Thursday, January 9
East Lansing, Mich.
9 p.m.
Michigan State University
13-3,5-0Big Ten
74
vs
58
Minnesota
8-7,2-3Big Ten
1
2
F
Minnesota
32
26
58
Michigan St.
36
38
74
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography
Winston, Tillman Lead No. 8 Michigan State Past Minnesota, 74-58
1/9/2020 11:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored nine of his game-high 27 points in the final three minutes as No. 8 Michigan State used a late run to pull away from Minnesota for a 74-58 win at the Breslin Center Thursday night.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) had his second-straight double-double, scoring 19 points and grabbing a career-high 16 rebounds. Sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) added seven points and seven assists, while sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) added nine points and five rebounds.
Records
Michigan State won its eighth-straight game and the 10th in the last 11, improving to 13-3 overall and 5-0 in the Big Ten, while Minnesota falls to 8-7 overall and 2-3 in league play.
Summary
Michigan State hits the road for just the second time in conference play this weekend, visiting Purdue on Sunday, Jan. 12. Tipoff on CBS is slated for noon, with Spero Dedes and Clark Kellogg calling all of the action.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) had his second-straight double-double, scoring 19 points and grabbing a career-high 16 rebounds. Sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) added seven points and seven assists, while sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) added nine points and five rebounds.
Records
Michigan State won its eighth-straight game and the 10th in the last 11, improving to 13-3 overall and 5-0 in the Big Ten, while Minnesota falls to 8-7 overall and 2-3 in league play.
Summary
- The Spartans took the lead late in the first half and led throughout the second half, but were never able to extend to more than nine points.
- Leading 61-52 with 4:46 to play, MSU used an 11-4 burst over 3:15 and took its biggest lead, 72-56, on free throws from Winston with 1:31 left. Winston scored nine points during that span.
- After leading by just four points at the break (36-32), a layup from Tillman and free throws from Winston extended MSU's lead to 40-32.
- The Golden Gophers cut the lead to 42-37 on an Oturu 3-pointer, but MSU responded with a 9-2 run over 3:17 and took a 52-41 lead on a layup from Brown with 12:50 left to play.
- It was the Tillman Show in the first half as the junior forward had 13 points and 12 rebounds as MSU went into the break with a narrow 36-32 lead.
- After taking an early 8-2 lead following a Winston layup just over four minutes into the game, the first half featured five ties and five lead changes.
- Minnesota used an 11-2 run over 3:47 and took its biggest lead, 26-22, on a layup from Outuru with 6:01 to play in the half.
- The Spartans closed out the first half with a 12-4 run over the final 4:44, with Winston scoring five points and Brown adding four points.
- Michigan State handed out 20 assists on 28 made field goals.
- The Spartans held a 48-30 advantage on the boards.
- MSU scored 38 points in the paint.
- The Spartans blocked six shots, including five from Xavier Tillman.
- After committing eight turnovers in the first half, MSU committed only three in the second half.
- MSU now leads the head-to-head series with Minnesota, 72-60, including a 44-20 record at home and a 24-3 record at the Breslin Center.
- Tom Izzo has an all-time record of 34-11 against the Golden Gophers.
- Senior guard Cassius Winston scored 27 points, giving him 1,702 for his career. He is one of 11 Michigan State players to score at least 1,700 points in his career.
- He needs 17 points to pass Mike Robinson (1,717 points, 1971-74) and Paul Davis (1,718 points, 2002-06) for 10th and ninth place all-time, respectively, at MSU.
- Winston also handed out six assists, giving him 808 for his career. He needs nine to pass Mateen Cleaves (1996-2000) for the all-time lead at Michigan State.
- Junior forward Xavier Tillman scored 19 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds with four assists, five blocked shots and three steals.
- It was the second-straight double-double for Tillman, his seventh this season and the 12th of his career.
- He has collected at least 10 rebounds nine times this year, including six times in the last eight games, and has 18 career games with at least 10 boards.
- Tillman's 16 rebounds were the most since Kenny Goins collected 16 against Michigan last year (3/9/19).
- This was his sixth game this season with at least three blocks and his fifth-straight. He has blocked 21 shots in the last five games.
- Sophomore forward Aaron Henry handed out a career-high seven assists.
- Freshman forward Julius Marble tied his career-high with four rebounds.
Michigan State hits the road for just the second time in conference play this weekend, visiting Purdue on Sunday, Jan. 12. Tipoff on CBS is slated for noon, with Spero Dedes and Clark Kellogg calling all of the action.
Team Stats
MINN
MSU
FG%
.390
.431
3FG%
.250
.300
FT%
.875
.750
RB
30
48
TO
11
12
STL
3
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
27
FGM
8
3FGM
3
FTM
8
Pts
19
FGM
9
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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