Shawn Respert remains the Michigan State career leader in teams of 3-pointers made, with 331. That’s 25 more than Chris Hill in second place and more than 50 clear of any other Spartans player. Respert’s teams may have taken fewer 3-pointer than modern teams, but Respert was still able to become a prolific 3-point shooter (and the program’s career scoring leader.)
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Kalin Lucas was better than any player in program history at getting to the free throw line. His 507 career makes and 637 career attempts are both program records and played a major role in him becoming a top-five career scorer in program history. Drew Neitzel, meanwhile, hit his free throws at a higher clip than anyone in program history.
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Steve Polonowski, Anthony Mull, Dujuan Wiley, Mat Ishbia, Jason Andreas, Tim Bograkos, Drew Neitzel, Paul Davis, Anthony Ianni, Colby Wollenman… So many stages of Michigan State’s ongoing 22-year journey under Coach Tom Izzo were reflected by the faces looking down from the section occupied by former Spartan players during Saturday’s game between MSU and Iowa in the Breslin Center Saturday night.