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BTN.com staff, February 19, 2013
Victor Oladipo's go-ahead putback, dunk and free throws in the final minute lifted top-ranked Indiana to a 72-68 win over No. 4 Michigan State on Tuesday night. Indiana (24-3, 12-2 Big Ten) broke a first-place tie in the conference. The Hoosiers had lost 17 straight – since 1991 – on the road against the Spartans.
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Trailing by three with 3.7 seconds left, Gary Harris was fouled on a 3-point attempt. He missed the first one and then after making the second, missed the third on purpose. Indiana got the rebound and Oladipo hit two free throws to seal the win.
Keith Appling had missed the front end of a one and one with a little more than a minute left.
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Watch our full Indiana-Michigan State highlight:
Victor Oladipo dunks to seal the game:
Victor Oladipo steals it & dunks it:
Adreian Payne hammers home big-time slam:
Gary Harris gets the steal and flush:
Victor Oladipo gets creative on inbound, dunks:
Adreian Payne swats the shot:
Victor Oladipo crossover leads to layup:
FINAL: No. 1 Indiana trailed in the crunch time on Tuesday, but took the lead for good on a field goal with 42 seconds to go by Victor Oladipo and hung on for a 72-68 win over No. 5 Michigan State at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Oladipo picked up Indiana (24-3) with 19 points, nine rebounds, and 7-of-11 shooting from the field. The teams traded the lead 10 times in the game. Jordan Hulls shot 4-of-7 from the field and scored 12 points for the Hoosiers, who aslo got solid contributions from Christian Watford (12 points) and Cody Zeller (17 points). Adreian Payne scored 17 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and went 6-of-8 from the field for Michigan State (22-5) in the loss. The Spartans also got a double-digit effort from Gary Harris (19 points).
Ball don't lie. Should have been a no call.
— Seth Davis (@SethDavisHoops) February 20, 2013
Indiana just did to Michigan State what Illinois did to Indiana
— Dana O'Neil (@DanaONeilWriter) February 20, 2013
Indiana learned from the Illini playbook on that one.
— Jeremy Werner (@JWerner247) February 20, 2013
Best Ferrell drive of the night, an assist off the backboard to Oladipo.
— John Gasaway (@JohnGasaway) February 20, 2013
How smart do you have to be to get that elevation and then have the presence of mind to wait for it to exit the cylinder?
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) February 20, 2013
Normally clutch, Appling's terrible night continues.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/MedcalfByESPN/status/304048346799165440
Michigan State has led by one twice. Once Appling charged in transition, the second time he turned it over for a layup.
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) February 20, 2013
Victor Olidipo is a superstar in the making!
— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) February 20, 2013
There's your "Why doesn't he do that all the time?" Adreian Payne Moment.
— Big Ten Geek (@bigtengeek) February 20, 2013
#MSU's Adreian Payne the definition of efficient tonight. 15 points on just 5 shots. He's 3-3 from 3-pt range. Rest of Spartans: 1-12.
— Chris ?Mack? Mackinder (@Chris_Mackinder) February 20, 2013
Yeah, college basketball really stinks. If that's what you think, u haven't been paying attention & certainly haven't been watching IU-MSU.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) February 20, 2013
If you were watching Michigan State for the first time you'd think Gary Harris was their go-to scorer. Not playing like a freshman.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) February 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/elpradoconjj/status/304042202319958017
College hoops has been horrendous as a whole this season, but the Big 10 has been good and this Indy-MSU game is tremendous.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) February 20, 2013
Matt Costello is Marvin Webster! #Spartans #Humaneraser #waybackmachine
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) February 20, 2013
That was some NBA like continuation.
— Kevin Kugler (@kevinkugler) February 20, 2013
Costello is out of his mind right now.
— Jeff Svoboda (@JeffSvoboda) February 20, 2013
Hulls is cold blooded. If he saw you drowning, he'd throw you a cup of water.
— Tony Gerdeman (@TonyGerdeman) February 20, 2013
Tough break for Michigan State that Payne still gets his third there. Elbow from Watford appeared to come before imminent blocking foul.
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) February 20, 2013
Saw the replay. How in the heck was that a foul on Payne?
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/AndyGlockner/status/304039336272343040
I bet Watford gets hit with a flagrant foul here for an elbow. Inadvertent, but they don't make a distinction anymore.
