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Notes and Quotes: Tom Izzo reiterates, “A player-coached team is better than a coach-coached team.”

The final score on Sunday in the Spartans’ noon clash with the Oakland Grizzlies shows that Michigan State won by a fairly comfortable 18-point margin, 109-91. But at halftime, the game was still very much in doubt. After 20 minutes, MSU led only 44-40, due in large part to 12 MSU turnovers and blazing hot three point shooting (eight-of-15, 53 percent) from Oakland.

Fortunately for Spartan fans, MSU came out with improved focus and play in the second stanza. The Spartans used a 13-0 to push the lead to 14 points at the under 16 minute media timeout and another 8-0 midway through the second half to push the lead to 20 points.