Sunday, February 17
East Lansing, Mich.
1 PM ET
Michigan State University
vs
Ohio State
No. 11 Michigan State Hosts Ohio State on Sunday Afternoon
2/15/2019 4:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – After playing six of its last nine games on the road, No. 11/12 Michigan State returns home to host Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 17. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m.
The game will air live on CBS, with Ian Eagle 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, coming off a 67-59 win at Wisconsin on Tuesday, has won its last two games and is 20-5 overall and 11-3 in the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State enters the game with a 16-8 overall record and a 6-7 mark in league play.
Lupe Izzo Chairing Food Drive
Also on Saturday, Lupe Izzo will chair the annual food drive held by the Rebounders Club and the MSU Packaging School at the Breslin Center, prior to the game … Fans attending the game are encouraged to please remember to bring commercially packaged, canned, boxed or cellophane wrapped food items to the game … Cash donations will also be accepted … 100% of the proceeds go to the Greater Lansing and MSU Student Food Banks, so if everyone who attends the game contributed just one dollar, then $15,000.00 would be raised for these worthy charities!
Last Time Out
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) hit a 3-pointer with 6:30 left to give No. 11 Michigan State the lead for good and the Spartans hit a pair of key baskets in the final two minutes to pull away for a 67-59 win over No. 20 Wisconsin at the Kohl Center Tuesday night … Winston scored a game-high 23 points while adding six assists and six rebounds to lead Michigan State. Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds, while redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) added 12 points and nine rebounds and freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) had eight points, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals.
About the Spartans
The game will air live on CBS, with Ian Eagle 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, coming off a 67-59 win at Wisconsin on Tuesday, has won its last two games and is 20-5 overall and 11-3 in the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State enters the game with a 16-8 overall record and a 6-7 mark in league play.
Lupe Izzo Chairing Food Drive
Also on Saturday, Lupe Izzo will chair the annual food drive held by the Rebounders Club and the MSU Packaging School at the Breslin Center, prior to the game … Fans attending the game are encouraged to please remember to bring commercially packaged, canned, boxed or cellophane wrapped food items to the game … Cash donations will also be accepted … 100% of the proceeds go to the Greater Lansing and MSU Student Food Banks, so if everyone who attends the game contributed just one dollar, then $15,000.00 would be raised for these worthy charities!
Last Time Out
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) hit a 3-pointer with 6:30 left to give No. 11 Michigan State the lead for good and the Spartans hit a pair of key baskets in the final two minutes to pull away for a 67-59 win over No. 20 Wisconsin at the Kohl Center Tuesday night … Winston scored a game-high 23 points while adding six assists and six rebounds to lead Michigan State. Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds, while redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) added 12 points and nine rebounds and freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) had eight points, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals.
About the Spartans
- Through 25 games, Winston leads the team with 18.8 points per game and 7.4 assists per game ... Winston is fourth in the Big Ten in scoring and is No. 4 in the country in assists per game.
- Ward is second on the team with 15.4 points and third on the team with 6.7 rebounds ... He is tied for 10th in the Big Ten in scoring, tied for 15th in rebounding and ranks fourth in the league, and is No. 18 nationally in field goal percentage, connecting on 60.9 percent of his shots.
- Senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) is averaging 8.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
- Sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) is scoring 8.4 points per game, is second on the team with 6.9 rebounds and is second in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (62.2 percent).
- Goins is sixth on the team in scoring with 7.2 points and leads the team with 8.9 rebounds per game, which ranks No. 45 nationally.
- Redshirt junior Kyle Ahrens (Versailles, Ohio/Versailles) is averaging 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds (7.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg in eight starts) and Henry is averaging 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds (6.9 ppg, 3.6 rpg in eight starts) ... MSU ranks among the top-10 in the country in 12 different statistical categories.
- The Spartans rank No. 29 in the country in scoring offense (81.3 ppg), No. 8 in field goal percentage (49.3%) and No. 3 in field goal percentage defense (37.3%).
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Ohio State, 74-59, including a 45-17 advantage in games at home ... MSU won the first meeting this season between the teams, 86-77, in Columbus.
- The Spartans have won 34 of the last 50 games in the series ... Tom Izzo is 29-16 in his career against the Buckeyes.
- Ohio State enters Sunday's game with a 16-8 overall record and a 6-7 mark in the Big Ten Conference ... The Buckeyes have lost seven of their last 11 games.
- Sophomore forward Kaleb Wesson leads the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.5 points and 6.3 boards per game ... He is one of two players in double figures, joined by senior guard C.J. Jackson, who is averaging 13.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and has hit a team-high 45 3-pointers.
- Ohio State has five other players averaging at least 6.0 points per game, with freshman guard Luther Muhammad scoring 9.8 and junior forward Andre Wesson adding 9.0 points and 4.3 rebounds.
- Freshman guard Duane Washington Jr. is averaging 6.9 points, sophomore guard Kyle Young is averaging 6.9 points and 4.8 rebounds and graduate guard Keyshawn Woods scoring 6.5 points.
- The Buckeyes are eighth in the league in scoring offense (71.8 ppg) and sixth in the league in scoring defense (64.9 ppg).
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