— Ken Bikoff (@kbikoff) February 20, 2013
Twice in the first 2 minutes of the second half, MSU can't grab a defensive board and allows Indiana a second offensive possession.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) February 20, 2013
Indiana didn't really go through Zeller all that much in the 1st half, but still had a 6-pt halftime lead. #Spartans need to keep him quiet.
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) February 20, 2013
The next 20 minutes of basketball could give us a good idea of whether the Hoosiers could win an outright Big Ten title.
— Terry Hutchens (@IndySportsHutch) February 20, 2013
Adreian Payne (10), Gary Harris (8) have combined for more than half of Mich St's points. I think Indiana will take that ratio.
— Jeff Rabjohns (@JeffRabjohns) February 20, 2013
HALFTIME: Adreian Payne is doing all he can, but No. 5 Michigan State is down 36-30 to No. 1 Indiana as the teams head to halftime. In the first 20 minutes, Payne scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds, and shot 3-of-3 from the field. Victor Oladipo has nine points and four steals to lead the way for the Hoosiers, who also received eight points from Cody Zeller and seven from Christian Watford. Indiana has negated Keith Appling (14.1 ppg), as Michigan State's leading scorer has two points. The Hoosiers had eight offensive rebounds in the first half, leading to second-chance opportunities.
Derrick Nix had a lot to say a few days before this game. Well, he has hit 1-of-2 shots, with 1 reb., 1 TO, 1 assist and 2 points. #Spartans
— Tom Dienhart (@TomDienhart1) February 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/connertp/status/304030815363416065
Keith Appling has not had a banner first half.
— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) February 20, 2013
Incredible play by Valentine. He shows flashes–huge breakout potential for next season.
— Big Ten Geek (@bigtengeek) February 20, 2013
Indiana playing with a ton of poise. Extremely impressive thus far. Oladipo and Zeller leading the way.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) February 20, 2013
Indiana's Cody Zeller has become a 1,000-point scorer at Indiana. #iubb
— Jeff Rabjohns (@JeffRabjohns) February 20, 2013
Elston back in for IU. Indiana has already gotten good minutes out of him as a big man plugger. He averages only 6 mins per game.
— Jim Comparoni (@JimComparoni) February 20, 2013
Early thoughts: MSU can't run with IU like they think they can, Hulls can't guard Harris, & I'm pretty sure Elston accidentally made that 3.
— Mark Titus (@clubtrillion) February 20, 2013
Adreian Payne vs. #Hoosiers: 5-of-6 from deep; vs. rest of nation: 4-of-11
— Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) February 20, 2013
Zeller clearly a matchup problem for Nix when IU has it. Payne making plays matched up on Zeller when MSU has it, though.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 20, 2013
Victor Oladipo?s ankle appears to be fine.
— Eamonn Brennan (@eamonnbrennan) February 20, 2013
Feed the horse #zeller #Hoosiers
— Tim Doyle (@TimDoyle00) February 20, 2013
Dane Fife just came over and was kind enough to leave a note for @indystar_hutch . "Hutch, you (stink). — Dane — I think that covers it
— Bob Kravitz (@bkravitz) February 19, 2013
If you love Sports, if you love college basketball this is place to be tonight. Final Four feel with two #1 seed teams that could meet there
— Hondo Carpenter (@HondoCarpenter) February 19, 2013
Excited to see if the Izzone could be any better than they were last week vs michigan. #beatindiana
— Brett Swenson (@Swens14) February 19, 2013
Great college game 2nite.. My home state team vs. my college team. Lets get this win @MSU_Basketball . #SpartanNation 2 great coaches
— Zach Randolph (@MacBo50) February 19, 2013
Victor Oladipo just went through IU's defensive slides, cuts & change direction drill. Looked fine. #iubb
— Jeff Rabjohns (@JeffRabjohns) February 19, 2013
Tom Izzo tells the Spartan Sports Network that Victor Oladipo is the most complete player in the country.
— Diamond Leung (@diamond83) February 19, 2013
I'm still in the bowels of Breslin an hour before tipoff & the Izzone already is as loud as I've ever heard it through the concrete walls.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) February 19, 2013
Best early T-shirt I've seen in the Izzone tonight in obvious reference to IU's shirts that read "We're Back." These say "We Never Left.''
— Terry Hutchens (@IndySportsHutch) February 19, 2013
Travis Trice cleared to play tonight for MSU, but questionable. Interesting to see if he plays at all.
— Joe Rexrode (@joerexrode) February 19, 2013
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