DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- Michigan State came to Wright State to showcase the four Ohio natives on its roster before family and friends.

It wasn't much of a homecoming.

	Tyson Freeman and Wright State turned into a real roadblock for Charlie Bell and the Spartans on Thursday.

Wright State hit eight consecutive free throws over the final 3:15 -- including the clinching two by Marcus May with 13 seconds left -- as the Raiders stunned the Spartans (No. 6 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) 53-49 Thursday night.

"We were totally outplayed from start to finish," coach Tom Izzo said. "There is no question the better team won tonight."

The better team in this case was a 3-8 squad that has had losing records the last three seasons and didn't move up to Division I until 1987.

"They could have given in to disappointment, they could have listened to the people when we were 3-8 or 2-8 or whatever," Wright State coach Ed Schilling said. "But they kept the faith."

A.J. Granger of Michigan State (9-4) had 17 points in a return to his home state, but leading scorer Morris Peterson struggled all night and ended up with five points on 2-of-15 shooting. Mike Chappell added 10 points for the Spartans, who were again without All-America guard Mateen Cleaves who has missed the entire season with a stress fracture in his foot.

Izzo said he never considered putting in Cleaves, who warmed up with the team. Cleaves won't return until the Spartans open Big Ten play against Penn State on Jan. 5.

Despite being favored by 23 points, the Spartans shouldn't have overlooked Wright State, Izzo said.

"Not if you're a good team," he said. "Great teams find a way to win when they're not playing well and we didn't do that."

Michigan State came in averaging 75 points a game while shooting 48 percent from the field, but was held to a season-low point total and hit just 18 of 55 shots (33 percent).

Kevin Melson led the Raiders with 16 points, while May had 14. Thomas Hope had 10 rebounds.

"This was a win-win situation," May said. "We were 23-point underdogs."

Melson added, "Later down the road, you can say you beat one of the best teams in the country."

The last time Wright State beat a ranked team was a 71-70 victory over No. 25 Xavier in the quarterfinals of the 1995 Midwestern Collegiate Conference tournament.

The Raiders scored the first seven points in building a 19-12 lead, but then went more than eight minutes without a field goal as Michigan State turned a 26-20 deficit into a 34-27 lead early in the second half.

After Wright State pulled even at 44 on Melson's baseline drive at the 6:12 mark, Michigan State took its final lead -- and hit its final field goal -- on Chappell's 3-pointer with 4:42 remaining.

The Spartans missed their last three shots from the field and had four turnovers the rest of the way.

"We got away from our staples -- rebounding and defending, getting the ball into the post and then out for better shot selection," Izzo said. "They beat us to all the loose balls. I can honestly say that's embarrassing to me and that's my fault. And that will be remedied in the next week, one way or another."

Wright State -- which scored its last nine points at the foul line -- pulled even on a foul shot by Joe Bills and two more by May. The Raiders took the lead for good on two more free throws by Melson with 1:55 left.

"We knew we had to put everything together or we wouldn't even be in it," Bills said.

After Michigan State -- which shot just 21 percent from the field in the second half -- missed a shot and had two turnovers on its next three possessions, Israel Sheinfeld made two free throws with 21 seconds left for a 51-47 lead.

Charlie Bell, playing the point in Cleaves' absence, hit two foul shots for Michigan State, but May made two more with 13 seconds left to close the scoring.

"Obviously, it's the biggest win in my career," Schilling said. "I had a big win when I was a high school coach, but we didn't have 10,000 people there."

Wright State finished 15-of-20 from the free throw line while the Spartans were 8-of-11.

"We didn't have one senior on the floor and most of the time it was freshmen and sophomores," Schilling said. "So this gives them a taste of what it feels like and hopefully this is something they'll want to come back to."