Atlanta-sub-seed Ole miss -3.5 Underdog, against the sweet 16 matches of Friday Michigan State SpartansBut they certainly didn’t play like this for most of the game. This made the loss of 70-73 in Michigan province even more painful.
The first half was mostly the show of rebels. At 18:31, they led MSU, never watched, and scored 18, 18, 18 points in the paint, but they were only four out of 14 behind the three -point line. In the normal season, which is the power of rebels, it is a force for the Spartians to defend the three, which makes it a less matches than Ole Miss than Jump.
But again – the Spartans did not seem like this in the first half when turning the ball seven times. Ole Miss gave an advantage. They took 11 points in fast breaks against MSU.
After the match, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo told about what happened for an early time.
“[I] He asked them what they were doing. We came out dirty, ”Izzo said. We didn’t do a good job in an aggressive way. Slips shot. The real killer was turnover. We had turnover and they were a little ridiculous turnover. “
And this wasn’t just turnover.
Izzo said, ık We gave up the shot without a kidnapped cut. We gave up the borders. ” “[Ole Miss is] They had to be a poor rebound team and they kicked our butts. 5 of us had 12 attack rebounds. All you have to do is give them a lot of loans and to give us a lot of loans because we go back in the second half. “
And they came back. The state of Michigan took the lead for the first time and only 7:50 to play, and Ole Miss did not give up, but Michigan State received the momentum they needed to finish and move forward. Friday night 31 minutes playing guard Jaden Akins, after the match in the second half of the defense key Ole Miss’s striker Sean Pedulla’yı said.
Akins We knew there were five men who could guide him, so I feel like I was really doing will in the first half. How should we be in our gaps, ”he said. “In the first half, we tried to keep them away from the paint and to keep Pedulla downstairs.
Pedulla had a great game, finished the night with 24 points, three rebounds and four assists. His teammate Guard Matthew Murrell added 14 points, four rebounds and an assists. He also threw the last shot of the game, a bell bag that prevented the rebellion from the loss of six.
Michigan Province does not proceed to confront Auburn Tigers with the best seed at Elite 8 after Auburn’s 78-65 win on Sunday (March 30th) Michigan Wolverines Friday night.
