Kidnapped: Durrell Summers and Raymar Morgan

The ES is asking the Spartan Nation in fellow Big Ten cities to search their friends houses and backyards to see if they can find Michigan State Spartan basketball players Durrell Summers and Raymar Morgan. Both have been lost for the past week and a half, since MSU started 9-0 in the season. There are impersonators playing in their positions, and these "players" are performing very badly both offensively and defensively, as evidenced in the blowout loss last night at home to Purdue. Matter of fact, coach Tom Izzo may have gotten wind of this rude kidnapping trick by benching the lackluster "Summers" in the second half of the Boilermaker game. Why he similarly didn't bench the Morgan impersonator, well, the ES can't figure that out.

Please find them. Michigan State won't win many more games with these Morgan and Summers impersonators on the team. These tricksters suck.

White-Out planned for Tuesday vs Purdue. Morgan and Summers need more and better offense

WEAR WHITE on Tuesday Nite!

The Michigan State athletics department is asking fans to wear white to the MSU-Purdue men's basketball game on Feb. 9 as a gesture of uniform support for the Spartans. The Spartans and Boilermakers will tip off at 9 p.m. White t-shirts are available at GMC Kiosk on the Breslin Center concourse outside Section 110. Fans can receive a free t-shirt in exchange for filling out a short GMC survey.

What is the problem in the past two games? USA Today hits the nail on the head: giving up perimeter shooting. "Perimeter defense is once again a concern for the Spartans, who have good numbers (opponents were shooting just 40 percent entering Saturday's game), but who are giving up more dribble penetration lately. Wisconsin shot 50.9 percent, Illinois shot 52.5 percent, and both team's guards got into the lane frequently. In the next week, the Spartans have to deal with penetrators such as Purdue's E'Twaun Moore and Penn State's Talor Battle. Kalin Lucas' quickness would be helpful if he can play." You can bet this will be a key in practice tonight and tomorrow.

Two players who need to step up for Michigan State: Durrell Summers and Raymar Morgan. Morgan scored 8 pts in each of the last two games, but just 1 foul in both combined... that demonstrates lack of physical play. Summers scored 11 pts in each game. Morgan shot 4-10 (40%) for both games; Summers shot 9-21/42% FGs and 2-8/25% 3pts. But, both are capable of greater shooting efficiency and better offensive output -- and we need their best play particularly when our best player (Lucas) is ailing.

Against Illinois, Morgan was 8 pts (3-6/2-2 FT), 3 rebs, 3 asts, 3 TOs, and 1 foul. Against Wisconsin, Morgan was 8 pts (1-4/6-9 FT), 10 rebs, 0 asts, 2 TOs, and 0 fouls.

Against Illinois, Summers was 11 pts (5-13/1-5 3pt), 3 rebs, 2 asts . Against Wisconsin, Summers was almost identical: 11 pts (4-8/1-3 3pt), 3 rebs, 2 asts.

#2 Michigan State 75, Gonzaga 71

Wow, what a game. Michigan State looked awful early, and really couldn't hit its shots for the better part of the first 30 minutes. Give it up for Durrell Summers hitting clutch shot after clutch shot, and the Spartan captains, Kalin Lucas and Raymar Morgan for really making key plays both on offense and defense down the stretch. Gonzaga is a damn fine team, and with a pair of talented 7-footers they are gonna give teams fits.

But, as coach Izzo said in his post-game presser: "Give credit to Gonzaga. They punched us right in the mouth, and we didn't know what to do at first. But, I guess good teams find a way to win, and our captains really led a great comeback."

GO GREEN. 2-0, baby.

Official Basketball Box Score
Gonzaga vs Michigan State
11/17/09 8 p.m. at Breslin Center (East Lansing, Mich.)

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VISITORS: Gonzaga 1-1
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
00 Sacre, Robert....... *  7-12   0-0    3-3    0  4  4   4  17  0  0  0  0  19
03 Goodson, Demrtri.... *  0-5    0-1    1-2    1  0  1   2   1  1  2  0  1  27
15 Bouldin, Matt....... *  5-15   2-7    3-3    1  2  3   1  15  4  4  0  1  39
20 Harris, Elias....... *  6-16   1-2    4-7    3  6  9   4  17  1  2  0  3  31
32 Gray, Steven........ *  3-14   1-8    6-6    2  3  5   1  13  4  2  3  2  38
01 Arop, Mangisto......    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0   2
05 Vilarino, G.J.......    1-2    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   3   2  0  0  0  1  13
13 Olynyk, Kelly.......    2-4    0-0    0-0    2  1  3   5   4  1  0  0  1  19
14 Poling, Andy........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
45 Foster, Will........    1-1    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   4   2  1  1  0  0  12
 TEAM................                         5  3  8
 Totals..............   25-70   4-18  17-21  15 23 38  24  71 12 11  3  9 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-38 36.8%   2nd Half: 11-32 34.4%   Game: 35.7%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-7  14.3%   2nd Half:  3-11 27.3%   Game: 22.2%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-7  85.7%   2nd Half: 11-14 78.6%   Game: 81.0%    3


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HOME TEAM: Michigan State 2-0
                        TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
01 Lucas, Kalin........ *  7-16   2-5    3-5    1  3  4   1  19  5  3  0  1  36
03 Allen, Chris........ *  2-7    0-1    1-1    1  2  3   1   5  4  2  0  1  30
10 Roe, Delvon......... *  0-1    0-0    0-0    1  4  5   5   0  0  4  0  0  12
15 Summers, Durrell.... *  8-9    1-1    4-4    1 10 11   3  21  1  3  1  1  32
41 Sherman, Garrick.... *  2-3    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   4  0  0  0  0  10
02 Morgan, Raymar......    3-8    0-1   10-11   2  3  5   5  16  2  2  0  2  22
22 Dahlman, Isaiah.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
23 Green, Draymond.....    1-4    0-0    4-6    2  8 10   4   6  1  5  1  1  25
34 Lucious, Korie......    0-4    0-3    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  2  0  0  0  16
50 Nix, Derrick........    2-5    0-0    0-4    4  1  5   0   4  0  1  3  0  16
 Team................                         1     1
 Totals..............   25-57   3-11  22-31  13 31 44  22  75 15 20  5  6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  9-28 32.1%   2nd Half: 16-29 55.2%   Game: 43.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1-5  20.0%   2nd Half:  2-6  33.3%   Game: 27.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-12 91.7%   2nd Half: 11-19 57.9%   Game: 71.0%    5


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Officials: Michael Eggers, Brian Rood, Rick Bastell
Technical fouls: Gonzaga-None. Michigan State-None.
Attendance: 14759
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Gonzaga.......................   35   36  -   71
Michigan State................   30   45  -   75

Points in the paint-GONZ 30,MSU 28. Points off turnovers-GONZ 21,MSU 9.
2nd chance points-GONZ 9,MSU 12. Fast break points-GONZ 6,MSU 6.
Bench points-GONZ 8,MSU 26. Score tied-3 times. Lead changed-4 times.
Last FG-GONZ 2nd-01:47, MSU 2nd-00:39.
Largest lead-GONZ by 13 1st-07:54, MSU by 4 2nd-02:08.