Michigan State University Athletics
No. 6 Michigan State Plays at No. 19 Iowa on Thursday
1/23/2019 3:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road for the third time in the last four games, playing at No. 19 Iowa on Thursday, Jan. 24 (7 p.m. ET) at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
On the Air
The game will air live on FS1, with Tim Brando calling the play-by-play and Bill Raftery serving as the color analyst. The Spartan Sports Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at SpartanSportsNetwork.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on Sirius, XM and Internet 84.
Records
Michigan State, winners of 12-straight and 17 of the last 18 overall, enters the game on Thursday with a 17-2 overall record and an 8-0 mark in the Big Ten. The Spartans are ranked No. 6 in the country in the Associated Press poll and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches poll. Iowa enters the game with a 16-3 overall record and a 5-3 mark in league play.
Last Time Out
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 14 points and handed out seven assists, leading five players in double figures as No. 6 Michigan State pulled away for a 69-55 win over No. 13 Maryland on Monday night ... Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) finished with a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, freshman Aaron Henry scored a career-high 12 points, senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) added 10 points, three rebounds and three assists and sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Chrisitan) tallied 10 points, three rebounds and five blocked shots.
About the Spartans
On the Air
The game will air live on FS1, with Tim Brando calling the play-by-play and Bill Raftery serving as the color analyst. The Spartan Sports Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at SpartanSportsNetwork.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on Sirius, XM and Internet 84.
Records
Michigan State, winners of 12-straight and 17 of the last 18 overall, enters the game on Thursday with a 17-2 overall record and an 8-0 mark in the Big Ten. The Spartans are ranked No. 6 in the country in the Associated Press poll and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches poll. Iowa enters the game with a 16-3 overall record and a 5-3 mark in league play.
Last Time Out
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 14 points and handed out seven assists, leading five players in double figures as No. 6 Michigan State pulled away for a 69-55 win over No. 13 Maryland on Monday night ... Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) finished with a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds, freshman Aaron Henry scored a career-high 12 points, senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) added 10 points, three rebounds and three assists and sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Chrisitan) tallied 10 points, three rebounds and five blocked shots.
About the Spartans
- Through 19 games, Winston leads the team with 18.0 points per game and 7.3 assists per game ... Winston is fifth in the Big Ten in scoring and is No. 5 in the country in assists per game.
- Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) is second on the team with 15.7 points and third on the team with 6.9 rebounds ... He is 12th in the Big Ten in scoring, 12th in rebounding and ranks third in the league, and is No. 18 nationally in field goal percentage, connecting on 62.8 percent of his shots.
- Junior guard Joshua Langford is third on the team in scoring with 15.0 points per game, while adding 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
- Tillman is tied for fourth on the team in scoring with 8.4 points and second with 7.4 rebounds, while Goins is sixth on the team in scoring with 7.1 points and leads the team with 9.6 rebounds per game, which ranks No. 27 nationally.
- McQuaid is averaging 8.4 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists and redshirt junior Kyle Ahrens (Versailles, Ohio/Versailles) is averaging 5.8 points and 2.6 rebounds.
- Freshman Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis), who has started the last three games, is averaging 5.1 points and 2.8 rebounds.
- MSU ranks No. 20 in the country in scoring offense (83.8 ppg), No. 10 in field goal percentage (49.9%) and No. 3 in field goal percentage defense (36.6%).
- Michigan State and Iowa meet for the 130th time on Thursday, Jan. 24 … MSU leads the all-time series with Iowa, 74-55.
- MSU has won 12 of the last 14 games and 17 of the last 20 overall, including a 90-68 decision last month in East Lansing ... Tom Izzo is 32-11 in his career against Iowa.
- The Hawkeyes have won five-straight games and 10 of the last 11 overall since the 90-68 loss to MSU on Dec. 3.
- Junior forward Tyler Cook is one of five players scoring in double figures ... He leads the team with 16.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game ... Cook is tied for eighth in the league in scoring and fifth in rebounding.
- Sophomore forward Luka Garza is second on the team with 13.9 points and 4.9 rebounds, while freshman guard Joe Wieskamp is third on the team with 11.9 points and junior guard Jordan Bohannon is fourth with 11.2 points, has hit a team-high 43 3-pointers and leads the team with 3.3 assists.
- Junior guard Isaiah Moss adds 10.0 points, 2.4 assists and 2.6 rebounds.
- The Hawkeyes rank second in the Big Ten in scoring offense with 82.8 points per game and are 13th in the league in scoring defense, allowing 72.2 points per game.
- Iowa is fourth in the league, connecting on 8.5 3-point field goals per game.
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