Iowa basketball: Photos from the Breslin Center 3. That showing will get Brooks back on the court. He had one important sequence - a strong offensive rebound and quick dish to Sissoko for the aforementioned baseline floater to bring MSU back to within 45-43 in the middle of the second half. Partly because Brooks played well, within himself. Partly because he played a lot with Malik Hall. But MSU was plus-11 when he was on the court.
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There was a bounce and grit to his game that’s been missing.īrooks played just 12 minutes and didn’t take a shot other than one while being fouled in the paint, which led to two made free throws. What the Spartans need from Sissoko is what he gave them on the glass Thursday and, to some degree, defensively.
Sissoko had a couple nice buckets, one floater along the baseline that was as pretty as the shot he airballed from a similar spot was ugly. Even if the guy he’s guarding finishes with 16 points and 11 rebounds (though half of Filip Rebraca’s points came in the 10 minutes Jaxson Kohler and Carson Cooper were in the game at center for MSU). But if he gives you 10 points, 10 rebounds - four of them on the offensive glass, two of those put-back dunks - and two blocked shots in 26 minutes, you’ll take it. Sissoko isn’t going to turn into Hakeem Olajuwon or even probably an upper-tier Big Ten center. MSU will gladly take that from Mady Sissoko. He isn't wasting this second chance to lead Michigan State's basketball team. MORE: Couch: Malik Hall thought his season was over. MSU escaped - and won a game it badly needed - because Hall returned. Hall finished with 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting, three rebounds and four assists and a presence you could feel when he had the ball on the block, on the drive, on the glass and when Murray had it on the other end. But they survived - thanks to massive shots by Tyson Walker and Jaden Akins in the final 90 seconds and plays from Hall throughout, including some incredible one-on-one defense on Murray along the baseline with the game tied 59-59 and barely 2 minutes remaining. They got off to horrible starts in each half, the first half especially, both with Hall on the bench. The Spartans’ 10 turnovers were the loudest 10 turnovers I can remember. MSU, now 14-7 overall, 6-4 in the Big Ten, didn’t play all that well in certain facets Thursday night. Maybe because he was the one guarding Iowa star Kris Murray, who finished with a quiet 13 points, only a few of them in the 25 minutes Hall was glued to him. Maybe because MSU had missed him so much. MSU was a team-best 13 points better than the Hawkeyes when he was on the court, plus-10 in the first half alone, while going into the break with a slim 30-29 lead.Īgain, you didn’t need the numbers. 13, had some serious grateful-to-be-alive energy to him in the Spartans’ 63-61 win over Iowa. Hall, who had missed the last three games since tweaking his injured left foot at Illinois on Jan. But if you needed to see those numbers Thursday night, your eyes are failing you. You’ve probably heard a lot about the impact Hall makes on MSU’s teams, analytically speaking, from me and others. That rim felt every last ounce of his frustration as he tore through the lane and dunked to give Michigan State its first lead with 4:50 left in the first half.
MSU escaped Iowa because Malik Hall returned returned with a furyĮAST LANSING – Malik Hall can’t make up for all of the time he lost in one night. 14 for a preliminary hearing.Īnyone with information is asked to call Muskegon Central Dispatch at 80.1. In a statement released Sunday, Michigan’s Adventure assured visitors that safety remains its top priority. The trooper wrote that Koche denied the accusations. Subscribe: Get all your breaking news and unlimited access to our local coverage In court Monday, authorities referenced a total of six victims.Ī state trooper wrote in a court document that “multiple victims … reported having their buttocks touched, being grabbed by their hips” and pulled toward the stranger, and one person reported he pressed himself against her. Michigan State Police said Koche was arrested after targeting young girls in the wave pool at the amusement park north of Muskegon on Saturday, July 22. The second is a high misdemeanor punishable by up to two years in prison. The first count is a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. MUSKEGON - A man accused of inappropriately touching several girls at Michigan’s Adventure was formally charged Monday.Īppearing in court via video, Benjamin Koche, 39, of Lansing, was arraigned on one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim under the age of 13 and one count of fourth-degree CSC involving a victim between 13 and 16.
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