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Michigan State takes advantage of late Michigan fade, wins 73-63
Ann Arbor — No one on Michigan State’s current team had experienced the euphoria of beating the Spartans’ most hated rival, Michigan, in enemy territory.
Saturday was the last chance for guys like Tyson Walker and Malik Hall — and possibly A.J. Hoggard and Jaden Akins.
The outcome was in doubt for much of the game but then Michigan suffered one of its trademark late collapses and the Spartans pulled away for a 73-63 victory.
Hall finished with a team-high 18 points to go with his four rebounds. Walker, who scored six points at Penn State earlier this week, had 17 points, three rebounds and three assists to help Michigan State earn its first win at Crisler Center since the 2018-19 season.
Hall charged toward the hoop from the baseline before throwing down a one-handed slam to give the Spartans a seven-point lead. Then, Hoggard picked off Tray Jackson and had Walker move it up the floor before he dished it to a soaring Akins, who tipped it in.
Olivier Nkamhoua was whistled for a travel, Michigan’s 20th turnover of the night.
A chorus of “Go Green! Go White!” chants echoed through Crisler Center and drowned out Michigan’s band that was playing “The Victors” during the media timeout.
The Spartans held the Wolverines scoreless over the last 7:01.
The Wolverines had 22 turnovers, which Michigan State turned into 27 points. Dug McDaniel committed five giveaways and Nkamhoua had eight. The Spartans recorded a whopping 15 steals.
Timely 3-pointers kept Michigan in the game until the final seven minutes. Nimari Burnett made a 3-pointer that knotted the score at 61 with 8:07 left. Michigan would tie it once more but never score again.
The game started with both teams shooting well. Then it got ugly for all parties. The first half was littered with unforced turnovers, bad fouls and offensive lapses.
Michigan State cleaned up its act in the second half, but the Wolverines didn’t.
Hoggard was whistled for two fouls in the game’s first three minutes and sat for the rest of the first half. Without its point guard, Michigan State struggled with ball security and stringing together profitable possessions.
Michigan and Michigan State missed a combined nine shots and went scoreless over a 2:22 stretch before Malik Hall ended the drought with a driving layup that tied the score at 16 with 10:51 left in the first half.
Moments later, Coen Carr got a steal and was going for a monstrous dunk but Will Tschetter committed a Flagrant 1 foul as Carr went airborne. The Spartans freshmen split his pair of free throws to give Michigan State a two-point lead.
The next time Carr got a steal and was heading full speed to the rim, Michigan stayed out of his way and let him soar. His dunk capped a 7-0 run for the Spartans that gave them a 31-22 lead.
Michigan responded later. Jaelin Llewellyn put an exclamation point on an 8-0 Michigan run with a go-ahead 3-pointer with 38.7 seconds left.
The last time these teams met on Jan. 30, the Spartans needed a Rocky-like speech at halftime from walk-on Davis Smith to hit the ground running in the second half and earn the 19-point victory.
This time, with Hoggard, Akins and Holloman with two fouls each, Davis made a cameo in the final 24 seconds of the half. Dug McDaniel turned the ball over and Carr passed it to Davis, who was fouled in the final second of the half. Davis knocked down each of his free throws to give Michigan State the 39-37 advantage at the break.
After the break, Michigan hung in with the Spartans early — and even led by six at one point — but the Wolverines’ trend of second-half collapse caught up to them.
Michigan State outscored Michigan 10-0 over the final seven minutes.
BOX SCORE: Michigan State 73, Michigan 63
Five Wolverines finished with double figure scoring, including Tarri Reed Jr. who had a team-high 15 points. But the Spartans bench outscored Michigan’s reserves 23-2.
The Spartans also had the 42-24 edge on points in the paint and recorded 19 fast-break points to the Wolverines’ two.
Michigan State will have three days of prep before hosting Iowa at Breslin Center on Tuesday. Michigan will return to action Thursday at Northwestern.
