Michigan State Spartans @ Northwestern Wildcats

65–60Final · Feb 17, 2018

MSU 65 NU 60 Final

	1	2	T
MSU26-3	27	38	65
NU15-13	49	11	60

· Line: MSU -9.5 (O/U 131.5)

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The scoring timeline.

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Dererk Pardon made Dunk. Assisted by Vic Law.
0–2
Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dererk Pardon.
0–5
Jaren Jackson Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
2–5
Anthony Gaines made Jumper.
2–7
Nick Ward made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
4–7
Scottie Lindsey made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vic Law.
4–10
Miles Bridges made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
6–10
Vic Law made Jumper. Assisted by Scottie Lindsey.
6–12
Vic Law made Jumper. Assisted by Scottie Lindsey.
6–14
Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Gaines.
6–17
Scottie Lindsey made Three Point Jumper.
6–20
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
7–20
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
8–20
Anthony Gaines made Layup. Assisted by Vic Law.
8–22
Anthony Gaines made Layup. Assisted by Vic Law.
8–24
Gavin Skelly made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Gaines.
8–27
Vic Law made Three Point Jumper.
8–30
Joshua Langford made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
10–30
Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barret Benson.
10–33
Nick Ward made Jumper. Assisted by Ben Carter.
12–33
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
13–33
Gavin Skelly made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barret Benson.
13–36
Gavin Skelly made Free Throw.
13–37
Gavin Skelly made Free Throw.
13–38
Joshua Langford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
16–38
Vic Law made Free Throw.
16–39
Vic Law made Free Throw.
16–40
Gavin Skelly made Layup.
16–42
Gavin Skelly made Free Throw.
16–43
Cassius Winston made Free Throw.
17–43
Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Ward.
20–43
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
21–43
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
22–43
Isiah Brown made Jumper.
22–45
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
23–45
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
24–45
Isiah Brown made Jumper.
24–47
Anthony Gaines made Dunk. Assisted by Vic Law.
24–49
Matt McQuaid made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
27–49
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
28–49
Dererk Pardon made Dunk. Assisted by Anthony Gaines.
28–51
Jaren Jackson Jr. made Layup.
30–51
Jaren Jackson Jr. made Jumper.
32–51
Anthony Gaines made Free Throw.
32–52
Anthony Gaines made Free Throw.
32–53
Jaren Jackson Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
34–53
Nick Ward made Free Throw.
35–53
Joshua Langford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr..
38–53
Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Tillman.
41–53
Cassius Winston made Jumper.
43–53
Matt McQuaid made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
46–53
Miles Bridges made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston.
48–53
Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
51–53
Nick Ward made Layup.
53–53
Jaren Jackson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
55–53
Jaren Jackson Jr. made Free Throw.
56–53
Dererk Pardon made Free Throw.
56–54
Dererk Pardon made Free Throw.
56–55
Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
59–55
Dererk Pardon made Dunk. Assisted by Anthony Gaines.
59–57
Miles Bridges made Free Throw.
60–57
Miles Bridges made Free Throw.
61–57
Cassius Winston made Free Throw.
62–57
Cassius Winston made Free Throw.
63–57
Vic Law made Three Point Jumper.
63–60
Miles Bridges made Free Throw.
64–60
Miles Bridges made Free Throw.
65–60

