Friday, November 18, 2011

MSU Spartans Play Texas Southern In Home Opener

Michigan State (0-2) vs. Texas Southern (1-1)
 DateFriday, Nov. 18
 Time6:30 p.m. ET
 LocationEast Lansing, Mich. | Breslin Center
 Internet StreamingESPN3.com (Dan Gutowsky, Bob Donewald)
 RadioSpartan Sports Network (Will Tieman, Gus Ganakas, Matt Steigenga)
 TicketsAvailable at MSUSpartans.com.
 Game NotesMichigan State
 Statistics Michigan State

The Opening Tip
After opening the season with a game vs. North Carolina on the USS Carl Vinson in San Diego and a game vs. Duke in Madison Square Garden in New York City, the Spartans will finally play their home opener as they host Texas Southern Friday night. Michigan State has not lost a home opener since dropping the 1976 opener. MSU's next four games are part of the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational, a six-team, 13-day, partial round-robin tournament.

MSU vs. Texas Southern Notes
Series History
This is the first ever meeting between Michigan State and Texas Southern.

Coach Harvey
Tony B. Harvey (Cameron University, '88) is 44-55 in his fourth season as a collegiate head coach, all at Texas Southern. Last season, he led Texas Southern to its first SWAC regular-season title since 1998.

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