EAST LANSING, Michigan (Ticker) -- Drew Neitzel had a big first
half before letting his teammates take over from there.

Neitzel scored 16 of his 18 points prior to halftime as No. 10
Michigan State posted a 79-57 victory over IPFW on Saturday.

Marquise Gray scored 15 points and Raymar Morgan added 12 for
the Spartans (9-1), who extended their home winning streak over
non-conference opponents to 33 games. The run is the third best
in the nation, behind only Duke (56 straight) and Sam Houston
State (41).

Michigan State, which has won five straight overall, used the
sharpshooting of Neitzel to take a double-digit lead by
halftime.

"I was very pleased with the way we started out and I thought we
did some things to get Drew some shots," Michigan State coach
Tom Izzo said.

The senior guard from Grand Rapids, Michigan, who connected on
6-of-12 shots overall, was 5-of-7 in the first half as the
Spartans led 40-29 at the break. Neitzel also buried 3-of-4
3-pointers in the opening 20 minutes.

"Originally our game plan was to go inside because they didn't
have a lot of big bodies," Neitzel said. "However, on a couple
of plays, I fed the ball into the post and I got open looks off
return feeds."

IPFW reduced its deficit to 41-37 on two consecutive baskets by
Jaraun Burrows at the 15:17 mark in the second half, but
Michigan State went on a 16-4 spurt capped by a rebound dunk by
Gray with 8:47 remaining to make it 57-41.

"You have to give IPFW credit because we had them down, and they
cut it back to four and that's a credit to him (IPFW coach Dane
Fife) and what he did at halftime," Izzo said.

The Spartans cruised the rest of the way.

Michigan State, which is 4-0 all-time vs. IPFW, shot 52 percent
(28-of-54).

"We started off strong," Morgan said. "Drew came out hot and
led us for a while. After halftime, different guys stepped up
to get the job done."

Jakari Johnson scored 17 points and Burrows added 15 and 10
rebounds - his first double-double of the season - for the
Mastodons (4-5), who saw their three-game winning streak end.

"I thought we did a real good job executing our game plan for
the most part," Fife said. "We crept back in it in the second
half when I think they had their starting five in there. But we
had to make a stop and we didn't and it snowballed from there."