No. 10 Michigan State Hosts Rutgers on Wednesday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – No. 10/11 Michigan State, winners of three-straight games, hosts Rutgers on Wednesday night at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m.

The game will air live on the Big Ten Network, with Kevin Kugler calling the play-by-play and Jon Crispin 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 98, XM 195 and Internet 957.

Records
Michigan State, coming off a 62-44 win over Ohio State on Sunday, enters the game with a 2-5 overall and a 12-3 mark in the Big Ten Conference. Rutgers has lost three of its last four games and enters the game with a 12-13 overall mark a 5-10 record in the league.

Last Time Out
Senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) scored 14 points and No. 11 Michigan State held Ohio State to 13 points in the second half en route to a 62-44 win at the Breslin Center on Sunday afternoon … Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 13 points and had eight assists, while redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds … The Spartans outscored Ohio State, 22-2, over the final 7:40 of the game, with a 3-pointer from redshirt freshman guard Jack Hoiberg (Burr Ridge, Ill./Hinsdale Central) capping the scoring at 62-44

About the Spartans

Through 26 games Winston leads the team with 18.5 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.
McQuaid is averaging 8.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists.
Sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) is scoring 8.3 points per game, is second on the team with 6.9 rebounds and is third in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (61.8 percent).
Goins is sixth on the team in scoring with 7.3 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 2.7 rebounds (7.5 ppg, 3.6 rpg in eight starts) and freshman Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) is averaging 4.8 points and 3.0 rebounds (6.1 ppg, 3.4 rpg in nine starts).
Senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) scored 14 points and No. 11 Michigan State held Ohio State to 13 points in the second half en route to a 62-44 win at the Breslin Center on Sunday afternoon.
Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln), who sustained a hairline fracture of his left hand toward the end of the first half in the Ohio State game, is out following surgery on Sunday night ... There is no timetable for his return, but he will be reevaluated on a weekly basis and it is hoped he will return before the end of the season ... Ward is second on the team with 15.1 points and third on the team with 6.7 rebounds
The Spartans rank No. 34 in the country in scoring offense (80.6 ppg), No. 15 in field goal percentage (48.9%) and No. 3 in field goal percentage defense (37.1%).

The Series

Michigan State and Rutgers meet for only the ninth time in program history.
The Spartans lead the head-to-head series, 8-0, and have won all seven meetings since Rutgers joined the Big Ten Conference.
MSU won the first meeting between the teams this year, 78-67, on Nov. 30 in New Jersey.
After winning the first four meetings against Rutgers by at least 20 points, the last three games in the series have been decided by 11 points or fewer, including a 76-72 overtime win at the Breslin Center last year.

About Rutgers

Junior forward Eugene Omoruyi leads the team in scoring with 13.8 points per game and tops the team with 7.5 rebounds, which is 10th in the Big Ten.
Sophomore guard Geo Baker is second on the team with 13.0 points and leads the team with 4.0 assists and 51 3-pointers.
Rutgers is a deep team, with 10 players averaging at least 13 minutes per game and 10 players scoring at least 3.6 points per game.
Freshman guard Montez Mathias is third on the team with 8.8 points, while freshman guard Ron Harper Jr. is contributing 6.9 points and 2.9 rebounds and sophomore guard Peter Kiss adds 6.3 points and 2.4 rebounds ...
The starting rotation is rounded out by graduate center Shaquille Doorson, who is scoring 4.0 points and is third on the team with 4.6 rebounds.
Rutgers ranks 13th in the Big Ten in scoring offense, averaging 67.7 points per game, and is ninth in scoring defense, allowing only 68.1 points per game.

Players Mentioned

Kyle Ahrens

Kenny Goins

Aaron Henry

Jack Hoiberg

Matt McQuaid

Xavier Tillman Sr.

Nick Ward

Cassius Winston

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