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 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Drew Neitzel scored 28 points, Travis Walton hit five free throws in the final minute and No. 19 Michigan State held off Ohio State 67-60 Friday in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.
Fourth-seeded Michigan State (25-7), which lost to Wisconsin in the semifinals last year, will get a rematch with the top-seeded Badgers on Saturday. Wisconsin advanced with a 51-34 quarterfinal victory over Michigan in the lowest-scoring game in Big Ten tourney history.
Neitzel hit six 3-pointers against the Buckeyes' zone, but the Spartans couldn't pull away until late in the game with a 3-pointer by Durrell Summers, a steal by Neitzel and another basket by Summers. Ohio State managed only one free throw over a span of more than 4 minutes, and the Spartans took their biggest lead at nine points during the late string of free throws by Walton, his only points of the game.
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