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There’s a moment toward the end of the night where Bruno Mars is using that raspy tenor of voice of his to sing his 2012 hit “Locked Out of Heaven” as if he was launched out of a rocket. The crowd is hanging and swinging on every note, confetti is pouring down, Mars is over two hours into his set with barely any breaks, but his swagger feels so effortless. It was as if you could throw him a cup of ice water and he could go for another two hours.
For Mars, this is just another day at the office.
Saturday was the first of two nights in which Mars’s The Romantic Tour set up shop in the Detroit Lions’ Ford Field. The night started off with a 30-minute energetic DJ set from Anderson .Paak’s alter ego, “DJ Pee .Wee.” That was followed by another 30-minute set from singer Leon Thomas, who is fresh off Grammy Award wins for Best R&B Album (MUTT) and Best Traditional R&B Performance (“Vibes Don’t Lie”).
Mars, a 40-year-old native of Hawaii, has sold over 20 million albums and won 16 Grammy Awards. He’s always been a wild mix of James Brown and Justin Bieber — this generation’s impresario of funk with a mutant-like ability to create over-the-top pop hits. The Romanic, released on Feb. 27, is his fourth solo album and first project in four years.
Mars hit the stage right at 8:45 p.m. dressed in a casual crimson lounge suit and headband while accompanied by his band the Hooligans. From the jump the energy was magnetic. Mars dove right into songs “Risk It All,” “Treasure,” and “On My Soul” (he performed all nine songs from The Romantic). His stage presence and synchrony with the Hooligans was subtle and effective. They routinely swaggered into a choreographed doo-wop dance steps that were evenly spread out through out the night. At times there were multiple members playing trumpet and other times they were all on guitars. Mars himself jumped on the conga drums on “Cha Cha Cha,” played the guitar on “Something Serious,” and played the piano on “It Will Rain,” “Talking to the Moon,” and “When I was Your Man.”
Visually, there was cinematic camera work being displayed on two large LED screens positioned on both sides of the stage. This allowed all 48,000 attendees (no matter where their seats were) to take in the visual experience that was aided with laser beans, pulsating lights, cold sparks, and pyrotechnics.
Anderson .Paak joined Mars back on stage for the second hour of the show where they performed “Fly as Me” and “Smoking out the Window” along with most of the songs from their joint album An Evening with Silk Sonic. Toward the end of their hit, “Leave the Door Open” the duo went back and forth singing the line “come on over baby” as if it was a ballad duel. The moment highlighted both singers’ chemistry and showmanship.
But the night was all about Mars. He ended the show singing his mega hit “Uptown Funk” but also did an encore performance of “Dance With Me,” singing just as strong and effortlessly near the end of the night as he did at the beginning. His 150-minute set was polished without feeling robotic. Even though he’s stepped foot behind a microphone thousands of times, he never sounded like he was going through the motions. He was charismatic, engaging, and made Detroit feel like it was this tour’s only stop, not his ninth.
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4Warn Weather – Cooler temperatures remain across Southeast Michigan for the start of the workweek, however, we’ll turn much warmer into the weekend.
Skies turn mainly clear Sunday night with a light northwest wind. Temperatures will fall to the low 30s to near 40°.
You’ll want to cover your plants or bring them indoors as frost will be possible. A Frost Advisory will be in effect for most of Southeast Michigan from midnight tonight until 7 a.m. Monday.
Monday will look beautiful with mostly sunny skies. It’ll still be chilly though – afternoon temperatures will only reach the mid to upper 50s.
Winds Monday will be out of the north at 5-10 mph.
Temperatures will once again be in the 30s Monday night, so it will be another night to protect your plants.
We then recover nicely with most reaching the low 60s Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. Although we’re a bit warmer, the next chance for rain will arrive Tuesday afternoon and linger into Wednesday.
Thursday brings back the sunshine and warmer weather. Highs will be in the mid 60s before we reach the low 70s Friday.
The upcoming weekend looks even warmer with highs near 80°, but we also see the next chances for rain.
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DETROIT, MICH (WXYZ) — In partnership with The ALS Association, downtown Detroit parks will shine red May 10–16 in recognition of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) Awareness month.
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