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National Honors Pour in for Winston Following Impressive Week
1/7/2020 3:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored a career-high 32 points and handed out nine assists in leading No. 8 Michigan State to an 87-69 win over rival Michigan on Sunday.
On Monday, he was named the Big Ten Player of the Week. It was the sixth time in his career that he earned that award, as he was recognized five times during the 2018-19 season.
The honors continued to come in on Tuesday for the preseason Big Ten Player of the Year and Associated Press All-American.
Winston was recognized as the United States Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week on Tuesday. He was also named the Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Week, the NCAA March Madness Player of the Week and earned the same honor from the 3X3U National Championship.
Winston averaged 26.5 points, 7.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds while connecting on 54.5 percent of his field goals, including 62.5 percent of his 3-point attempts (5-of-8) in the wins. The senior guard leads MSU, and ranks third in the Big Ten, with 18.9 points per game, and is fourth in the league with 6.3 assists per game. In four conference games, Winston is second in the Big Ten in scoring (24.3 ppg) and third in assists (7.0 apg).
Winston has now scored 1,675 career points and has 802 career assists, becoming the first player in Big Ten history with 1,600 career points and 800 career assists.
Winston also needs just 16 more assists to pass Mateen Cleaves (817, 1996-2000) for the all-time lead at Michigan State.
The Spartans have won seven-straight games and nine of the last 10 overall to improve to 12-3 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. MSU is ranked No. 8 in both the Associated Press poll and the USA Today Coaches poll. Michigan State wraps up a five-game homestand on Thursday, Jan. 9, hosting Minnesota at the Breslin Center. The game tips off at 9 p.m. (ESPN2), with Jason Benetti and Dan Dakich calling all of the action.
On Monday, he was named the Big Ten Player of the Week. It was the sixth time in his career that he earned that award, as he was recognized five times during the 2018-19 season.
The honors continued to come in on Tuesday for the preseason Big Ten Player of the Year and Associated Press All-American.
Winston was recognized as the United States Basketball Writers Association Player of the Week on Tuesday. He was also named the Citizen Naismith Trophy Player of the Week, the NCAA March Madness Player of the Week and earned the same honor from the 3X3U National Championship.
Winston averaged 26.5 points, 7.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds while connecting on 54.5 percent of his field goals, including 62.5 percent of his 3-point attempts (5-of-8) in the wins. The senior guard leads MSU, and ranks third in the Big Ten, with 18.9 points per game, and is fourth in the league with 6.3 assists per game. In four conference games, Winston is second in the Big Ten in scoring (24.3 ppg) and third in assists (7.0 apg).
Winston has now scored 1,675 career points and has 802 career assists, becoming the first player in Big Ten history with 1,600 career points and 800 career assists.
Winston also needs just 16 more assists to pass Mateen Cleaves (817, 1996-2000) for the all-time lead at Michigan State.
The Spartans have won seven-straight games and nine of the last 10 overall to improve to 12-3 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten. MSU is ranked No. 8 in both the Associated Press poll and the USA Today Coaches poll. Michigan State wraps up a five-game homestand on Thursday, Jan. 9, hosting Minnesota at the Breslin Center. The game tips off at 9 p.m. (ESPN2), with Jason Benetti and Dan Dakich calling all of the action.
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