No. 11 Michigan State Plays at Indiana Thursday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team plays the first of two games away from home on Thursday, Jan. 23, visiting Indiana. Tipoff is slated for 8:30 p.m.

The game will air live on FS1, with Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery calling all of the action. 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 67-55 win over Wisconsin on Friday, enters the game with a 14-4 overall record, including a 6-1 record in Big Ten play. Indiana is 14-4 overall and 4-3 in the league.

Suits and Sneakers

Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers Week is a nationwide event when basketball coaches across the country unite for a common cause – saving lives from cancer.
Coaches and their staff across the nation wear sneakers with their suits during games to raise awareness about the disease.

About the Spartans

Senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) leads MSU, and ranks third in the Big Ten, in scoring, averaging 18.1 points per game … Winston is also fourth in the league in assists, averaging 6.1 per game, and first in free throw percentage, connecting on 86.7 percent of his shots (65-of-75), and adds 2.4 rebounds per game.
Winston is just one of five players in Division I averaging at least 18.0 points, 6.0 assists and 2.0 rebounds.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) is second on the team with 13.9 points per game (T13th in the Big Ten) and tops the team, and is third in the Big Ten, with 10.0 rebounds per game, while adding 3.0 assists per game and 2.1 blocks per game.
Tillman is the only player in the country averaging at least 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.0 blocked shots per game.
Sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) is third on the team with 9.8 points per game, while adding 4.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists.
MSU has four other players averaging at least 4.0 points per game, led by sophomore forward Gabe Brown, who is averaging 8.6 points and 4.4 rebounds.
Freshman guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]) adds 7.0 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
Sophomore forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central), who has started the last 13 games and collected career high's in rebounds (12) and blocks (5) against Illinois on Jan. 2, is averaging 4.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.
Freshman forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]), who had nine points and eight rebounds against Duke, is averaging 4.8 points and 3.3 rebounds
The Spartans lead the nation in assists per game (19.1) and are first in assist percentage at 68.7% (343 assists on 499 field goals) ... Michigan State is ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press Top 25, No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 8 per kenpom.com, No. 9 in the NCAA Net and No. 4 in the ESPN BPI.

Series History

Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 70-55.
Indiana won both meetings last year and has won three of the last four.
The Hoosiers swept the season series in 2018-19, posting a 79-75 overtime win at the Breslin Center and a 63-62 win at Assembly Hall.
MSU has won seven of the last 10 overall.
Tom Izzo is 25-16 in his career against Indiana.
MSU is 15-46 all-time at Assembly Hall, but has won three of the last four meetings ... MSU's last win at Indiana was a 63-60 decision on Feb. 3, 2018.

About Indiana

Indiana enters Thursday night's game with a 14-4 overall record and a 4-3 mark in the Big Ten Conference.
The Hoosiers are coming off an 82-74 win at Nebraska on Saturday.
IU is 3-3 in its last six games, but has won three of its last four conference games, with victories over Northwestern (66-62) and Ohio State (66-54) at home.
Freshman forward Trayce Jackson-Davis leads the team, averaging 14.2 points and 8.2 rebounds, along with 2.0 blocks per game.
Junior forward Justin Smith is averaging 12.2 points and 5.4 rebounds ... Senior guard Devonte Green is third on the team with 11.1 points and leads the team with 28 3-pointers.
Junior guard Aljami Durham is averaging 10.5 points and leads the team with 2.6 assists per game ... Redshirt junior Joey Brunk – a 6-11, 245 pound forward – is scoring 8.1 points and grabbing 6.6 rebounds.
IU is one of the best teams in the country getting to the free throw line, averaging 26.1 attempts per game.
The Hoosiers are sixth in the Big Ten in scoring offense and eighth in scoring defense.

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Bingham Jr.

Gabe Brown

Malik Hall

Aaron Henry

Xavier Tillman Sr.

Rocket Watts

Cassius Winston