EAST LANSING, Michigan (Ticker) -- Coach Tom Izzo could feel
much better about his team's effort for a little while before
thinking about their looming challenge.

Raymar Morgan and freshman Durrell Summers scored 16 points
apiece as No. 10 Michigan State rolled past San Jose State,
85-45, on Wednesday.

It was more of a total effort for the Spartans (10-1), who were
also up big in their previous game against IPFW before settling
for a 79-57 win.

Izzo was bothered about that previous effort, stating that not
enough of his players showed a killer's instinct when his squad
could not close out the Mastodons at home.

Michigan State did much better against San Jose State (3-5),
scoring the first 12 points of the game before continuing to
pile it on.

However, the coach remained cautious about the Spartans'
upcoming home matchup with fifth-ranked Texas on Saturday.

"In a lot of ways, I thought there were some real good things
and some poor things," Izzo said. "Unfortunately, the poor
things will absolutely kill us on Saturday.

"I hope the guys aren't fooling themselves because we have a ton
of work to do in two days to play against a team as good as
Texas."

Leading scorer Drew Neitzel shared Izzo's high expectations for
a perfect game especially with the Texas matchup around the
bend.

"We know we have a top-five team coming up Saturday so we know
this is our practice game for that game and coach expects us to
be flawless and as players that's what we expect too because
we're going to have to play a great game to win on Saturday," he
said.

Goran Suton had nine points in the first half as the Spartans
held a 36-21 advantage at the half.

Despite that big lead, Izzo was concerned about his team's lack
of rebounding, trailing 25-21 at halftime.

"To get outrebounded in the first half, the score was not
indicative of the way the game was played," Izzo said.

"We were outrebounded in the first half," point guard Travis
Walton said. "In the second half, we picked things up as far as
offensive rebounds. I think overall we graded out to about a
'C'."

The cushion continued to grow as Michigan State collected the
first 10 points of the second half, going up, 46-21, on a jumper
by Neitzel with just 2:21 expired.

The Spartans, who captured their 33rd consecutive home game
against a non-conference opponent, kept up the energy, extending
the lead to 71-30 with 7:21 to play on the strength of a 21-2
burst.

"Michigan State is clearly a lot better than we are but we
really lost our composure in the second half," San Jose State
coach George Nessman said. "They had a lot to do with that.
They really pushed us out physically; they bothered us on our
entries into our offense and when that happens the game will get
away from you in a hurry and that's exactly what happened."

Neitzel finished with 14 points, Suton scored 11 and Walton
handed out 10 assists for Michigan State, which shot 53 percent
(38-of-72) and held a 46-34 rebounding advantage.

DaShawn Wright had 17 points for San Jose State, which finished
with 23 turnovers.