Tuesday, January 25
Champaign, Ill.
7 p.m. ET
Michigan State University
at
Illinois
Photo by: Tom Lynn
No. 10 Michigan State Plays at No. 24 Illinois on Tuesday Night
1/24/2022 3:43:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team plays its second-straight road game and second-straight game against a Top 25 team, visiting No. 24 Illinois on Tuesday, Jan. 25 (7 p.m.)
The game will air live on ESPN, with Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel and Myron Metcalf calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Networkradio 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 channel 81 on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
The game will air live on ESPN, with Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel and Myron Metcalf calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Networkradio 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 channel 81 on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enters the game on Tuesday with a 15-3 overall record (6-1 Big Ten).
- The Spartans are in a stretch where they play four of five games on the road … That trip started on Friday with an 86-74 win at then-No. 8 Wisconsin.
- The Spartans are ranked #10 in the AP poll and No. 10 in the ESPN Coaches poll.
- MSU is #18 in the NET Rankings and #21 by Strength of Schedule among major conference teams.
- MSU is No.19 in the country by kenpom.com, including No. 26 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
- MSU is 4-0 in road games (3-0 B1G), averaging 76.8 ppg and shooting 46.6 percent from the floor.
- The Spartans have been led this year by a stingy defense, which ranks among the leaders in the Big Ten in scoring defense (No. 4, 66.1 ppg), field goal percentage defense (No. 2, 39.3%), 3-point field goal percentage defense (No. 3, 30.0%), rebounding margin (No. 3, +8.1 rpg) and blocked shots (No. 1, 6.4 bpg).
- Senior forward Gabe Brown is one of three players scoring in double figures and one of nine players averaging at least 4.1 points per game.
- Brown leads the team with 13.6 ppg, while adding 4.7 rebounds, leads the team in 3-pointers made with 40 and is ninth in Big Ten games, averaging 2.14 shots from 3-point land per game.
- Freshman guard Max Christie is second on the team with 10.5 points and has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times.
- Junior forward Malik Hall is third on the team in scoring with 9.9 ppg, while adding 5.0 rpg and 1.3 apg ... He is averaging 10.1 ppg and 6.0 rpg in Big Ten games.
- Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. is averaging 9.6 ppg and leads the team with 6.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game.
- Redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser adds 6.8 ppg and is second on the team with 6.4 rpg, while junior forward Julius Marble is averaging 6.3 ppg and 2.9 rpg.
- Junior guard Tyson Walker is averaging 7.1 ppg and leads the team with 5.1 assists and sophomore teammate A.J. Hoggard is averaging 6.8 ppg, 4.7 apg and 1.9 rpg.
- Illinois enters the game on Tuesday night with a 13-5 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the Big Ten Conference.
- The Fighting Illini have lost their last two games, a double overtime to Purdue at home (96-88) and at Maryland (81-65) on Friday night.
- Illinois is 8-2 at home, the only other loss coming to Arizona (83-79).
- Junior forward Kofi Cockburn is third in the Big Ten in scoring (21.1 ppg) and leads the league in rebounding (11.8 rpg).
- The Illini are third in the league in scoring offense (79.3 ppg), eighth in scoring defense (66.9 ppg) and second in rebounding margin (+11.2 rpg).
- The game on Tuesday night between Michigan State and Illinois is the 125th meeting all-time.
- The Spartans lead the head-to-head series, 64-60, and have won 15 of the last 22 against Illinois and 17 of the last 25.
- MSU won the only game between the teams last year, an 81-72 decision at the Breslin Center.
- In the last 27 games in the series, 22 games have been decided by 10 points or fewer.
- Tom Izzo is 27-18 in his career against the Illini.
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