Henry Ties Career High, Michigan State Beats Indiana, 78-71

Bloomington, Ind. – Junior forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) tied a career-high with 27 points as Michigan State used a big second half to beat Indiana, 78-71, at Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon.

Graduate guard Joshua Langford (Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy) finished with 14 points, six rebounds and five assists, while junior forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) added 14 points and four rebounds.

Records
Michigan State improved to 11-9 overall and 5-9 in the Big Ten Conference, while Indiana fell to 12-10 overall and 7-8 in league play.

Recap

Michigan State trailed 43-33 and had committed three turnovers in four minutes of the second half and still trailed 48-39 after a three-point play from Indiana's Trayce Jackson-Davis with 12:59 to play.
The Spartans, however, used a 13-3 run and tied the game at 52-all on a three-point play from Langford with 9:03 left in the game.
That was part of a larger 28-8 run over a span of 7:01 as MSU took a 67-56 lead when Henry scored on a driving layup and converted the free throw for a three-point play with 5:32 left.
A 3-pointer from Brown gave MSU its biggest lead, 70-58, with 4:47 on the clock.
The Hoosiers managed to cut the lead to six points, 70-64, after a basket from Jackson-Davis with 3:02 to play, but sophomore guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio]) and Langford each hit baskets to push the lead back to 74-68.
The Spartans hit 4-of-6 free throws in the final minute to seal the win.
MSU had turned the ball over nine times in the opening 9:15 of the game and Indiana capitalized, taking a 19-6 lead on a 3-pointer from Jerome Hunter.
The Spartans settled and committed only one turnover the rest of the half and tied the game at 26-all on a floating jumper from Henry with 2:52 before halftime.
Indiana hit a pair of baskets in the final minute to take a 30-26 lead.

Key Stats

After committing 10 turnovers in the first half, the Spartans turned it over just four times in the second half.
The Spartans connected on 56.7 percent of their second half shots (17-of-30), including 55.6 percent of their 3-pointers (5-of-9).
Despite Indiana's Jackson-Davis scoring a game-high 34 points, MSU out-scored Indiana in the paint, 40-38, including 22 points in the second half.
MSU did not attempt a free throw in the first half and connected on 86.7 percent in the second half (13-of-15).
The Spartans grabbed 12 offensive rebounds and scored 14 second chance points.
MSU's bench scored 34 points.

Notes

Michigan State is now 56-71 all-time against Indiana and Head Coach Tom Izzo is 26-17 in his career against the Hoosiers.
The Spartan win snapped a three-game losing streak to Indiana and a two-game skid at Assembly Hall.
The 78 points scored by MSU are tied for the team's second-highest output in a Big Ten game this year.
MSU connected on 49.2 percent of its field goals (29-of-59), the eighth time the team has shot at least 45 percent and the third against a Big Ten opponent.
MSU out-rebounded its opponent for the 13th time this season (9-4).
The Spartans received 34 points from its bench, the 15th time this season with at least 20 points and the eight with at least 30, including each of the last three games.
Aaron Henry tied his career-high with 27 points, playing in a career-high 40 minutes.
Henry has scored in double figures 18 times this year and 38 in his career.
This was his fifth game with at least 20 points this season and the sixth of his career.
Langford scored 14 points, the eighth time in the last 11 games he has scored in double figures.
The graduate guard has scored in double figures 10 times this year and 45 times in his career.
Langford now has 1,034 points and passed Gary Harris (2012-14, 1,025 points) and Kevin Smith (1979-82, 1,028 points), and is now 50th all-time in scoring at MSU. He needs 21 points to pass Marcus Sanders (1962-65, 1,054) for 49th place all-time.
Gabe Brown scored in double figures for the sixth time this year and the 15th of his career.

Up Next
Michigan State returns home for the first of back-to-back games at the Breslin Center, beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 23 with a visit from Illinois (7 p.m., BTN). The game with Illinois is a makeup from a game that was postponed last month.

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