Play-by-play

P1 Jump Ball won by Northwestern
P1 Dererk Pardon made Dunk. Assisted by Vic Law. 0–2
P1 Joshua Langford missed Jumper.
P1 Gavin Skelly Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dererk Pardon. 0–5
P1 Nick Ward missed Jumper.
P1 Vic Law Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaren Jackson Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 2–5
P1 Gavin Skelly missed Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Dererk Pardon.
P1 Jaren Jackson Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Dererk Pardon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jaren Jackson Jr..
P1 Scottie Lindsey missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaren Jackson Jr. Turnover.
P1 Dererk Pardon Steal.
P1 Anthony Gaines missed Layup.
P1 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P1 Miles Bridges Turnover.
P1 Foul on Miles Bridges.
P1 Anthony Gaines made Jumper. 2–7
P1 Nick Ward made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 4–7
P1 Scottie Lindsey made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Vic Law. 4–10
P1 Miles Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dererk Pardon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Gavin Skelly missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.
P1 Miles Bridges made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 6–10
P1 Vic Law made Jumper. Assisted by Scottie Lindsey. 6–12
P1 Nick Ward missed Layup.
P1 Vic Law Block.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Miles Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Aaron Falzon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Law made Jumper. Assisted by Scottie Lindsey. 6–14
P1 Foul on Miles Bridges.
P1 Miles Bridges Turnover.
P1 Barret Benson missed Jumper.
P1 Kenny Goins Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joshua Langford missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Aaron Falzon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Anthony Gaines Offensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Gaines. 6–17
P1 Lourawls Nairn Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Scottie Lindsey Defensive Rebound.
P1 Scottie Lindsey made Three Point Jumper. 6–20
P1 Michigan State Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Foul on Barret Benson.
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 7–20
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 8–20
P1 Anthony Gaines made Layup. Assisted by Vic Law. 8–22
P1 Cassius Winston missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Scottie Lindsey Defensive Rebound.
P1 Anthony Gaines made Layup. Assisted by Vic Law. 8–24
P1 Jaren Jackson Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Scottie Lindsey.
P1 Michigan State Turnover.
P1 Gavin Skelly made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Anthony Gaines. 8–27
P1 Foul on Scottie Lindsey.
P1 Jaren Jackson Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Ward missed Jumper.
P1 Anthony Gaines Defensive Rebound.
P1 Isiah Brown missed Jumper.
P1 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Gavin Skelly.
P1 Cassius Winston missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Gavin Skelly Defensive Rebound.
P1 Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. 8–30
P1 Foul on Isiah Brown.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Joshua Langford made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 10–30
P1 Foul on Dererk Pardon.
P1 Dererk Pardon Turnover.
P1 Miles Bridges Turnover.
P1 Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barret Benson. 10–33
P1 Nick Ward made Jumper. Assisted by Ben Carter. 12–33
P1 Foul on Barret Benson.
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 13–33
P1 Gavin Skelly made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Barret Benson. 13–36
P1 Nick Ward missed Layup.
P1 Gavin Skelly Block.
P1 Isiah Brown Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ben Carter.
P1 Gavin Skelly made Free Throw. 13–37
P1 Gavin Skelly made Free Throw. 13–38
P1 Joshua Langford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 16–38
P1 Foul on Cassius Winston.
P1 Foul on Joshua Langford.
P1 Vic Law made Free Throw. 16–39
P1 Vic Law made Free Throw. 16–40
P1 Foul on Barret Benson.
P1 Jaren Jackson Jr. missed Free Throw.
P1 Anthony Gaines Defensive Rebound.
P1 Gavin Skelly made Layup. 16–42
P1 Foul on Jaren Jackson Jr..
P1 Gavin Skelly made Free Throw. 16–43
P1 Foul on Isiah Brown.
P1 Cassius Winston missed Free Throw.
P1 Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Cassius Winston made Free Throw. 17–43
P1 Isiah Brown missed Layup.
P1 Joshua Langford Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joshua Langford missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.
P1 Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Ward. 20–43
P1 Gavin Skelly missed Layup.
P1 Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Anthony Gaines.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 21–43
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 22–43
P1 Isiah Brown made Jumper. 22–45
P1 Foul on Gavin Skelly.
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 23–45
P1 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 24–45
P1 Isiah Brown made Jumper. 24–47
P1 Miles Bridges missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Miles Bridges Turnover.
P1 Vic Law Steal.
P1 Anthony Gaines made Dunk. Assisted by Vic Law. 24–49
P1 Matt McQuaid made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford. 27–49
P1 Anthony Gaines missed Jumper.
P1 Anthony Gaines Offensive Rebound.
P1 Northwestern Timeout
P1 Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jump Ball won by Michigan State
P2 Foul on Gavin Skelly.
P2 Jaren Jackson Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Vic Law Defensive Rebound.
P2 Northwestern Turnover.
P2 Miles Bridges missed Layup.
P2 Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Gavin Skelly.
P2 Nick Ward missed Free Throw.
P2 Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 28–49
P2 Dererk Pardon made Dunk. Assisted by Anthony Gaines. 28–51
P2 Jaren Jackson Jr. made Layup. 30–51
P2 Scottie Lindsey missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaren Jackson Jr. made Jumper. 32–51
P2 Anthony Gaines missed Jumper.
P2 Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.
P2 Cassius Winston Turnover.
P2 Scottie Lindsey Steal.
P2 Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Dererk Pardon Offensive Rebound.
P2 Aaron Falzon missed Jumper.
P2 Dererk Pardon Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jump Ball won by Northwestern
P2 Aaron Falzon missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Anthony Gaines Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nick Ward.
P2 Anthony Gaines made Free Throw. 32–52
P2 Anthony Gaines made Free Throw. 32–53
P2 Jaren Jackson Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Joshua Langford. 34–53
P2 Aaron Falzon missed Layup.
P2 Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joshua Langford Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Miles Bridges.
P2 Vic Law missed Jumper.
P2 Kenny Goins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Dererk Pardon.
P2 Nick Ward missed Free Throw.
P2 Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Nick Ward made Free Throw. 35–53
P2 Scottie Lindsey missed Jumper.
P2 Joshua Langford Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Dererk Pardon.
P2 Foul on Xavier Tillman.
P2 Xavier Tillman Turnover.
P2 Anthony Gaines missed Jumper.
P2 Xavier Tillman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joshua Langford made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Lourawls Nairn Jr.. 38–53
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Isiah Brown Turnover.
P2 Cassius Winston Steal.
P2 Jump Ball won by Michigan State
P2 Joshua Langford missed Jumper.
P2 Aaron Falzon Defensive Rebound.
P2 Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Isiah Brown Offensive Rebound.
P2 Scottie Lindsey Turnover.
P2 Matt McQuaid Steal.
P2 Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Tillman. 41–53
P2 Isiah Brown missed Jumper.
P2 Kenny Goins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Cassius Winston made Jumper. 43–53
P2 Vic Law missed Jumper.
P2 Xavier Tillman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt McQuaid made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 46–53
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Cassius Winston.
P2 Aaron Falzon missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Miles Bridges Defensive Rebound.
P2 Miles Bridges made Jumper. Assisted by Cassius Winston. 48–53
P2 Vic Law Turnover.
P2 Kenny Goins Steal.
P2 Foul on Barret Benson.
P2 Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford. 51–53
P2 Vic Law missed Jumper.
P2 Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.
P2 Cassius Winston missed Jumper.
P2 Joshua Langford Offensive Rebound.
P2 Joshua Langford missed Layup.
P2 Nick Ward Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Ward made Layup. 53–53
P2 Foul on Miles Bridges.
P2 Scottie Lindsey missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joshua Langford missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Northwestern Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kenny Goins.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Nick Ward.
P2 Dererk Pardon missed Free Throw.
P2 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Matt McQuaid missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Scottie Lindsey Defensive Rebound.
P2 Gavin Skelly missed Layup.
P2 Dererk Pardon Offensive Rebound.
P2 Dererk Pardon missed Jumper.
P2 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kenny Goins Turnover.
P2 Foul on Vic Law.
P2 Vic Law Turnover.
P2 Jaren Jackson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Joshua Langford. 55–53
P2 Foul on Anthony Gaines.
P2 Jaren Jackson Jr. made Free Throw. 56–53
P2 Foul on Jaren Jackson Jr..
P2 Dererk Pardon made Free Throw. 56–54
P2 Dererk Pardon made Free Throw. 56–55
P2 Cassius Winston made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford. 59–55
P2 Dererk Pardon made Dunk. Assisted by Anthony Gaines. 59–57
P2 Cassius Winston Turnover.
P2 Dererk Pardon Steal.
P2 Scottie Lindsey missed Jumper.
P2 Joshua Langford Defensive Rebound.
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nick Ward missed Layup.
P2 Vic Law Defensive Rebound.
P2 Vic Law missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nick Ward.
P2 Nick Ward Turnover.
P2 Anthony Gaines missed Jumper.
P2 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joshua Langford missed Jumper.
P2 Scottie Lindsey Defensive Rebound.
P2 Gavin Skelly missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Nick Ward Defensive Rebound.
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Matt McQuaid missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Scottie Lindsey Defensive Rebound.
P2 Vic Law Turnover.
P2 Foul on Gavin Skelly.
P2 Miles Bridges made Free Throw. 60–57
P2 Miles Bridges made Free Throw. 61–57
P2 Vic Law missed Layup.
P2 Cassius Winston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Vic Law.
P2 Cassius Winston made Free Throw. 62–57
P2 Cassius Winston made Free Throw. 63–57
P2 Vic Law made Three Point Jumper. 63–60
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Foul on Anthony Gaines.
P2 Miles Bridges made Free Throw. 64–60
P2 Miles Bridges made Free Throw. 65–60
P2 Aaron Falzon missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Dererk Pardon Offensive Rebound.

