No. 16 Michigan State Hosts No. 19 Ohio State on Senior Day Sunday

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State ate closes out its regular season on Sunday, March 8, hosting Ohio State at the Breslin Center. Tipoff is slated for 4:30 p.m.

The game will air live on CBS, with Brad Nessler and Clark Kellogg 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, XM and Internet 84.

Records
Michigan State, winners of four-straight games and five of the last six, improves to 21-9 overall and 13-6 in the Big Ten Conference. Ohio State is 21-9 overall and 11-8 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 18.3 points per game.
Winston is also fourth in the league in assists (5.9 apg), first in free throw percentage, connecting on 85.5 percent of his shots (112-of-131), eighth in field goal percentage (43.9%), first in 3-point percentage (42.6%) and tied for sixth in steals (1.2 spg).
He is one of only seven Division I players averaging at least 18.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) is second on the team with 13.7 points per game (T12th in the Big Ten) and tops the team (3rd in the Big Ten) with 10.4 rebounds per game, while adding 3.0 assists (T14th in the Big Ten) per game and 2.1 blocks per game (4th in the Big Ten).
Tillman is the only player in the league in the top-15 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 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists.
MSU has four 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 8.7 points per game (9.6 in Big Ten games) and 2.2 rebounds.
Sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) is averaging 7.0 points and 3.7 rebounds and freshman forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]), who has started the last nine games, is averaging 4.7 points and 3.6 rebounds.
Including Sunday's game, Michigan State will have played seven of its last nine games against teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25.
MSU is ranked No. 16 in the Associated Press, No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 7 per kenpom.com, No. 7 in the NCAA Net and No. 4 in the ESPN BPI ... The Spartans have seven wins this season against Quadrant 1 teams.

Michigan State to Recognize Four on Senior Day

Michigan State men's basketball will recognize redshirt seniors Kyle Ahrens and Conner George, as well as senior guards Joshua Langford and Cassius Winston in post-game ceremonies following the Ohio State game.

Brotherly Love

Sunday's game marks the last regular season game at the Breslin Center for MSU guard Kyle Ahrens ... He will face an Ohio State team that features his younger brother, Justin.
The two faced each other three times last year during Justin's freshman year ... Natives of their hometown of Versailles (VER-sales), Ohio have purchased 600 tickets for Sunday's game.

Series History

Michigan State and Ohio State will meet for the 136th time on Sunday, March 8.
MSU leads the head-to-head series, 76-59, and has won six-straight at home and nine of its last 11 over the Buckeyes.
Michigan State is 46-17 at home and is 8-2 in its last 10 home meetings against Ohio State.
The Spartans swept a trio of games last year, beating Ohio State on Jan. 5, 86-77, in Columbus, and then posting an 62-44 win in at the Breslin Center on Feb. 17 and followed with a 77-70 win at the Big Ten Tournament on March 15.
Tom Izzo is 31-16 in his career against Ohio State.Tom Izzo is 25-18 in his career against the Illini.

About Ohio State

Ohio State enters Sunday's game with a 21-9 overall record and an 11-8 mark in the Big Ten following a 71-63 win over Illinois on Thursday.
The Buckeyes have won their last four games and six of the last seven overall.
Junior Kaleb Wesson is one of three players scoring in double figures, leading the team with 14.8 points and 9.5 rebounds.
Sophomore Duane Washington Jr. is second on the team with 11.5 points and senior Andre Wesson is averaging 10.2 points and 4.1 rebounds.
The Buckeyes, who are second in the league in 3-pointers made per game (8.5), have six players who have hit at least 15 from long distance.