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Michigan State holds off Indiana in overtime

Jan 31, 2011 - 3:56 AM East Lansing, MI (Sports Network) - Draymond Green scored 19 points, and tallied the deciding bucket inside of 30 seconds left in overtime, as 25th- ranked Michigan State claimed a hard-fought 84-83 decision over Indiana at the Breslin Center.

Kalin Lucas posted 26 points for the Spartans (13-8, 5-4 Big Ten), who snapped a three-game losing skid and posted their third straight overtime victory. Durrell Summers added 17 points and Delvon Roe chipped in 10 and nine boards before fouling out.

"I know fans are getting a little frustrated with us, but they're getting their money's worth," said MSU head coach Tom Izzo. "Indiana out-played us for the most part. I don't think it was for a lack of effort."

Christian Watford poured in 21 points for the Hoosiers (11-11, 2-7), who have dropped nine of their last 11. Jordan Hulls notched 17 points, four rebounds and four assists, with Matt Roth adding 12 points in a losing cause.

Hulls hit a runner in the lane to give the Hoosiers an 83-82 edge with 48 seconds left in OT, but Green responded with his own bucket in the paint with 27 seconds showing to make it 84-83 for MSU.

The Hoosiers then worked the ball around to the left side, but Hulls ran into defender, eventually drawing a whistle with 1.2 seconds left. Hulls got the inbound at the left corner but shot wide at the buzzer.

"Well, I think there are so many steps for our program that we're trying to take and one thing as a coach, there is nothing like when you go on the road when there is a strong belief that they're going to win the game," said Indiana head coach Tom Crean. "You're in that locker room and the energy is where it is, during the game you can feel it. It was an incredibly hard fought game."

A 19-6 run which lasted through the midway point of the first half boosted Indiana to a 26-15 advantage on a Derek Elston layup. Green's trey and two from the line by Lucas capped a Spartan surge of 12-1 for a 27-26 lead, but a Victor Oladipo shot sent the Hoosiers to the break up 43-40.

The visitors led by as many as eight, 60-52, seven minutes into the second half, but 11 in a row from the home team put it ahead 63-60 with 9:06 to play. Indiana went up 73-67 on a Watford jumper with 4:36 remaining, but a 13-6 MSU run to the end of regulation knotted the game at 79-all. Green hit two from the line with three seconds to play to send the contest to extra time.

Game Notes

Indiana still leads the all-time series 65-48, but hasn't won at MSU since 1991, having dropped 16 in a row at Breslin...Michigan State committed just eight turnovers and forced Indiana to turn the ball over 13 times...The visitors finished 11-of-21 from beyond the arc, and missed all five chances in OT.