Record crowd watches Kentucky subdue MSU

The eighth-ranked Wildcats are 5-0 for the first time since 1992-93.
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DETROIT -- The Kentucky Wildcats made shots with daylight peeking through glass, students bouncing on the turf and a record crowd rooting against them.
Playing with remarkable poise, as if they were home at Rupp Arena, Gerald Fitch scored 25 points to lead the eighth-ranked Wildcats to a 79-74 victory over No. 21 Michigan State on Saturday before a basketball world-record crowd of 78,129 at Ford Field.
"It got loud at times, but we blocked the noise out and focused on the game at hand," said Kentucky's Cliff Hawkins, who had 13 points. "We didn't get caught up in the atmosphere."
The Wildcats, who never trailed, are 5-0 for the first time since 1992-93.
Paul Davis scored a career-high 24 points for Michigan State (3-4), which has a losing record for the first time since 1995-96, Tom Izzo's first season as head coach.
"I'm more disappointed than usual because we had an opportunity of a lifetime," Izzo said.
Record crowd
Basketball's previous attendance record was 75,000, set in 1951 when the Harlem Globetrotters played at Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
The NCAA attendance record was 68,112, set in 1990 at the Louisiana Superdome when Notre Dame played LSU. The NBA record is 62,046 from a Chicago-Atlanta game at the Georgia Dome in 1998.
"We are so pleased and excited to be a part of such a historical-type atmosphere," Kentucky coach Tubby Smith said. "It was a real festive atmosphere. It was a real happening event."
Michigan 74, Bowling Green 57
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bernard Robinson Jr. scored 15 points to lead Michigan to a win over Bowling Green.
Lester Abram collected 14 points for the Wolverines, and Daniel Horton and J.C. Mathis each added 11.
Michigan (5-1) is 3-1 against the Falcons the past four seasons. Bowling Green (2-5) has lost five straight after opening the season with two wins.