Rivalry Renewed as No. 14 Michigan State Hosts No. 12 Michigan on Sunday at the Breslin Center

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hosts in-state rival Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 5 in the fourth game of a five-game homestand. Tipoff is slated for 1:30 p.m.

The Spartans are coming off a 76-56 win over Illinois on Thursday night and the game against UM is the second of three Big Ten in a week, as MSU hosts Minnesota on Thursday, Jan. 9. Michigan State is ranked No. 14 in the Associated Press Top 25, No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 4 per kenpom.com, No. 19 in the NCAA Net and No. 2 in the ESPN BPI.

The Michigan-Michigan State game will air live on CBS, with Ian Eagle 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 206, XM 195 and Internet 957.

Records
Michigan State, winners of six-straight and eight of its last nine overall, enters the game on Sunday with an 11-3 overall record and a 3-0 mark in the Big Ten. Michigan is 10-3 overall and 1-1 in league play.

Last Time Out
Senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored a game-high 21 points and handed out six assists to lead four players in double figures as No. 14 Michigan State used a big second half to beat Illinois, 76-56, in a Big Ten Conference game on Thursday night at the Breslin Center ... Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) added 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots, while sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) scored 12 points and sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) had 10 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) did not score, but had career-high's with 12 rebounds and five blocked shots.

About the Spartans

Winston leads MSU, and ranks third in the Big Ten, in scoring, averaging 17.8 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 87.0 percent of his shots (47-of-54).
Tillman is second on the team with 13.5 points per game (16th in the Big Ten) and tops the team, and is fourth in the Big Ten, with 9.7 rebounds per game, while adding 2.9 assists per game.
Henry, who scored a season-high 18 points against Virginia Tech and matched a career-best with six assists against Eastern Michigan, is third on the team with 10.5 points per game, while adding 4.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists.
MSU has four other players averaging at least 5.0 points per game, led by Brown, who is averaging 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds and leads the team in free throw percentage, connecting on 96.0 percent of his shots (28-of-29).
Freshman guard Rocket Watts adds 6.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
Bingham Jr., who has started the last nine games and collected career high's in rebounds (12) and blocks (5) against Illinois on Jan. 2, is averaging 5.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.
Freshman forward Malik Hall, who had nine points and eight rebounds against Duke, is averaging 5.0 points and 3.2 rebounds.

Series History

Michigan State and Michigan meet for the 185th time on Sunday, Jan. 5 ... Michigan leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 100-84.
The Spartans are 50-38 all-time at home against the Wolverines, including a 19-8 record at the Breslin Center.
MSU beat Michigan three times in 2019 and have won 28 of the last 40 games overall and eight of its last 11.
Tom Izzo is 29-17 in his career against the Wolverines.

About Michigan

Michigan enters Sunday's game with a 10-3 overall record and a 1-1 mark in the Big Ten.
The Wolverines opened conference play in December with a win over Iowa at home (103-91) and a loss at Illinois (71-62).
UM won seven-straight games to start the season, including wins over North Carolina (73-64) and Gonzaga (82-64) to win the Battle 4 Atlantis.
Senior center Jon Teske leads Michigan in scoring (14.4), rebounds (8.4) and blocks (2.0).
Senior guard Zavier Simpson is fourth on the team in scoring with 11.2 points per game and leads the Big Ten, and ranks No. 2 nationally, with 8.9 assists per game.
Junior forward Isaiah Livers, who is second on the team with 13.6 points per game and has hit a team-high 29 3-pointers, missed the team's last game and is out indefinitely.
Junior guard Eli Brooks is third on the team with 11.5 points, while freshman forward Franz Wagner is averaging 8.2 points and sophomore guard David DeJulius adds 7.9 points.
UM ranks second in the Big Ten in 3-point field goal percentage (38.7 percent) and is third in the league in 3-pointers made (8.9 per game)

Rivalry Renewed as No. 14 Michigan State Hosts No. 12 Michigan on Sunday at the Breslin Center

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Bingham Jr.

Gabe Brown

Malik Hall

Aaron Henry

Xavier Tillman Sr.

Rocket Watts

Cassius Winston

Rivalry Renewed as No. 14 Michigan State Hosts No. 12 Michigan on Sunday at the Breslin Center

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Marcus Bingham Jr.

Gabe Brown

Malik Hall

Aaron Henry

Xavier Tillman Sr.

Rocket Watts

Cassius Winston

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