Postgame Notes: Michigan State 80, Michigan 67
2/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 18, 2015
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• Tonight's game against Michigan State was the 174th all-time series meeting. U-M leads the all-time series, 97-77. Overall, Michigan carries a 60-29 record in games played in Ann Arbor.
• U-M improved its shooting in the second half, firing at 42.3 percent (11-for-26) from the field, 50 percent (7-for-14) from behind the arc and 83.3 percent (15-for-18) from the charity stripe, compared to 36.4 percent (8-for-22), 12.5 percent (1-for-8), and 60.0 (6-for-10) percent, respectively, in the first half.
• U-M outscored the Spartans in the second half, 44-42. The 44 points scored are the most in a half since the first half against Nicholls State (53) on Nov. 29, 2014.
• U-M assisted on 52.6 percent of its made field goals (10-of-19), on par with the season average of 52.2 percent (302-of-579). U-M tallied just six turnovers, fewer than the team's average at 10.
• The Wolverines had four players in double figures tonight, led by 16 points from Zak Irvin and 12 apiece from Spike Albrecht, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Aubrey Dawkins. It marks the first game since Minnesota (Jan. 10) in which U-M had at least four contributors in double-figure points.
• Led by two steals apiece from Spike Albrecht and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, the Wolverines finished with six steals, slightly above the season average of 5.6 a game.
• With 12 points tonight, Spike Albrecht scored in double figures for the fifth straight game, the longest stretch of his career. During that stretch, he has had a career-best 18 points at Michigan State (Feb. 1); 10 against Iowa (Feb. 5); 12 at Indiana (Feb. 8) and 13 at Illinois (Feb 12).
• U-M captain Spike Albrecht recorded this fourth straight game with five-plus assists. Albrecht is inching his way to 100 on the season as he has a 92 through 25 games (3.7 apg), a career-best single-season total.
• With a trio of three-pointers tonight, Zak Irvin has made a three-pointer in every game this season. He leads U-M with 62 this season, tying his total from last season. Irvin has led the Wolverines in scoring two of the last three games.
• Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman registered all 12 of his points in the second half and finished four-of-six from the field, including a pair of long-range buckets.
• Aubrey Dawkins set a career high with a perfect five-of-five effort from the charity stripe. In addition, Dawkins registered double digits in points for the fifth occasion in Big Ten play.
• Michigan played without Derrick Walton Jr. (toe/foot) for the sixth straight game.