Box score

MSU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Jaren Jackson Jr.F	14	11	5-9	0-1	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Nick WardF	27	15	3-8	0-0	9-11	10	1	1	0	0	5	5	3
Miles BridgesG	23	8	2-6	0-3	4-4	3	0	4	0	0	0	3	4
Cassius WinstonG	34	17	5-8	4-6	3-4	9	7	2	1	0	0	9	2
Joshua LangfordG	38	8	3-10	2-4	0-0	4	5	1	0	0	1	3	1
Xavier TillmanF	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Kenny GoinsF	23	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	1
Gavin SchillingF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben CarterF	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Matt McQuaidG	26	6	2-4	2-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lourawls Nairn Jr.G	6	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Braden BurkeC
Brock WashingtonG
Jack HoibergG
Conner GeorgeG
Kyle AhrensG

NU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Gavin SkellyF	23	11	3-8	2-4	3-3	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	5
Vic LawF	40	21	7-17	5-11	2-2	3	5	3	1	1	0	3	2
Dererk PardonC	24	8	3-4	0-0	2-3	6	1	1	2	0	4	2	4
Anthony GainesG	37	10	4-9	0-0	2-2	5	4	0	0	0	3	2	3
Scottie LindseyG	31	6	2-7	2-5	0-0	5	2	1	1	0	0	5	2
Aaron FalzonF	20	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Barret BensonC	13	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4
Isiah BrownG	12	4	2-5	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
Rapolas IvanauskasF
Charlie HallF
A.J. TurnerF
Bryant McIntoshF
Tino MalnatiG
Jordan AshG

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