Saturday, December 29
East Lansing, Mich.
2 PM ET
Michigan State University
88
vs
60
Northern Illinois
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2
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Northern Ill.
19
41
60
Michigan St.
43
45
88
Team Stats
M-503
M-416
FG%
.333
.509
3FG%
.261
.483
FT%
.500
.696
RB
38
46
TO
9
14
STL
3
2
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
6
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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/ Men's BasketballWinston Leads Michigan State Past Northern Illinois, 88-60
12/29/2018 5:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Cassius Winston scores a game-high 24 points in the win.
East Lansing, Mich. – Junior Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 24 points and tied a career-high with six 3-pointers as No. 8 Michigan State beat Northern Illinois, 88-60, in its final non-league game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon at the Breslin Center.
Records
Michigan State, winners of six-straight games and 11 of its last 12 overall, improves to 11-2 this season, while Northern Illinois falls to 7-6.
Summary
Key Stats
Michigan State returns to Big Ten Conference action on Wednesday, Jan. 2, hosting Northwestern at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 8:30 p.m. and the game will air live on the Big Ten Network.
Records
Michigan State, winners of six-straight games and 11 of its last 12 overall, improves to 11-2 this season, while Northern Illinois falls to 7-6.
Summary
- The Spartans took a 43-19 lead at halftime, led by Winston's 14 points. The junior guard hit all four of his 3-point field goal attempts.
- Northern Illinois did not get within 20 points in the second half and MSU took its biggest lead, 81-52 (29 points), on a driving jumper from senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) with 4:04 to play in the game.
- Thirteen different players scored for the Spartans, including redshirt freshman guard Jack Hoiberg (Hinsdale, Ill./Burr Ridge Central), who hit a 3-pointer with 18 seconds left.
- MSU took the 24-point halftime lead despite shooting just 40.0 percent (12-of-30) percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes.
- Winston hit a trio of 3-pointers in the opening minutes as the Spartans took an early 12-4 lead.
- Leading 12-8 after a layup from NIU's Eugene German, the Spartans outscored the Huskies, 14-2 over a span of 5:38 took a 26-10 lead on a 3-pointer from junior guard Joshua Langford (Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy) with 10:43 to play in the half.
- MSU extended its lead to 20 points, 39-19, on a 3-pointer from freshman forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) with 1:28 to play.
Key Stats
- Winston led three players in double figures with 26 points, connecting on 8-of-10 shots from the floor, including 6-of-7 from beyond the arc, and adding seven assists.
- Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) added 12 points, three rebounds, three assists and a career-high four blocked shots, while junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) added 11 points and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) added eight points, 13 rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots.
- Michigan State handed out 25 assists on 29 field goals (86.2%), including 15 of 17 in the second half.
- Despite shooting just 40.0 percent in the first half, MSU finished the game shooting 50.9 percent for the game (29-of-57) after connecting on 63.0 percent (17-of-27) in the second half.
- The Spartans hit 14 3-pointers, seven in each half.
- This was the ninth time this season Michigan State has scored at least 80 points.
- Thirteen different players scored at least one points for MSU.
- Michigan State shot 50.9 percent from the floor, the eighth game this season the team has connected on at least 50 percent of its field goals (and the fifth straight).
- Winston scored 24 points to lead MSU in scoring for the fifth time this season. This was his fifth game with at least 20 points this season and the eighth of his career.
- Winston scored in double figures for the 12th time this season and the 45th of his career.
- Ward's 11 points pushed his career total to 1,129 points, which ranks 41st all-time at Michigan State. He needs seven points to pass Travis Trice (2011-15) for 40th place.
- Ward scored in double figures for the ninth time this season and the 54th of his career.
- This was the 12th time this season Michigan State out-rebounded its opponent … The Spartans are 11-1 in those games.
- Langford has scored in double figures in every game this season and has 37 career games in double figures.
- Goins scored in double figures for the third time this season … He blocked a career-high four shots.
- Tillman tied a season and career-high with 13 rebounds … It was his fifth game this season with at least 10 rebounds.
- Michigan State handed out 25 assists, the seventh game this season with at least 20. This was the team's fourth most in a game this season.
- Michigan State hit 14 3-pointers, tied for the most this season (Tennessee Tech, Nov. 18) and the seventh time the team has hit at least 10 in a game.
Michigan State returns to Big Ten Conference action on Wednesday, Jan. 2, hosting Northwestern at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 8:30 p.m. and the game will air live on the Big Ten Network.
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