Saturday, April 6
Minneapolis, Minn. / U.S. Bank Stadium
8:49 PM ET
Michigan State University
32-7
51
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61
Texas Tech
31-6
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Texas Tech
23
38
61
Michigan St.
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Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Michigan State’s Run Ends With Loss To Texas Tech, 61-51
4/6/2019 11:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MINNEAPOLIS - Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored a team-high 16 points, but Michigan State struggled to find its offensive rhythm in a 61-51 loss to West Regional Champion Texas Tech in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament at U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday night.
Senior Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) scored 12 points in his final game for the Spartans and sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) had seven points and eight rebounds.
Freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) added 11 points and had three rebounds.
Records
Michigan State's season comes to an end at 32-7 overall, while Texas Tech improves to 31-6.
Summary
Senior Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) scored 12 points in his final game for the Spartans and sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) had seven points and eight rebounds.
Freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) added 11 points and had three rebounds.
Records
Michigan State's season comes to an end at 32-7 overall, while Texas Tech improves to 31-6.
Summary
- Henry made a layup with 2:54 left make it 52-51 Tech after making two free throws the previous time down.
- MSU couldn't score for the remainder of the game, making just one of its last eight from the field.
- Tillman hit a 3-pointer, following a shot from long-range by Winston to cut the Tech lead to 50-41 with 7:30 remaining in the game.
- A 6-0 run for Texas Tech made it 45-33 Red Raiders with 10:59 left at the second media timeout of the half.
- The Red Raiders hit four of their first five shots to open the second half, taking a 32-28 lead with 15:32 to go in the game.
- Both teams had a largest lead of five points in the first half, with the lead changing hands five times.
- A 3-pointer from Winston ended a 12-2 Red Raider run and made it 23-21 Texas Tech at the break.
- The Spartans suffered through a scoring drought of more than five minutes, trailing 21-18 with 2:30 left in the first at the final media timeout.
- A layup from Winston ended an 8-0 Texas Tech run, cutting a Red Raider lead to one at 19-18 with 7:21 to go in the first half.
- Winston knocked down a floater to give MSU a 14-11 advantage at the second media timeout with 11:39 left on the clock.
- MSU ended a scoring drought of more than four minutes with a McQuaid fast break layup, followed by an and-one free throw, making it 9-8 Spartans with 13:53 left in the first half.
- The teams were deadlocked at six at the first media timeout with McQuaid and Henry each hitting a 3-pointer for the Spartans.
- Michigan State connected on only 31.9 percent of its field goals (15-of-47), including 30.4 percent in the first half (7-of-23).
- MSU hit only 28.2 percent of its 3-point attempts (7-of-24).
- The Spartans scored only 14 points in the paint.
- Texas Tech's bench out-scored Michigan State, 15-5.
- MSU handed out only six assists.
- Michigan State finishes its season with a 32-7 overall record … The team's 32 wins are tied for the second-most in school history (1999-2000).
- Michigan State made its nation's-best eighth trip to the Final Four in 21 years, all under Head Coach Tom Izzo.
- MSU is now 5-9 in Final Four games.
- Tom Izzo is now 52-21 (.712) all-time in NCAA Tournament play and MSU is now 68-32 (.680) in 33 appearances.
- The Spartans connected on a season-low 31.9 percent of its shots from the floor and hit a season-low 15 field goals.
- Junior guard Cassius Winston led MSU in scoring with 16 points … It was his 23rd time leading the team in scoring this season and his 37th game in double figures this season.
- Winston finishes the season with 733 points, which ranks No. 5 on the single-season chart at Michigan State (18.8 per game).
- Winston has now scored 1,411 points in his career, 21st all-time at MSU.
- Senior guard Matt McQuaid scored 12 points, his 18th game in double figures this season.
- Freshman guard Aaron Henry scored 11 points, his fourth game in double figures this season.
Team Stats
TTU
MSU
FG%
.431
.319
3FG%
.391
.292
FT%
.615
.778
RB
30
36
TO
7
11
STL
4
1
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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