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Associate professor named fellow for Society of Plastics Engineers A MSU associate professor has recently been elected a fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Laurent Matuana, associate professor in the MSU School of Packaging, is now part of a network of nearly 16,000 plastics professionals in more than 84 countries. The society provides educational and networking opportunities and research help to professionals in the plastics industry. Matuana is well known for his work melding biobased materials with plastics. Woodplastic composites are now widely used in construction and automotive fields and are most commonly used to make outdoor decks and railings. Matuana also is known for his world in developing biofoam materials, including packing peanuts that come from crop-based sources instead of petroleum-based ones. Matuana has been a MSU faculty member since 2002 and has worked extensively with wood-plastic composite materials for 17 years. He began working with the materials when he was a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto. Matuana now holds five patents for wood-plastic composite technologies. Olivia Dimmer

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MSU beats Michigan 69-55, wins Big Ten Tournament title By Matt Sheehan msheehan@statenews.com THE STATE NEWS nn

INDIANAPOLIS — They had something to prove. Two times this season, they lost to Michigan. Too many times this season, they were without a full roster. But on Sunday, they had a statement to make. After weeks of overcoming adversity, the Spartans took center stage at Bankers Life Fieldhouse to show the nation who they truly are. And they did. Going up against No. 1-seeded Michigan, the Spartans looked to run the Wolverines off the court and prove the trophy belonged to the green and white. They didn’t just beat the Wolverines — they ran over them in a 69-55 victory. After the game, junior forward Branden Dawson heard his name called as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. He joins sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior forward Adreian Payne on the All-tournament team. “We’ve been through so much,” said Dawson, who missed both of the previous Michigan games because of a broken hand. “Just to finish it off with a Big Ten tournament gives us a lot of confidence.” Following the victory, MSU found out they would travel to Spokane, Wash., as a No. 4 seed to play No. 13 seed Delaware in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday. With help from Adreian Payne’s 18 points and nine rebounds, the Spartans raised the Big Ten Tournament trophy for the second time in three seasons. Sophomore guard Gary Harris and Branden Dawson scored 15 points each, but the shooting statistics don’t account for the suffocating defense MSU played the whole 40 minutes. The Spartans stuck to the Wolverines and held them to a 31.9 percent shooting clip. Michigan came out with fire, using two 3-pointers and a converted and-1 chance by Derrick Walton Jr. to take a 9-4 lead. MSU was having none of that. Starting with an and-1 conversion by Dawson and

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Sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior forward Adreian Payne kiss the Big Ten Championship trophy Sunday after a game against Michigan at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

ending with a Harris fast break dunk, the Spartans went on a 12-0 run to take a 19-6 lead. MSU didn’t have to wait long to see their next scoring spurt, as senior guard Keith Appling buried a floater to take a 23-14 lead with 9:18 left in the half. Michigan head coach John Beilein thought Appling used too much forearm to get to the hoop, but he argued too much and was called for a technical foul. Junior guard Travis Trice went to the line smoothly and buried a pair of free throws to extend MSU’s lead to 25-14. Trice admitted seeing the wide gap in the first half let him know the Spartans were destined to win. “I just felt like there was no way we were going to blow it,” Trice said. Eight combined first half rebounds by Gavin Schilling and Adreian Payne gave MSU a devastating 20-11 rebounding advantage after the first half. “That’s my role, just to rebound and run and defend,” Schilling said of his four first half offensive boards. “I did my job.” The Spartans walked into the locker room with a 38-29 lead, and they were looking to hold it. They came out hungry, starting the second half on a 8-0 run. The scoring streak was capped

with a windmill dunk by Dawson after Trice grabbed the loose ball and threw it in the air for Dawson’s taking. “I was like ‘All right, well hopefully he catches this,’” Trice said. “That was a big play for us too, because that got the crowd into it.” The only scare came at the 13:05 mark, when Harris left the game with a left arm injury. He was absent for eight minutes, allowing Michigan to go on a small 9-6 run. Harris later said his shoulder was nothing to worry about. “It was just a little tweak, really,” Harris said. “Nothing crazy.” MSU also flexed their defense on Stauskas, who was held to four points in the second half. Harris ultimately said keeping his scoring down was a true group effort. “You’re not going to stop him from scoring, you just have to contain him,” Harris said. “I feel like we did a pretty good job of that today as a team.” After the game MSU was cutting down the nets, but Payne got some help from his 8-year-old friend and cancer patient Lacey Holsworth. “I got to share a special moment in my life with her,” Payne said.

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INDIANAPOLIS — When Tom Izzo and Branden Dawson got to the podium following the Spartans’ 69-55 win against Michigan Sunday afternoon, Izzo put his arm around the junior and told him how proud he was. MSU fans all knew Dawson was a key cog in the Michigan State basketball machine, but not like this. One tournament Most Valuable Player award later, he and the Big Ten Tournament champions are preparing to get shipped off to Spokane, Wash., for the NCAA Tournament. “I just prayed on it and told myself to play a solid game,” Dawson said. “Michigan is a great team, and I knew they were going to come out ready to score and play hard to the end. We just never gave up.” Dawson didn’t play in either game between the Spartans and Wolverines in the regular season, both of which turned into wins for Michigan. But he showed up in a big way in the team’s final matchup before the NCAA Tournament, going 7-of-8 from the floor and scoring 15 points with six rebounds. It’s refreshing for Dawson to be back in the swing of things, but his teammates were just as happy for him and how he performed. “You saw what he did the last three games,” Gary Harris said. “Tournament MVP?

That speaks for itself.” Both Harris and Dawson were lethal on the defensive end, with shutting down Michigan’s Glenn Robinson III and Harris not allowing Big Ten Player of the Year Nik Stauskas to score in the second half until late. Dawson missed nine regular season games after breaking his hand, and his rise to Big Ten Tournament MVP was a quick turnaround.

Dawson went 7-of-8 from the floor, scored 15 points and had six rebounds, earning him the MVP award He said he was chomping at the bit to get another shot at Michigan and to have it end with a personal award is just icing on the cake. “It was mind blowing when I first heard my name,” Dawson said. “Coach (Izzo) came to me and thanked me for all the hard work. Getting up at 6:30 in the morning, it’s all paid off.” The last time the Spartans won the Big Ten Tournament in 2012, Dawson was on the bench after tearing his ACL in the regular season finale. He said he’s glad to finally contribute to a championshipwinning performance. He didn’t give any inkling into whether or not he’ll come back for his senior season, but he’s not thinking too far past March. “I feel great,” he said. “My legs feel good and I’m ready to compete for a National Championship.”

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59 Curved foot part 60 Minor league rink org. 61 “Just watch me!” 62 “Politically Incorrect” host Bill 64 Hearty meal often made with mutton, and, in a way, what the ends of 16-, 24-, 37- and 54-Across comprise 66 “Not __ out of you!” 67 Casino freebie 68 Chile’s Cape __ 69 Methods: Abbr. 70 “Ghost Hunters” channel 71 Two-time loser to DDE

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