Monday, November 18
East Lansing, Mich.
6:30 p.m.
Michigan State University
3-1,0-0Big Ten
94
vs
46
Charleston Southern
1-3,0-0Big South
1
2
F
Charleston So.
18
28
46
Michigan St.
40
54
94
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell/MSU Athletic Communications
Tillman's Career Night Leads No. 3 Michigan State past Charleston Southern
11/18/2019 9:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. - The No. 3-ranked Michigan State's men's basketball team opened up a 22-point lead at halftime and never looked back en route to an 94-46 win over Charleston Southern at the Breslin Center Monday night.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his sixth career double-double, while senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) added 11 points, eight assists and five rebounds, freshman guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]) had 11 points, six assists and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) had 12 points and six rebounds.
Records
Michigan State wins its third-straight game and improves to 3-1 overall, while the Buccaneers fall to 1-4.
Summary
Michigan State leaves on Friday for Hawaii, where the Spartans will play in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. MSU opens play on Monday, Nov. 25, facing Virginia Tech (5 p.m. ET).
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) scored a career-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his sixth career double-double, while senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) added 11 points, eight assists and five rebounds, freshman guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]) had 11 points, six assists and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) had 12 points and six rebounds.
Records
Michigan State wins its third-straight game and improves to 3-1 overall, while the Buccaneers fall to 1-4.
Summary
- The Spartans led by 22 points, 40-18, at the break and did not let off the pedal in the second half, forcing Charleston Southern to call a pair of timeouts in the opening minutes.
- A dunk from Tillman capped off a 6-0 run to make it 46-20 at the 18-minute mark and the lead grew to 30 points, 57-26, on a dunk from sophomore forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) with 14:26 left.
- Michigan State's biggest lead was 50 points after a dunk by freshman forward Julius Marble (Dallas, Texas/Dallas Jesuit) with 21 seconds left in the game.
- Charleston Southern had its only lead of the game when Dontrell Shuler hit a jumper in the opening seconds, but after that it was all MSU.
- A pair of free throws from Watts gave MSU a 23-7 lead at the 12:05 mark and the lead grew to 20 points, 29-9, on a 3-pointer from redshirt senior forward Kyle Ahrens (Versailles, Ohio/Versailles) with 8:20 left.
- The Spartans took their biggest lead, 40-15, on a dunk from Tillman with 56 seconds left in the half.
- Michigan State hit 56.3 percent of its field goals (36-of-64).
- The Spartans held a 54-28 advantage in rebounding.
- Michigan State had an assist on 86.1 percent of its field goals, handing out a season-high 31 while connecting on 36 shots from the floor.
- MSU out-scored Charleston Southern, 50-20, in the paint.
- The Spartans scored 22 points off 12 turnovers by the Bearcats.
- MSU recorded 32 fast break points and finished with 35 points off the bench
- Junior forward Xavier Tillman finished the game with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds.
- It was his sixth career double-double, his first game with at least 20 points and his 11th game with at least 10 rebounds.
- Senior guard Cassius Winston led MSU in assists for the fourth time this season with eight and scored in double figures for the 74th time in his career.
- Freshman guard Rocket Watts finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and six assists, all career highs.
- This was the second game in double figures for Tillman this year and the 22nd of his career.
- Marcus Bingham Jr. blocked a career high four shots (all in the first half).
- Twelve different players scored at least two points for MSU.
- The Spartans grabbed 54 rebounds, the first time with at least 50 since a win over Green Bay on Dec. 18, 2018.
- MSU handed out 31 assists, the most since the team handed out 31 against Green Bay on Dec. 18, 2018.
- MSU held a 40-18 lead at the half … It was the first time the Spartans held an opponent to 18 points or less
Michigan State leaves on Friday for Hawaii, where the Spartans will play in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. MSU opens play on Monday, Nov. 25, facing Virginia Tech (5 p.m. ET).
Team Stats
ChaSou
MSU
FG%
.279
.563
3FG%
.083
.235
FT%
.750
.720
RB
28
54
TO
12
12
STL
8
6
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
1
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