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Winston’s Big Second Half Leads Michigan State Past Michigan, 77-70
2/24/2019 6:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Ann Arbor, Mich. - Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in the second half as No. 10 Michigan State beat No. 7 Michigan, 77-70 at the Crisler Center on Sunday afternoon.
Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) had 14 points and five rebounds and senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) finished with 13 points and five rebounds.
Records
Michigan State wins its fifth-straight game and improves to 23-5 overall and 14-3 in the Big Ten Conference while Michigan falls to 24-4 overall and 13-4 in league play.
Summary
Michigan State is off until next Saturday, March 2, visiting Indiana. The game will air on FOX at noon.
Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) had a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) had 14 points and five rebounds and senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) finished with 13 points and five rebounds.
Records
Michigan State wins its fifth-straight game and improves to 23-5 overall and 14-3 in the Big Ten Conference while Michigan falls to 24-4 overall and 13-4 in league play.
Summary
- Michigan State trailed by as many as six points (51-45) in the second half but locked down Michigan during the latter stages of the game to open up an eight-point lead and hang on.
- Michigan's Zavier Simpson hit a layup with 10:34 left to give the Wolverines their last lead, 53-52.
- Winston hit a layup to give MSU the lead for good and that triggered a 10-2 run over a span of 2:24 as the Spartans took a 62-55 lead on a Winston layup with 8:10 left.
- A jumper from McQuaid made it 66-58 with 3:39 left and Winston hit a pair of free throws with 2:03 to give Michigan State its biggest lead, 69-60.
- Michigan hit a pair of shots to pull within four points, 72-68, but Winston hit four free throws and Goins hit 1-of-2 in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.
- The Spartans went into the break with a 39-37 lead, but Michigan outscored MSU, 14-6 over the opening minutes of the final frame and took a dunk from Iggy Brazdeikis, forcing a timeout.
- Michigan State responded with a 7-0 run and took a 52-51 lead on three free throws from McQuaid at the 11:50 mark.
- Michigan had jumped out to an early 10-6 lead, but the Spartans would use an 11-3 run to take a 27-20 lead on a 3-pointer from Goins, one of three he hit in the first half.
- The Wolverines responded with an 8-0 run to take a 28-27 lead on a 3-pointer from Iggy Brandeikis, but a free throw from Winston and a layup from Tillman gave the Spartans a 32-30 lead.
- Trailing 35-34, McQuaid hit a 3-pointer and Tillman hit a pair of free throws with 1:31 left to give MSU a 39-35 lead, before going into the break ahead 39-37.
- Goins scored 13 of his 16 points in the first half, hitting a trio of 3-pointers, while Winston scored 19 of his game-high 27 points in the second half.
- Michigan State connected on 50.0 percent of its field goals (24-of-48), including 56.0 percent in the first half (14-of-25).
- MSU connected on 80.0 percent of its free throws (24-of-30).
- The Spartans out-rebounded Michigan, 33-31.
- The Spartans committed only six turnovers.
- Michigan State won its first game against Michigan since Jan. 29, 2017,
- Tom Izzo is now 26-17 all-time versus the Wolverines.
- The win was the 597th of Izzo's career.
- MSU connected on 50.0 percent of its field goals, the 15th time this season the team has shot at least 50 percent from the floor.
- Michigan State limited Michigan to 39.7 percent shooting, the 21st time this season an opponent shot below 40 percent from the floor.
- The Spartans hit 24 free throws, the seventh time this season hitting at least 20, and connected on 80.0 percent of their shots from the line (24-of-30), the 11th time connecting on at least 80.0 percent.
- Winston scored 27 points to lead the way. It was his 15th game this season with at least 20 points and his 27th game in double figures.
- Winston now has 1,215 points his career and moved into 31st on the all-time MSU scoring list.
- He also handed out eight assists, the 24th game this season with at least six assists.
- In surpassing the 1,200-point mark for his career, Winston is now one of four players in MSU history with at least 1,200 points and 600 assists (Mateen Cleaves, Scott Skiles and Denzel Valentine).
- Goins scored 16 points, his eighth game in double figures.
- He added 11 rebounds, his 13th game this season with at least 10 rebounds.
- This was his fifth double-double this season.
- Tillman scored 14 points, his 12th game in double figures this season.
- McQuaid scored 13 points, his 13th game in double figures and the third-straight game he has scored at least 10 points.
Michigan State is off until next Saturday, March 2, visiting Indiana. The game will air on FOX at noon.
Team Stats
MSU
UM
FG%
.500
.397
3FG%
.250
.269
FT%
.800
.850
RB
33
31
TO
6
9
STL
5
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
27
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
13
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Players Mentioned
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