	9	14	.643	0	0		2	2	1.000	2	3	5	0	0	2	2	2	20	14.7
65	Paul Davis	C	2005-03-25	Michigan State	Duke	W	1	33	6	14	.429	6	14	.429	0	0		8	10	.800	7	5	12	2	0	0	1	3	20	17.4
66	Chris Allen	G	2008-03-28	Michigan State	Memphis	L	0	22	8	15	.533	6	7	.857	2	8	.250	2	3	.667	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	5	20	9.9
67	Goran Suton	C	2009-03-27	Michigan State	Kansas	W	1	33	8	16	.500	7	13	.538	1	3	.333	3	3	1.000	2	7	9	0	5	1	3	3	20	17.0
68	Greg Kelser	F	1978-03-18	Michigan State	Kentucky	L	1	40	9	12	.750	9	12	.750				1	3	.333			13	1	3	2	2	3	19
69	Magic Johnson	G	1979-03-18	Michigan State	Notre Dame	W	1	40	6	10	.600	6	10	.600				7	8	.875			5	13	2	0	3	2	19
70	Greg Kelser	F	1979-03-26	Michigan State	Indiana State	W	1	32	7	13	.538	7	13	.538				5	6	.833			8	9	2	2	1	4	19
71	Steve Smith	G	1991-03-15	Michigan State	Green Bay	W	1	33	7	15	.467	4	8	.500	3	7	.429	2	3	.667	0	5	5	1	0	0	3	1	19	9.7
72	Morris Peterson	F	1999-03-21	Michigan State	Kentucky	W	0	33	6	13	.462	6	11	.545	0	2	.000	7	8	.875	9	1	10	1	0	0	1	3	19	17.0
73	Andre Hutson	F	2000-03-18	Michigan State	Utah	W	1	30	7	9	.778	7	9	.778	0	0		5	10	.500	4	4	8	2	0	0	1	1	19	17.5
74	A.J. Granger	F	2000-03-23	Michigan State	Syracuse	W	1	33	7	11	.636	5	7	.714	2	4	.500	3	3	1.000	2	2	4	3	0	2	0	1	19	19.2
75	A.J. Granger	F	2000-04-03	Michigan State	Florida	W	1	34	7	11	.636	4	6	.667	3	5	.600	2	2	1.000	2	7	9	1	0	0	2	2	19	15.5
76	Andre Hutson	F	2001-03-23	Michigan State	Gonzaga	W	1	29	8	11	.727	8	11	.727	0	0		3	4	.750	4	6	10	3	1	1	1	2	19	20.7
77	David Thomas	G	2001-03-25	Michigan State	Temple	W	1	30	8	10	.800	7	8	.875	1	2	.500	2	3	.667	4	3	7	2	2	0	0	1	19	21.5
78	Maurice Ager	G	2005-03-20	Michigan State	Vermont	W	1	28	7	13	.538	5	11	.455	2	2	1.000	3	4	.750	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	19	14.7
79	Raymar Morgan	F	2007-03-17	Michigan State	North Carolina	L	1	35	4	12	.333	3	11	.273	1	1	1.000	10	11	.909	3	2	5	0	1	0	4	3	19	10.3
80	Kalin Lucas	G	2008-03-22	Michigan State	Pittsburgh	W	1	27	8	14	.571	8	14	.571	0	0		3	3	1.000	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	19	10.5
Rk	Player	Pos	Date	Schl	Opp		GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	GmSc
81	Goran Suton	C	2009-03-29	Michigan State	Louisville	W	1	32	7	15	.467	4	10	.400	3	5	.600	2	4	.500	4	6	10	4	1	1	3	2	19	15.8
82	Durrell Summers	G	2010-03-26	Michigan State	Northern Iowa	W	1	37	7	15	.467	3	6	.500	4	9	.444	1	2	.500	1	6	7	2	0	0	1	3	19	12.6
83	Keith Appling	G	2012-03-18	Michigan State	Saint Louis	W	1	32	7	14	.500	6	11	.545	1	3	.333	4	7	.571	2	1	3	3	0	0	1	4	19	12.0
84	Travis Trice	G	2014-03-20	Michigan State	Delaware	W	0	23	7	8	.875	4	4	1.000	3	4	.750	2	3	.667	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	19	14.4
85	Nick Ward	F	2017-03-17	Michigan State	Miami (FL)	W	1	26	8	9	.889	8	9	.889	0	0		3	3	1.000	3	4	7	0	0	1	1	2	19	18.1
86	Jack Quiggle	G	1957-03-15	Michigan State	Notre Dame	W	1		8	22	.364	8	22	.364				2	3	.667			7					3	18
87	Ron Charles	C	1979-03-16	Michigan State	Louisiana State	W	1	34	6	10	.600	6	10	.600				6	10	.600			14	1	1	0	1	1	18
88	Mateen Cleaves	G	1998-03-19	Michigan State	North Carolina	L	1	39	7	21	.333	5	12	.417	2	9	.222	2	3	.667	2	2	4	5	2	0	2	4	18	9.6
89	Mateen Cleaves	G	1999-03-14	Michigan State	Mississippi	W	1	37	7	14	.500	6	10	.600	1	4	.250	3	4	.750	0	1	1	7	3	0	6	1	18	12.4
90	A.J. Granger	F	2000-03-25	Michigan State	Iowa State	W	1	37	5	8	.625	3	4	.750	2	4	.500	6	6	1.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	18	15.0
91	Morris Peterson	F	2000-03-25	Michigan State	Iowa State	W	1	36	5	13	.385	4	10	.400	1	3	.333	7	7	1.000	3	4	7	0	1	1	1	3	18	13.7
92	Mateen Cleaves	G	2000-04-03	Michigan State	Florida	W	1	33	7	11	.636	4	7	.571	3	4	.750	1	1	1.000	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	1	18	14.1
93	Marcus Taylor	G	2002-03-15	Michigan State	NC State	L	1	37	5	22	.227	2	9	.222	3	13	.231	5	5	1.000	1	2	3	6	1	0	0	4	18	9.5
94	Travis Walton	G	2009-03-22	Michigan State	Southern California	W	1	26	8	13	.615	8	13	.615	0	0		2	2	1.000	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	18	12.7
95	Kalin Lucas	G	2009-03-27	Michigan State	Kansas	W	1	35	5	15	.333	4	11	.364	1	4	.250	7	7	1.000	1	1	2	7	4	0	2	0	18	17.4
96	Raymar Morgan	F	2009-04-04	Michigan State	Connecticut	W	1	30	7	13	.538	7	13	.538	0	0		4	6	.667	3	6	9	1	5	0	0	3	18	19.3
97	Derrick Nix	C	2012-03-16	Michigan State	Long Island University	W	0	20	8	13	.615	8	13	.615	0	0		2	4	.500	5	3	8	1	0	0	3	1	18	13.0
98	Gary Harris	G	2014-03-22	Michigan State	Harvard	W	1	38	5	11	.455	3	5	.600	2	6	.333	6	6	1.000	1	1	2	5	3	0	4	3	18	14.6
99	Denzel Valentine	G	2015-03-27	Michigan State	Oklahoma	W	1	38	6	17	.353	2	6	.333	4	11	.364	2	2	1.000	3	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	18	13.2
100	Miles Bridges	F	2017-03-17	Michigan State	Miami (FL)	W	1	35	8	12	.667	6	8	.750	2	4	.500	0	0		2	7	9	3	0	1	1	2	18	17.3

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