Saturday, November 28
East Lansing, Mich.
8 PM
Michigan State University
80
vs
70
Notre Dame
Hauser’s Double-Double Leads No. 13 Michigan State Past Notre Dame, 80-70
11/28/2020 10:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – No. 13 Michigan State broke used a 26-0 run over the last five-plus minutes of the first half and the opening five minutes of the second half and cruised to an 80-70 win over Notre Dame in a men's basketball game at the Breslin Center Saturday night.
Redshirt junior forward Joey Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point) had the first double-double of his career with 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds (adding four assists) to lead the Spartans, as two other players scored in double figures and 11 players had at least two points.
Junior forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) finished with 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a career-high four blocks, while sophomore guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy) added 13 points, tied his career high with six assists and had two rebounds.
Records
Michigan State won its second-straight game and improved to 2-0 while Notre Dame, playing its season opener, falls to 0-1.
Summary
Michigan State hits the road this week, traveling to North Carolina to play at Duke on Tuesday, Dec. 1 in the Champions Classic. Tipoff at Cameron Indoor Stadium is slated for 7:30 p.m.
Redshirt junior forward Joey Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point) had the first double-double of his career with 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds (adding four assists) to lead the Spartans, as two other players scored in double figures and 11 players had at least two points.
Junior forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) finished with 14 points, eight rebounds, three assists and a career-high four blocks, while sophomore guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy) added 13 points, tied his career high with six assists and had two rebounds.
Records
Michigan State won its second-straight game and improved to 2-0 while Notre Dame, playing its season opener, falls to 0-1.
Summary
- Notre Dame took a 26-22 lead with 7:12 left in the first half after a conventional three-point play from Nate Laszewski, but jumpers from graduate student guard Joshua Langford (Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy) and junior forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) tied the game with 4:59 to play.
- The Spartans held the Irish without a field for the final 7:13 of the first half and out-scored Notre Dame 17-0 over the final minutes, taking a 39-26 lead on a pair of free throws from Henry.
- The run continued in the second half as MSU scored the first nine points and capped a 26-0 run when junior guard Foster Loyer (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) scored on a conventional three-point play with 18:25 to play in the game, making it 48-26.
- The Spartans took their biggest lead, 62-34, on a 3-pointer from Watts with 12:57 to play in the game.
- Michigan State used a 26-0 run over a span of 7:28 at the end of the first half and the start of the second half to break open the game.
- Michigan State handed out 26 assists on 30 made field goals, including 13 of 14 in the first half.
- The Spartans had a 48-36 advantage in rebounding, grabbed 12 offensive rebounds and scored 12 second-chance points.
- MSU out-scored Notre Dame, 39-6, in bench points.
- Michigan State blocked 12 shots, including 10 in the first half.
- Michigan State has won four of the last five meetings and 10 of the last 14 meetings with Notre Dame.
- MSU is 2-0 at the Breslin Center against Notre Dame.
- The Spartans are 143-40 all-time at home in the month of November.
- Tom Izzo is 70-0 all-time at home in November.
- Through two games, Michigan State has handed out 53 assists on 60 made field goals.
- Joey Hauser registered his first career double-double with 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
- Hauser's 10 points, his second game in double figures this year and the 19th time in his career.
- His 16 rebounds were the most for an MSU player since Xavier Tillman had 15 at Penn State (3/3/20).
- Henry scored in double figures for the 21st time in his career.
- He grabbed a season-high eight rebounds and had a career-best four blocks
- Watts scored in double figures for the first time this season and for the 12th time in his career.
Michigan State hits the road this week, traveling to North Carolina to play at Duke on Tuesday, Dec. 1 in the Champions Classic. Tipoff at Cameron Indoor Stadium is slated for 7:30 p.m.
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