By Josh Adams

 

Newark- The legend of Myles Powell almost reached Paul Bunyan status on Thursday night in Newark as the All-American scored 37 points in 34 minutes on a bum ankle as the Pirates narrowly lost to the #3 ranked Michigan State Spartans 76-73. Here’s some notes and quotes from Thursday’s game.

Myles Powell Postgame Presser

Kevin Willard Postgame Press Conference

 

QUOTES

“For a November 14th college basketball game, the atmosphere was great. That was a lot of fun.”

– Kevin Willard

” I thought Myles definitely got fouled going to the basket.”

– Kevin Willard on Myles Powell no-call in the final minute

“First, let me say I feel very fortunate to win that game. They went through a lot, we went through a lot. It was a March game in November, and college basketball needs games like that.”

– Tom Izzo on tonight’s game

Their kid Myles is one of the great players I’ve ever seen in college basketball. He does things the right way. He doesn’t talk crap.”

– Izzo on Powell’s 37 points tonight