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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Miles Bridges missed a free throw, got to the loose ball, dribbled through the lane and leaped to make a backboard-shaking dunk that got Magic Johnson out of his seat.Bridges scored 21 of his 24 points in the first half, grabbed 11 rebounds and had six assists in his home debut for No. 13 Michigan State in an 100-53 win over Mississippi Valley State on Friday night.That first-half performance was as good as any as Ive seen here in a long time, Spartans coach Tom Izzo said.Bridges , a 6-foot-7 freshman, put on quite a show that the fans loved at the Breslin Center, including a former Michigan State great and Hall of Famer. He made an array of shots, including a jump hook and two 3-pointers.Johnson popped out of his seat in a suite and spread his arms wide while showing an ear-to-ear smile when the left-handed freshman soared and slammed with his off hand.That was amazing, Johnson said in a halftime interview with The Associated Press. He is a guy, not only will he thrill Michigan State fans and basketball fans around the country, but the next level, hell be a great player.Bridges was awed by meeting Johnson for the first time and getting praise from him during a brief postgame chat.For him to be that excited about the way I played, for a legend to say that, that means a lot, he said.Bridges helped the Spartans (1-2) get a confidence-boosting win after getting routed by No. 2 Kentucky and losing to No. 10 Arizona by two points, but Izzo kept the rout in perspective.We took a step in the first direction, Izzo said. We did not conquer Rome or anything.Nick Ward, one of Michigan States four highly touted freshmen, had 18 points on 8-of-8 shooting and eight rebounds.Reserve Ronald Strother had 12 points and Amos Given scored 10 for the Delta Devils (0-4) who could not slow down Bridges until he decided to set up teammates for more shots in the second half.He actually played about three years older than what he actually is because he smelled that fear and went into attack mode, MVSU coach Andre Payne said.BIG PICTUREMVSU: The overmatched Delta Devils can learn from and build off of the solid start they had against the Spartans, who were leading just 16-14 midway through the first half.With about 7 minutes to go in the first half, they decided to do it their way instead of following the game plan, Payne said. On the road against a high-major team like Michigan State, they make you play.The Spartans closed the first half with 32-9 run and scored 84 points in the last 9:20 of the game.Michigan State: Eron Harris and Matt McQuaid have to play like they did against MVSU for the Spartans to have a lot of success this season because they cant rely on just freshmen. Harris had 19 points and McQuaid scored 15. Both were 5 of 8 on 3-pointers.Eron and Quaido (McQuaid) were in a slump, Bridges said. My job was to get them going. Thats where this game could be important.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Spartans might make voters pause before dropping them down too much following a 19-point loss and a 47-point win with one game left before the next poll.CAUSE FOR CONCERNMichigan State freshman Joshua Langford was limited to three points in 12 minutes, playing through hamstring ailment in his left leg.Josh is dragging that leg, Izzo said. 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ELKHART LAKE, Wis. -- Jnathan Bomarito won his first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship pole position since 2014 on Saturday at Road America.In qualifying for the 2-hour, 40-minute race Sunday, Bomarito had a fast lap of 127.2 mph in the No. 55 Mazda Prototype to lead the 41-car field.It was Bomaritos first pole in the IMSA Prototype class and his first IMSA pole of any kind since taking the top spot in the GT Le Mans class at Circuit of The Americas in 2014.He and co-driver Tristan Nunez head into the looking for their first IMSA victory. Nunez has qualified on the pole position twice earlier this season.Its been a lot of work to get to this point, but tomorrow is what its all about, Bomarito said. Its going to be a hard fight. Its tough like always, were just goingg to do our thing, get a good start and kind of manage from there.dddddddddddd Hopefully it goes as well as the rest of the weekend.Christian Fittipaldi will start second in the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette Daytona Prototype, following a lap at 125.9. Dirk Muller -- the GTE Pro class winner in June in the 24 Hours of Le Mans -- will start from the GT Le Mans class pole position in the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT.Other class pole winners were James French in the No. 38 Performance Tech Motorsports ORECA in the Prototype Challenge class, and Alex Riberas in the GT Daytona class driving the No. 23 Alex Job Racing/Team Seattle Porsche. ' ' '