December 18th, 2017
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BOX SCORE

Miles Bridges, Michigan State basketball blast Houston Baptist, 107-62 Detroit Free Press
There was no Izzone and no pep band, but No. 2 Michigan State turned up the energy and intensity when it needed it. And the Spartans did not need much against overmatched Houston Baptist. MSU set a new school single-game blocked shots mark en route to a 107-62 victory on Monday at Breslin Center.

Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State’s 107-62 win over Houston Baptist Lansing State Journal
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch gives his initial thoughts on the Spartans’ 107-62 win over Houston Baptist on Monday night at Breslin Center.

Michigan State puts up 107 points in 45-point win over Houston Baptist MLive.com
The new school records and career-highs came in droves as a hot Michigan State team met a struggling Houston Baptist program on Monday night at the Breslin Center. No. 2 Michigan State recorded its easiest win of the season when it beat Houston Baptist, 107-62.

Michigan State routs Houston Baptist for 10th straight win Spartan Tailgate
Miles Bridges and Nick Ward led the Spartans by going a combined 20-for-23 from the field. Bridges matched his career high with 33 points on 11-for-14 shooting, while Ward didn’t miss any of his nine shot attempts and finished with 20 points in 19 minutes. As a team, MSU shot 64.4 percent from the field, went 10-for-20 from 3-point range and 25-for-33 from the free throw line. Michigan State also posted a season-high with 26 fastbreak points and recorded assists on 30 of 36 made field goals.

MSU basketball remains good at basketball, beats Houston Baptist The Only Colors
This one was over once Miles Bridges was done tying his shoes in the locker room. This game will likely be forgotten about by Christmas — heck, maybe even before the end of Hanukkah — but some good takeaways came from it.

Michigan State pummels Houston Baptist, 107-62 Detroit News
Call it the dog days of the college basketball season. With the meat of the nonconference schedule in the rearview mirror and Big Ten play set to resume after the new year, Michigan State took the court against Houston Baptist on Monday night at the Breslin Center and it hardly would have won any awards for putting together a basketball masterpiece.

Izzo: Spartans not 2nd-best team in the country despite blowout Detroit Free Press
Records fell, both personal and team, for Michigan State. The second-ranked Spartans did what they were supposed to on the scoreboard, blitzing Houston Baptist by 45 points. None of that mattered to Tom Izzo. All he saw was a lack of intensity, a lack of energy, a lack of focus.

After 45-point win, Tom Izzo says MSU showed ‘we’re not the second-best team in the country’ MLive.com
A minute and 34 seconds into Monday’s game against Houston Baptist, Tom Izzo called a timeout. In his 23 years as Michigan State’s head coach, he can’t remember ever calling one that early in a game. What he saw in front of him, though, necessitated it, he said. His team had turned the ball over three times on five possessions, and looked listless early in a stale weeknight environment at the Breslin Center.