Starters for IU: Danilsa Andujar, Aulani Sinclair, Sasha Chaplin, Andrea Newbauer, and Alisha Goodwin

Starters for Michigan State: Taylor Alton, Lykendra Johnson, Klarissa Bell, Kiana Johnson, and Porshe Poole

1st Half

19:28 L. Johnson of Michigan State scores for the first basket of the game. 2-0 MSU

17:52 Travel by Michigan State gives IU the ball. 4-0 MSU

17:20 Chaplin forces a turnover through a jumpball. 4-0 MSU

17:02 Chaplin hits one of her freethrows for IU's first point. 4-1 MSU

16:04 Goodwin gets a piece of a shot, but Candyce Ussery's pass is intercepted on the way up court, and MSU draws a foul and hits both shots. 6-1 MSU

15:37 Chaplin hits a layup off the assist from Goodwin, remaining IU's lone scorer so far. 6-3 MSU

14:39 IU unable to inbound and gets a 5 second call. 8-3 MSU

14:14 Goodwin hits her first shot. 8-5 MSU

13:46 Goodwin hits another to bring IU within one. 8-7 MSU

12:03 IU Coach Felisha Legette-Jack calls timeout after a 7-0 Spartan run. 15-7 MSU

11:14 A rare airball from Sinclair gives MSU the ball heading into the second media timeout. 18-7 MSU

10:18 A layup by Andujar ends MSU's 13-0 run. 21-9 MSU

9:25 Sinclair, IU 's leading scorer on the season, gets her first bucket. 24-11 MSU

8:47 Quaneisha McCurty converts an and-one. 26-14 MSU

7:39 Another airball from Sinclair, who is off her game so far. 28-14

5:02 Goodwin draws a foul and makes both freethrows. She is leading IU in points with eight. 31-18 MSU

4:20 McCurty grabs two consecutive offensive rebounds and puts home the layup. 31-20 MSU

3:31 IU now on a little run of their own, scoring five straight. Goodwin hits one of two freethrows to make it 31-21 MSU

1:31 McCurty hits one freethrow then makes a layup off a turnover. 35-24 MSU

Halftime MSU's Poole hits a jumper at the buzzer to give the Spartans a 6-2 run heading into the break. 41-26 MSU

McCurty leads IU in scoring at the half with 10. Goodwin is second with nine. Sinclair 0-3 from long range and 1-4 overall.

Poole leads MSU in scoring with a game-high 11.

MSU is outrebounding IU, 19-11

2nd Half

Starters for IU the same, except McCurty in for Andujar.

Starters for MSU the same.

19:17 MSU's L. Johnson again scores the first points of the half. 43-26 MSU

18:52 Chaplin knocks down a jumper for IU's first points of the 2nd half. 43-28 MSU

16:51 MSU's Alton hits two three pointers in a row before an IU timeout. 51-30 MSU

15:38 Now Poole hits two in a row from behind the arc. 57-34 MSU

14:42 MSU's Bell hits a three to make it five in a row for the Spartans, then Goodwin hits one of her own. 60-39 MSU

12:52 Hard screen by Taufa sends MSU's Jasmine Thomas to the floor, and Ussery just misses as she is fouled on a shot attempt. Makes one of two freethrows. 66-40 MSU

10:13 Now MSU's Becca Mills and IU's Newbauer get in on the long range action and hit their first three point attempts. 71-43 MSU

9:05 Bad inbound pass leads to MSU fastbreak layup. 77-43 MSU

7:38 MSU fans starting to give victory cheers. MSU's Jasmine Hines draws a foul and hits one of her freethrows. 80-45 MSU

6:49 Newbauer nails her second three on as many attempts. 80-50 MSU

5:31 Ussery makes her first bucket, a three. 83-53 MSU

4:25 MSU's Hines converts an and-one as Taufa fouls out. 86-53 MSU

3:35 Ussery converts her own and-one. 88-58 MSU

2:27 A series of back-and-forth buckets makes it 90-62 MSU

1:29 Sinclair makes her second bucket of the game. 95-65 MSU

0:55 Ussery hits a three for IU's last points.

FINAL: 97-68 Michigan State

Leading scorers for IU were Goodwin with 16, McCurty with 15, and Ussery with 10.

Leading for Michigan State were Poole and Hines with 17 each.

Michigan State beat IU in points in the paint (38-26), points off turnovers (27-10), 2nd chance points (24-14), fast break points (8-6), and bench points (45-29).

IU commited 19 turnovers to MSU's 9

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