Sunday, December 16
East Lansing, Mich.
5 PM ET
Michigan State University
9-2
104
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83
Green Bay
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Green Bay
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Michigan St.
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Six in Double Figures as No. 9 Michigan State Beats Green Bay, 104-83
12/16/2018 7:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Six in Double Figures as No. 9 Michigan State Beats Green Bay, 104-83
East Lansing, Mich. – Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) scored a career-high 28 points and No. 9/9 Michigan State scored 64 points in the first half and cruised to a 104-83 win over Green Bay on Sunday evening at the Breslin Center.
Records
Michigan State, winners of nine of the last 10 games, improves to 9-2 overall, while Green Bay falls to 6-6 overall.
Summary
Key Stats
Up Next
Michigan State continues its three-game homestand on Friday, Dec. 21, hosting Oakland. The game will air live on BTN at 7 p.m.
East Lansing, Mich. – Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) scored a career-high 28 points and No. 9/9 Michigan State scored 64 points in the first half and cruised to a 104-83 win over Green Bay on Sunday evening at the Breslin Center.
Records
Michigan State, winners of nine of the last 10 games, improves to 9-2 overall, while Green Bay falls to 6-6 overall.
Summary
- The Spartans opened up a 64-35 lead at the break after hitting 62.9 percent of their field goals (22-of-35), with junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) leading the way with 22 points, while senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) added 10 points and junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) had 10 points and eight assists.
- MSU scored five points in the final five seconds of the first half as Winston scored on a layup and, after a Green Bay turnover, sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic) lofted a 3-pointer from the corner that fell in at the buzzer.
- The Phoenix had jumped out to an early lead, thanks in large part to guard Sandy Cohen III, who scored 11 points in the first half.
- A jumper from Cohen at the 13:06 mark gave Green Bay a 24-20 lead, but it was all Michigan State from then on, as the Spartans rattled off 16-straight points over a span of 6:02, taking a 36-24 lead on a Winston layup with 6:41 left.
- Ward scored nine of his 22 first half points during that run.
- The Spartans took their biggest lead, 80-46 (34 points), on a layup from Ward with 13:10 left to play in the game.
Key Stats
- Ward led six players in double figures, scoring 28 points on 12-of-13 shooting from the floor, along with nine rebounds and a season-high four blocked shots.
- Winston added 16 points and 12 assists, McQuaid tied his season-high with 12 points and Langford finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and four assists.
- Freshman forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) scored a career-high 11 points off the bench and freshman guard Foster Loyer (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) chipped in 10 points.
- The Spartans connected on 62.9 percent of their first half shots (22-of-35) and finished the game shooting 50.7 percent from the floor (38-of-75).
- MSU handed out 31 assists on 38 field goals.
- The Spartans had a 56-34 advantage on the boards and scored 48 points in the paint.
- This was the third time this season MSU has scored at least 100 points, and the 104 points are the second-most this season.
- It was the 50th time in program in history that the Spartans have scored at least 100 points in a game (49-1).
- It was the 20th time MSU has scored at least 100 points under Head Coach Tom Izzo (19-1).
- Michigan State shot 50.7 percent from the floor, the sixth game this season the team has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals (and the third-straight).
- This was the first time MSU had six players score in double figures since Dec. 31, 2017 against Cleveland State.
- Ward's 28 points pushed his career total to 1,104 points, moving him up to 42nd on the all-time list at MSU, moving past Goran Suton (2005-09) and Bill Kilgore (1970-73).
- He connected on 12-of-13 of his shots from the floor. His 92.3 percent shooting for the game is the second-best single game mark in program history.
- This was the 10th time this season Michigan State out-rebounded its opponent … The Spartans are 9-1 in those games.
- Winston scored in double figures for the 10th time this season and the 43rd of his career.
- This was Winston's fourth game this season with at least 10 assists and the 11th of his career … Winston has three double-doubles this year and eight for his career.
- Langford has scored in double figures in every game this season and has 36 career games in double figures.
- Ward led MSU in scoring for the fourth time this season … He scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and the 53rd of his career.
Up Next
Michigan State continues its three-game homestand on Friday, Dec. 21, hosting Oakland. The game will air live on BTN at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
GB
MSU
FG%
.405
.507
3FG%
.444
.393
FT%
.733
.654
RB
34
56
TO
9
14
STL
6
7
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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