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Michigan State (1-0) @ IPFW (0-1)
Though Michigan State has been dominant on its home court the last three seasons, it has met with mixed results away from East Lansing.
Looking for better road results in 2008-09, the fifth-ranked Spartans begin their first of five straight games away from home with a matchup at Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne on Wednesday.
Michigan State (1-0) is 48-3 at the Breslin Center since the start of 2005-06, including a 17-0 mark last season en route to its 11th straight NCAA tournament appearance.
The Spartans, though, are 8-21 on the road in that same stretch including a 4-6 mark in 2007-08.
This is Michigan State's first trip - and the first for any Big Ten team - to Allen County War Memorial Coliseum to face IPFW (0-1). Following Wednesday's game, the Spartans will play three games in Orlando as part of the Old Spice Classic before opposing top-ranked North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Ford Field in Detroit on Dec. 3.
Michigan State was 6-3 at neutral sites in 2007-08, with all three losses coming against top-10 opponents.
At home on Sunday, the Spartans routed Idaho 100-62 to earn their 22nd consecutive victory at the Breslin Center and improve to 88-22 in season openers.
Sophomore guard Chris Allen scored a career-high 21 points in his first start for the Spartans. Allen averaged 6.3 points off the bench as a freshman but showed improvement late, scoring 11.7points per game in Michigan State's run to the regional semifinals in the NCAA tournament.
Raymar Morgan also scored 21 points while Kalin Lucas had 13 points and nine assists for Michigan State, which shot 59.6 percent (34-for-57) from the field and was 11 of 21 from 3-point range.
As easy as defeating the Vandals was, the Spartans saw it as a chance to tune up for the likes of ranked potential opponents such as No. 10 Gonzaga, No. 14 Tennessee and No. 22 Georgetown in the upcoming Old Spice Classic.
"Playing Idaho prepared us for those games because it gave us another chance to figure out how we're going to use our depth," said Lucas, a sophomore guard who averaged 10.3 points a season ago. "We're going to need everybody to beat those teams."
IPFW was short-handed for Friday's season-opening 71-43 loss at Xavier, after senior guard Jakari Johnson suffered an unspecified injury last week during practice. He remains listed as day-to-day.
Without Johnson, freshman reserve Trey McCorkle scored 10 points and transfer Deilvez Yearby had nine for the Mastodons, who shot only 25.0 percent (15-for-60) from the field.
IPFW, which went 13-18 in 2007-08 - its best record since joining Division I in 2002-03 - now looks to avoid opening 0-2 for a third straight season.
That won't be easy, as the Mastodons have dropped seven straight games against ranked opponents, including three to Michigan State.
The Spartans are 4-0 all-time against IPFW, including a 79-57 win last Dec. 15.
Though Michigan State has been dominant on its home court the last three seasons, it has met with mixed results away from East Lansing.
Looking for better road results in 2008-09, the fifth-ranked Spartans begin their first of five straight games away from home with a matchup at Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne on Wednesday.
Michigan State (1-0) is 48-3 at the Breslin Center since the start of 2005-06, including a 17-0 mark last season en route to its 11th straight NCAA tournament appearance.
The Spartans, though, are 8-21 on the road in that same stretch including a 4-6 mark in 2007-08.
This is Michigan State's first trip - and the first for any Big Ten team - to Allen County War Memorial Coliseum to face IPFW (0-1). Following Wednesday's game, the Spartans will play three games in Orlando as part of the Old Spice Classic before opposing top-ranked North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Ford Field in Detroit on Dec. 3.
Michigan State was 6-3 at neutral sites in 2007-08, with all three losses coming against top-10 opponents.
At home on Sunday, the Spartans routed Idaho 100-62 to earn their 22nd consecutive victory at the Breslin Center and improve to 88-22 in season openers.
Sophomore guard Chris Allen scored a career-high 21 points in his first start for the Spartans. Allen averaged 6.3 points off the bench as a freshman but showed improvement late, scoring 11.7points per game in Michigan State's run to the regional semifinals in the NCAA tournament.
Raymar Morgan also scored 21 points while Kalin Lucas had 13 points and nine assists for Michigan State, which shot 59.6 percent (34-for-57) from the field and was 11 of 21 from 3-point range.
As easy as defeating the Vandals was, the Spartans saw it as a chance to tune up for the likes of ranked potential opponents such as No. 10 Gonzaga, No. 14 Tennessee and No. 22 Georgetown in the upcoming Old Spice Classic.
"Playing Idaho prepared us for those games because it gave us another chance to figure out how we're going to use our depth," said Lucas, a sophomore guard who averaged 10.3 points a season ago. "We're going to need everybody to beat those teams."
IPFW was short-handed for Friday's season-opening 71-43 loss at Xavier, after senior guard Jakari Johnson suffered an unspecified injury last week during practice. He remains listed as day-to-day.
Without Johnson, freshman reserve Trey McCorkle scored 10 points and transfer Deilvez Yearby had nine for the Mastodons, who shot only 25.0 percent (15-for-60) from the field.
IPFW, which went 13-18 in 2007-08 - its best record since joining Division I in 2002-03 - now looks to avoid opening 0-2 for a third straight season.
That won't be easy, as the Mastodons have dropped seven straight games against ranked opponents, including three to Michigan State.
The Spartans are 4-0 all-time against IPFW, including a 79-57 win last Dec. 15.
