Tuesday, March 5
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM ET
Michigan State University
24-6
91
vs
76
Nebraska
15-15
1
2
F
Nebraska
29
47
76
Michigan St.
47
44
91
Goins, McQuaid Lead No. 9 Michigan State Past Nebraska, 91-76
3/5/2019 9:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. - Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) scored a career-high 24 points and hit a career-best six 3-pointers and senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) had a career-high 22 points as No. 9 Michigan State used a big first half to beat Nebraska, 91-76, at the Breslin Center Tuesday night.
Freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) scored a career-high 15 points and had five rebounds, while sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) added 11 points and eight rebounds and junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) chipped in eight points and 10 assists.
Records
Michigan State, winners of six of its last seven games, improves to 24-6 overall and 15-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Nebraska falls to 15-15 overall and 5-14 in league play.
Summary
Key Stats
Michigan State closes out the 2018-19 regular season on Saturday, March 9, hosting in-state rival Michigan at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN, with Jason Benetti, Dan Dakich and Molly McGrath calling all of the action.
Freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) scored a career-high 15 points and had five rebounds, while sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) added 11 points and eight rebounds and junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) chipped in eight points and 10 assists.
Records
Michigan State, winners of six of its last seven games, improves to 24-6 overall and 15-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Nebraska falls to 15-15 overall and 5-14 in league play.
Summary
- Leading by 18 points at the break, 47-29, the Spartans took their biggest lead, 49-29, on free throws from Henry 40 seconds into the second half.
- Nebraska, however, outscored Michigan State 25-5, over a span of 7:12 and pulled to within 62-54 on a layup from Glynn Watson Jr. with 12:08 left.
- A free throw from Isaiah Roby cut the margin to 62-55 with 11:37, but MSU responded right away.
- McQuaid hit a pull-up jumper at the 11:23 mark, Henry buried a pair of free throws after a flagrant foul was called and McQuaid connected on another jumper as the lead doubled back to 14 points, 69-55, in the span of 51 seconds.
- Michigan State's lead did not get below 10 points and the Spartans matched their biggest lead of the game, 19 points (84-65) on a layup from Winston with 3:53 to play.
- The Spartans went into the half with a 47-29 lead, thanks in large part to Goins, who scored 21 points and connected on all five of his 3-point attempts.
- Nebraska had jumped out to a 10-8 lead after a jumper from Glynn Watson Jr. at 14:50 and the Cornhuskers had a 12-11 lead after a layup from James Palmer Jr.
- MSU responded with a 19-2 run over a span of 4:51 and took a 30-14 lead on a 3-pointer from McQuaid at the 8:05 mark.
- The Spartans took their biggest lead of the half, 35-16, on free throws from Tillman with 5:32 to play.
Key Stats
- Michigan State connected on 53.3 percent of its field goals (32-of-60), including 59.3 percent in the first half (16-of-27).
- The Spartans out-rebounded Nebraska, 41-32.
- MSU connected on 88.2 percent of its free throws (15-of-17).
- Michigan State shot 50.0 percent from 3-point land (12-of-24).
- After turning the ball over nine times in the first half, MSU committed only one in the second half.
- Michigan State connected on 53.3 percent of its field goals (32-of-60), the 17th time this season the team has shot at least 50 percent from the floor.
- Michigan State out-rebounded its opponent for the 25th time this season.
- The Spartans handed out 22 assists, the 13th time with at least 20 assists this season.
- Goins scored a career-high 24 points, his 10th game in double figures this season.
- He hit a career-high six 3-point field goals.
- McQuaid scored a career-high 22 points, his second career game with at least 20 points and the 14th game this season with at least 10 points.
- Winston handed out 10 assists, his seventh game with double-figure assists and his 26th game this season with at least six assists.
- Winston scored eight points, giving him 1,243 for his career and moving him past Stan Washington for 29th on the all-time scoring list at MSU.
- Tillman scored 11 points, his 14th game in double-figure scoring this season.
- Henry scored a career-high 15 points, his second game in double figures this season.
- Redshirt freshman Brock Washington (Southfield, Mich./Southfield) scored his first career points as a Spartan.
Michigan State closes out the 2018-19 regular season on Saturday, March 9, hosting in-state rival Michigan at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. The game will air live on ESPN, with Jason Benetti, Dan Dakich and Molly McGrath calling all of the action.
Team Stats
UNL
MSU
FG%
.419
.533
3FG%
.370
.500
FT%
.583
.882
RB
32
41
TO
9
10
STL
5
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
8
3FGM
6
FTM
2
Pts
22
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
6
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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