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Senior center Adreian Payne, 5, and sophomore guard Denzel Valentine, 45, defend Ohio state guard Lenzelle Smith, Jr. on Tuesday at Breslin Center.
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very kid dreams about hitting the game-winning shot to win a big game, but for Keith Appling, his dream has become a reality. The senior guard’s threepointer w it h MSU 72 under 30 secOSU 68 onds left in overtime gave the No. 5 MSU men’s basketball a 72-68 overtime win against No. 3 Ohio State Tuesday night, and senior forward Adreian Payne helped propel the victory with a gritty performance. The Spartans started the game without the ser vices of Payne and junior guard Travis Trice, but two quick three-pointers from sophomore guard Denzel Valentine and senior guard Keith Appling gave the Spartans an early lead. Payne finally got on the floor nearly seven minutes into the game. The Buckeyes went on a 7-0 run midway throw the half that included a botched dunk
from Valentine followed by an MSU turnover. Despite his injury, Payne played a key role in the game near the end of the half, scoring four straight points to push the MSU lead to four. Pay ne shot 7-of-10 after starting the game 0-of-4 and finished with 18 points and six rebounds. Redshirt freshman forward Kenny Kaminski would cap off the 7-0 run with his second three-pointer of the game and gave the Spartans a 28-21 lead at the half. Harris scored the first points coming out of the locker room, a three-pointer assisted by Appling. He continued with his second straight basket almost two minutes later.
Payne shot 7-of-10 after he started the game 0-of-4 and finished with 18 points and six rebounds MSU pushed the lead to ten after Appling assisted on a three-pointer by Valentine and Valentine returned the favor on the next trip down the floor when he found Appling on the fast break for a layup. The Spartans really start-
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Senior center Adreian Payne dunks the ball over Ohio State players Tuesday at Breslin Center. The Spartans defeated the Buckeyes in overtime, 72-68.
ed rolling when two massive Payne dunks sandwiched a transition three-pointer. Not even the introduction of the Rose Bowl-winning football team at halftime matched t he pure energ y f low i ng through Breslin Center after that series. Sam Thompson scored nine straight points, and MSU didn’t score over a three minute span late in the game. The Buckeyes went on a 16-2 run to cut it to
a one possession game. Things got crazy from there on out. A scramble for the ball under the Spartan basket led to an Ohio State timeout. Craft sliced through the Spartan defense to tie the game with under a minute to play. A f ter MSU ’s 16t h t ur nover Shannon Scott streaked down the floor to lay it in for the win, but he was off on the shot and the game went to
overtime. Thompson hit two of his three free throws after he was fouled from behind the arch. He made two to give the Buckeyes their first lead since it was 19-17. Freshman forward Kenny Kaminski hit a threepointer, followed by another from Payne to give MSU a lead in overtime. See B-BALL on page 2 u
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A number of factors went into the decision to postpone university operations Monday, most of which revolved around concerns for student and staff safety, university officials said Tuesday. In addition to allotting more time to clear roads, Acting Provost June Youatt said the decision was made to allow for an easier transition back to a fully-functional campus. “The 5 p.m. time allowed for normal shift starts for physical plant, police, residential and hospitality services, power plant, university operators and other core backbone operations that have been operating with skeleton crews,” Youatt said. Originally, the university was set to resume operations at noon on Tuesday, but a call was made that morning to postpone opening until 5 p.m. The call was made abruptly because of the ongoing weather situation. “Administration is doing what they constantly do in weather situations like this — reassessing the conditions,” university spokesman Jason Cody said. “The decision (was) made to postpone operations until 5 p.m due to wind chill temperatures remaining as low as they were for longer than they were forecasted to.” Although most operations on campus were set to resume at 5 p.m., some operations still were not functioning at normal capacity. Certain services, such as the MSU Federal Credit Union and the MSU Dairy store, stayed closed all day Tuesday, said Tami Kuhn, the interim director of the MSU Union. The Spartan Spirit Shop, Biggby Coffee and Sparty’s also closed earlier than normal. The MSU Union stayed open until its normal closing time, 2 a.m. In addition to the MSU Union services affected by the inclement weather, sporting events on campus had to make special arrangeSee CANCELED on page 2 u
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Izzone members brave cold weather to line up for OSU game By Mayara Sanches msanches@statenews.com
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In late December, the city of East Lansing was hit with a devastating ice storm that caused severe backlash across the entire Lansing area. Large swaths of people spent a significant time without power and had to deal with various hazards from the ice, such as downed power lines and trees. On Monday night, the East Lansing City Council met with various community members who were involved in the management of the ice storm and discussed the actions they took. “The ice storm caused widespread power outages over the city of East Lansing,” East Lansing City Manager George Lahanas said. “Those power outages, in addition to the cold temperatures, created a situation where city leadership immediately decided to take out and act our emergency operations plan.” According to Lahanas, the
“City leadership immediately decided to take out and act our emergency operations plan.” George Lahanas, East Lansing City Manager
plan included measures such as daily phone conferences and door-to-door welfare checks, as well as typical fire and emergency response services. The Red Cross also helped residents by setting up warming shelters in the city’s community centers. Randy Talifarro, fire chief for both Lansing and East Lansing, talked about how fire crews were able to respond to all the requests from people who were without power or had hazards. “We did not have any fires or medical responses that went unattended,” Talifarro said. “The immediate needs and the
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Te mp e r at u r e s b e low zero, a windchill below 20 degrees and being on crutches couldn’t stop secondary education sophomore Tim Stark from lining up for Tuesday night’s basketball game. “I can’t miss the basketball game,” said Stark, who had knee surgery during winter break. “The line isn’t that bad right now, I would usually get here two hours before.”
Breslin Center and MSUPD pushed back allowed lineup time for the basketball game to 6 p.m. The Breslin Center and the MSU Police Department pushed back the allowed line-up time for the MSU vs. OSU basketball game on Tuesday to 6 p.m. The decision was made due to t he da ngerou s
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No-preference sophomore David Berkompas waits for the men's basketball game against Ohio State University on Tuesday at Breslin Center.
weather, Director for Future Alumni Dan DiMaggio said. “We realized temperatures weren’t where they were supposed to be and we (had not)
wanted to take chances of anyone getting injured because of the cold,” DiMaggio said. Doors opened earlier to prevent people from having cam-
pouts outside, said marketing senior Matt Martin, who works at Breslin Center. See IZZONE on page 2 u