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Spartans Host No. 15 Iowa on Saturday
2/12/2021 12:40:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – The Michigan State men's basketball team plays the third game of a three-game homestand on Saturday, Feb. 13, hosting No. 15 Iowa (FOX, 2:30 p.m.) at the Breslin Center.
The Spartans have won their last two games, beating Nebraska (66-56) last Saturday and Penn State (60-58) on Tuesday. The game against Iowa is the seventh against a team ranked among the top-25 this season. Following Saturday's game, the Spartans are on the road for the next two, playing at Purdue on Tuesday and at Indiana on Saturday.
The game will air live on FOX, with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at MSUSpartans.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 enters the game with a 10-7 overall record and a 4-7 mark in the Big Ten, while Iowa, which has lost four of its last six games, is 14-6 overall and 8-5 in league play.
About the Spartans
The Spartans have won their last two games, beating Nebraska (66-56) last Saturday and Penn State (60-58) on Tuesday. The game against Iowa is the seventh against a team ranked among the top-25 this season. Following Saturday's game, the Spartans are on the road for the next two, playing at Purdue on Tuesday and at Indiana on Saturday.
The game will air live on FOX, with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at MSUSpartans.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 enters the game with a 10-7 overall record and a 4-7 mark in the Big Ten, while Iowa, which has lost four of its last six games, is 14-6 overall and 8-5 in league play.
About the Spartans
- MSU has two players scoring in double figures, four players scoring at least 8.0 points, nine with at least 4.0 points and 10 players averaging at least 10 minutes per game.
- Junior forward Aaron Henry, who scored a career-high 27 points in the win at Nebraska, is averaging 14.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.4 steals per game ... He is the only players in Division I averaging at least 14.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.4 blocks per game.
- Redshirt junior forward Joey Hauser is second on the team with 10.5 points and leads the team with 6.8 rebounds ... Hauser scored a career-high 27 points against Wisconsin on Dec. 25, has four double-doubles this year, 10 games in double figure scoring, two games with at least 20 points, and five games with at least 10 boards, including a career-high 16 against Notre Dame.
- Graduate guard Joshua Langford, who has scored in double figures in six of the last eight games and reached the 1,000-point mark for his career on Tuesday, adds 9.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists.
- Sophomore guard Rocket Watts has scored in double figures five times this season, including back-to-back games with 20+ points against Duke and Detroit Mercy ... He is third on the team with 8.4 points per game and is second on the team with 3.0 assists.
- Junior forward Gabe Brown, who missed three games after testing positive for COVID-19, is averaging 6.9 points and 2.0 rebounds.
- Sophomore forward Malik Hall, who made his first start of the season on Tuesday against Penn State, is averaging 5.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists.
- Junior guard Foster Loyer is averaging 4.6 points and 2.3 assists and sophomore forward Julius Marble is averaging 4.2 points and 2.1 rebounds in 8.5 minutes.
- Michigan State and Iowa meet for the second time this season and for the 133rd time in program history.
- The Hawkeyes won the first meeting, 84-78, on Feb. 2.
- MSU leads the all-time series with Iowa, 76-56, and has won 14 of the last 17 games, and 19 of the last 23 overall.
- Tom Izzo is 34-12 in his career against Iowa.
- Iowa is coming off a 79-66 win at home over Rutgers on Wednesday, but has lost four of its last six games overall.
- The Hawkeyes are 3-3 on the road in the Big Ten.
- Senior center Luka Garza leads the Big Ten in scoring (25.3 ppg) and is sixth in rebounding (8.5 rpg).
- Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense (87.4 ppg) and is 14th in scoring defense (74.3 ppg).
- The Hawkeyes also lead the Big Ten in 3-pointers made per game, averaging 9.95 triples.
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