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Updated, 3:26 a.m.
EAST LANSING — The Michigan State Spartans lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels 72-89 on Monday night during the NCAA men’s basketball finals in Detroit.
Police in East Lansing expect large crowds of Spartan fans to venture out following the game and are preparing for possible disturbances downtown and elsewhere near campus.
Before the game ended, police in riot gear were assembled at MAC and Albert avenues, off the Grand River Avenue commercial strip.
Lt. Lance Langdon of the East Lansing Police Department said that because the protective equipment can be cumbersome to put on in the cold and snow, police personnel were getting ready early, just in case.
Langdon also said that the cold weather conditions could cause Spartan fans out and about to head home early.
Michigan Messenger’s Todd A. Heywood is out on the streets and will be filing dispatches. Please check back for updates.
For background on East Lansing’s new anti-rioting ordinance, click here.
» UPDATE, 12:06 a.m.: Police in riot gear are also assembled at the Cedar Village apartment complex. At least 1,000 people are assembled near the intersection of Cedar Street and Waters Edge Drive. The crowd has been described as more animated than it was on Saturday, when 60 people were arrested.
» UPDATE, 12:34 a.m.: The crowd is growing at Cedar Village as Spartan fans who were at the Breslin Center for a viewing party start to arrive. Police have made some arrests, mainly for minors in possession of alcohol.
» UPDATE, 12:55 a.m.: Additional police officers are being called into the area near Cedar Village. Officers are trying to restrict access to the apartment complex to those who can’t show proof that they live in Cedar Village.
» UPDATE, 1:06 a.m.: In downtown East Lansing, The State News reports that the streets are relatively quiet “with people filing out of bars and heading home. Crowds of police rivaled the number of people on the streets.”
» UPDATE, 2:30 a.m.: Within the past 45 minutes, police went through Cedar Village to disperse the crowd.
» UPDATE, 3:26 a.m.: East Lansing police reported 21 arrests following the game. For a complete report, click here.
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