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National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan St 66, Iowa 61
When: 4:55 PM ET, Thursday, March 10, 2011
Where: Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
Officials: # D.J. Carstensen, # Michael Kitts, # Ted Valentine
Attendance: N/A

Draymond Green was a one-man wrecking crew with 21 points, 14 rebounds and four assists as Michigan State kept its NCAA tournament hopes alive by holding off lowly Iowa 66-61 in the first round of the Big Ten tournament Thursday.

Kalin Lucas scored 11 points and Keith Appling added 10 off the bench for the seventh-seeded Spartans (18-13), who sit firmly on the NCAA bubble and may need a quarterfinal win Friday against second-seeded Purdue to solidify their spot.

Bryce Cartwright had 14 points, seven rebounds and six assists for 10th-seeded Iowa (11-20), which provided Michigan State its worst loss of the season, 72-52, on Feb. 2.

Green scored four points and Durrell Summers capped a 17-6 run with a left-corner 3-pointer as the Spartans turned a seven-point deficit into a 62-58 lead with 4:21 to play.

Iowa’s Zach McCabe drained a 3-pointer from the left wing with 1:33 to play to cut the deficit to one, but he missed a 3-pointer from the same spot one minute later that would have given the Hawkeyes the lead.

Summers drained two free throws with 14.5 seconds left to restore a three-point lead, and Iowa’s Matt Gatens missed a well-contested 3-pointer from the right wing in the final seconds that would have tied it.
Top Game Performances
 
Iowa   Michigan St
Bryce Cartwright 14 Scoring Draymond Green 21
Bryce Cartwright 6 Assists Draymond Green 4
Bryce Cartwright 7 Rebounds Draymond Green 14
Jarryd Cole 4 Free Throws Made Kalin Lucas 5
Eric May 3 Steals Draymond Green 2
Jarryd Cole 1 Blocks Draymond Green 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Iowa 61 39.3 4-9 13-17 11 29 1 8
Michigan St 66 40.7 4-14 18-23 12 37 5 9