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Michigan State Continues Homestand on Tuesday Against Penn State
2/8/2021 3:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – The Michigan State men's basketball team plays the second game of a three-game homestand on Tuesday, Feb. 9, hosting Penn State (7 p.m.).
The game will air live on ESPN2, with Dave Flemming and Dan Dakich 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 XM 377 and Internet 977.
Records
Michigan State enters the game with a 9-7 overall record and a 3-7 mark in the Big Ten, while Penn State is 7-8 overall and 4-7 in league play.
About the Spartans
Series History
The game will air live on ESPN2, with Dave Flemming and Dan Dakich 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 XM 377 and Internet 977.
Records
Michigan State enters the game with a 9-7 overall record and a 3-7 mark in the Big Ten, while Penn State is 7-8 overall and 4-7 in league play.
About the Spartans
- MSU has two players scoring in double figures, five players scoring at least 7.0 points, eight with at least 4.0 points and nine 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 14.0 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.4 blocks and 1.5 steals per game ... He is the only players in Division I averaging at least 13.5 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 7.1 rebounds ... Hauser scored a career-high 27 points against Wisconsin on Dec. 25, has four double-doubles this year, nine games in double figure scoring, two games with at least 20 points, and five games with at least 10 boards, including a carer-high 16 against Notre Dame.
- 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 8.7 points per game and is second on the team with 3.1 assists.
- Junior forward Gabe Brown, who missed hree games after testing positive for COVID-19, is averaging 7.4 points and 2.1 rebounds.
- Graduate guard Joshua Langford, who has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games and needs five points to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career, adds 9.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
- Sophomore forward Malik Hall is averaging 4.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists, junior guard Foster Loyer is averaging 4.9 points and 2.3 assists and sophomore forward Julius Marble is averaging 4.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 8.5 minutes.
Series History
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 40-9.
- The Spartans have won 24 of the last 30 games in the series, including 11 of the last 13.
- Tom Izzo is 33-8 in his career against Penn State.
- Michigan State is 24-2 in games played at the Breslin Center and has won eight of the last nine at home.
- The teams split a pair of games last year, with Penn State winning, 75-70, on Feb. 4 at the Breslin Center and then the Spartans posting a 79-71 win on the road.
- Penn State enters Tuesday's game with a 7-8 overall record, including a 4-7 mark in the Big Ten.
- Since not playing for 17 days, the Nittany Lions have played eight games in 19 days.
- Junior guard Myreon Jones leads the team in scoring with 14.7 points per game and is one of three players scoring in double figures.
- Junior guard Izaiah Brockington, a St. Bonaveture transfer, is second on the team with 14.5 points per game and sophomore forward Seth Lundy is third on the team with 11.7 points per game.
- Senior forward John Harrar is averaging 8.7 points and leads the team with 8.4 rebounds, while junior guard Myles Dread averages 5.5 points and leads the team with 3.8 assists.
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