Friday, December 21
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM ET
Michigan State University
99
vs
69
Oakland
1
2
F
Oakland
32
37
69
Michigan St.
45
54
99
Winston’s Season-High 26 Points Leads MSU Past Oakland, 99-69
12/21/2018 9:54:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Junior Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored a season-high 26 points and junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) added 14 points as No. 10/8 Michigan State beat Oakland, 99-69, on Friday night at the Breslin Center.
Records
Michigan State, winners of five-straight games and 10 of its last 11 overall, improves to 10-2 this season, while Oakland falls to 4-9 overall.
Summary
Key Stats
Michigan State plays its final non-league game of the regular season, hosting Northern Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 29 at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.
Records
Michigan State, winners of five-straight games and 10 of its last 11 overall, improves to 10-2 this season, while Oakland falls to 4-9 overall.
Summary
- The Spartans led by 13 points, 45-32 at the break and extended the lead to 19 points, 54-35, after a layup from Winston at the 17:26 mark. Winston scored seven of MSU's first nine points in the half.
- Oakland pulled to within 12 points, 61-49, on a 3-pointer from Karman Newman with 13:10 to play in the game, and the MSU lead was still 12 points, 66-54, after a 3-pointer from Jaevin Cumberland at the 9:20 mark.
- Michigan State scored the next six points – a 3-pointer from Winston followed by a conventional three-point play from sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) and took a 72-54 lead with 8:29 left to play.
- After a 3-pointer from Oakland's Braden Norris, Michigan State held the Golden Grizzlies scoreless for 3:31 and used a 17-0 run to take an 89-57 lead on a 3-pointer from freshman guard Foster Loyer (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston).
- The Spartans matched their biggest lead, 32 points (99-64) on a jumper from redshirt junior guard Conner George (Okemos, Mich./Okemos).
- MSU went into the break with a 45-32 lead after connecting on 58.6 percent of its first half shots (17-of-29), with Winston and Ward scoring 10 points apiece.
- The Spartans led from the opening tip after 3-pointers from senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) and Goins, but Oakland pulled to within 10-8 on a three-point play from Xavier Hill-Mais.
- MSU responded with a 15-3 run and took a 25-11 lead on a layup from Ward with 10:35 to play in the half.
- Michigan State's biggest lead was 16 points, held three times, the last on a layup from Langford that gave MSU a 45-29 lead with 23 seconds left.
Key Stats
- Winston led three players in double figures with 26 points, connecting on 10-of-13 shots from the floor while adding three assists.
- Ward had 14 points and seven rebounds, while junior guard Joshua Langford (Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy) added 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals.
- Michigan State handed out 27 assists on 38 field goals (71.1%), including 15 of 17 in the first half.
- The Spartans committed only seven turnovers and scored 22 points off 13 Oakland turnovers.
- MSU out-scored Oakland, 38-16, in the paint.
- The Spartans scored 47 points on the fast break.
- MSU connected on 58.5 percent of its field goals (38-of-65).
- This was the fifth time this season Michigan State has scored at least 90 points and the 99 points are the team's fourth-highest mark this season.
- Fourteen different players scored at least one points for MSU.
- Michigan State shot 58.5 percent from the floor, the seventh game this season the team has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals (and the fourth-straight).
- Winston scored a season-high 26 points using a season-best 10 field goals. This was his fourth game with at least 20 points this season and the seventh of his career.
- Winston scored in double figures for the 11th time this season and the 44th of his career.
- Ward's 14 points pushed his career total to 1,118 points, moving him up to 41st on the all-time list at MSU and past Al Ferrari (1957-59). He needs 18 points to pass Travis Trice (2011-15) for 40th place.
- He connected on 6-of-7 shots from the floor and in the last four games has hit 34-of-41 shots (82.9 percent).
- Ward scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and the 53rd of his career.
- This was the 11th time this season Michigan State out-rebounded its opponent … The Spartans are 10-1 in those games.
- Langford has scored in double figures in every game this season and has 37 career games in double figures.
- Michigan State handed out 27 assists, the sixth game this season with at least 20. This was the team's fourth most in a game this season.
- Tillman handed out a career-high five assists and 11 different players had at least one assist.
Michigan State plays its final non-league game of the regular season, hosting Northern Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 29 at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.
Team Stats
M-514
M-416
FG%
.400
.585
3FG%
.565
.433
FT%
.500
.833
RB
32
37
TO
13
7
STL
4
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
10
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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