No. 24 Michigan State Faces No. 9 Maryland on Saturday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road for the first of its final two Big Ten Conference road games of the regular season, playing at No. 9 Maryland on Saturday, Feb. 29. Tipoff in College Park, Md. is slated for 8 p.m.

The game will air live on ESPN, with Dan Shulman, Jay Bilas and Holly Rowe 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 SiriusXM Big Ten Radio, XM 389 and Internet 979.

Records
Michigan State, ranked No. 24 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches poll, enters Saturday's game with a 19-9 overall record and an 11-6 mark in the Big Ten Conference. Maryland is 23-5 overall and 13-4 in league play.

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 18.4 points per game … Winston is also fourth in the league in assists (5.8 apg), first in free throw percentage, connecting on 86.2 percent of his shots (106-of-123), 11th in field goal percentage (43.2%), second in 3-point percentage (40.9%) and tied for second in steals (1.3 spg).
Winston is one of six Division I players averaging at least 18.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman Sr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) is second on the team with 13.3 points per game (T14th in the Big Ten) and tops the team (3rd in the Big Ten) with 10.1 rebounds per game, while adding 2.9 assists (16th in the Big Ten) per game and 2.1 blocks per game (4th in the Big Ten).
Tillman is the only player in Division I who averages at least 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.0 blocks per game … He is also the only Big Ten player in the top-20 in the league in scoring, rebounding, assists and blocks.
Sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) is third on the team with 9.9 points per game, while adding 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
MSU has three other players averaging at least 4.0 points per game, led by freshman guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]), who scored a career-high 21 points at Illinois and matched that against Iowa ... He is averaging 8.1 points per game (8.9 in Big Ten games) and 2.2 rebounds.
Sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) is averaging 7.3 points and 3.7 rebounds and scored a career-high 17 points at Nebraska.
Freshman forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Ohio]), who has started seven games, is averaging 4.3 points and 3.6 rebounds.
MSU is 5-4 away from home this season ... They have won three of their last five road games, with wins at Minnesota (70-52), Illinois (70-69) and Nebraska (86-65).
The Spartans have been strong on the road in the last two-plus years, carrying a 21-9 overall record and a 19-8 record in the Big Ten.
MSU is ranked No. 24 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls and No. 7 per kenpom.com, No. 13 in the NCAA Net and No. 4 in the ESPN BPI.

About Maryland

Maryland enters Saturday's game with a 23-5 overall record and a 13-4 mark in the Big Ten.
The Terrapins are coming off a 74-73 win at Minnesota and have won 10 of their last 11 games.
Maryland is 15-0 at home, 8-0 in the Big Ten.
The Terps are ranked No. 9 by the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches poll, are No. 9 in the NCAA Net, No. 9 in kenpom.com and No. 11 in the ESPN BPI.
Senior guard Anthony Cowan Jr. leads Maryland with 16.2 points per game (6th in the Big Ten) and averages a team-best 4.8 assists per game.
Sophomore Jalen Smith is second on the team with 15.2 points (8th in the Big Ten) and averages 10.5 rebounds (2nd in the Big Ten) and 2.3 blocks (T2nd in the Big Ten).
Sophomore guard Aaron Wiggins adds 10.7 points and 5.2 rebounds and sophomore guard Darryl Morsell averages 8.6 points and 4.9 rebounds.

Series History

Michigan State leads the all-time series with Maryland, 9-6.
The Spartans have won six of the last eight games against the Terrapins.
Tom Izzo is 8-6 in his career against Maryland.
The two teams have split four games played at Maryland, with Michigan State winning 74-68 during the 2017-18 season.
Maryland won the first meeting between the teams this season, 67-60, two weeks ago.

Last Meeting

Michigan State fought back from a 15-point first half deficit to take a seven-point lead in the final four minutes, but No. 9 Maryland came back to beat the Spartans, 67-60, at the Breslin Center on Feb. 15.
Xavier Tillman Sr. had a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Spartans, while senior guard Cassius Winston finished with 14 points and five assists