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Photo by: Craig Pessman / Illinois Athletics
Comeback Falls Short as No. 10 Michigan State Loses to No. 24 Illinois, 56-55
1/25/2022 10:41:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Champaign, Ill. – No. 10 Michigan State trailed by 14 points at halftime and by 15 points in the second half but made a late run and had a chance to send the game to overtime, but the Spartans could not pull off the comeback in a 56-55 loss at No. 24 Illinois Tuesday night at State Farm Arena.
Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) scored a team-high 13 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked four shots to lead the Spartans, while senior forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) scored 10 points and had three assists.
Junior guard Tyson Walker (Westbury, N.Y./Christ the King/Northeastern) added nine points and six assists and redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point/Marquette) finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
Records
Up Next
Michigan State returns home this weekend, hosting rival Michigan on Saturday, Jan. 29 (noon, CBS).
Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) scored a team-high 13 points, grabbed six rebounds and blocked four shots to lead the Spartans, while senior forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville) scored 10 points and had three assists.
Junior guard Tyson Walker (Westbury, N.Y./Christ the King/Northeastern) added nine points and six assists and redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser (Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point/Marquette) finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
Records
- Michigan State falls to 15-4 overall and 6-2 in the Big Ten, while Illinois improves to 14-5 overall and 7-2 in league play.
- Trailing by 13 points, 52-39, with 9:47 to play, a jumper from Bingham and a 3-pointer from Hauser triggered a 15-3 run over a span of 8:48 as junior forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]) hit a pair of free throws with 1:51 left and then connected on a jumper with 59 seconds left to pull MSU within 56-54.
- A jumper from Walker was off the mark with 12 seconds left and Illinois' Trent Frazier missed the front end of a one-one-one with six seconds left, giving MSU one more chance.
- Hall drove to the left and was fouled as he attempted a shot with .02 seconds left. The junior missed the first of two free throws and made the second as the Spartans fell just short, 56-55.
- Trailing by 14 points, 34-20, at the break, the Spartans chipped into the Illinois lead, with free throws from Hauser and a basket from Bingham getting MSU to within 36-27 at the 17:19 mark.
- A 3-pointer from Luke Goode gave Illinois a 42-27, but the Spartans pulled to within eight points, 52-44, on a 3-pointer from Hauser at the top of the key with 8:11 left.
- The Spartans had jumped out to a 5-0 lead after a 3-pointer from Bingham and a layup from Hauser in the first three minutes of the game, but Illinois tied the game at 7-all.
- The Illini used a 10-2 run, with all of the scoring courtesy of Trent Frazier, to take a 17-9 near the midpoint of the half, but the Spartans used a three-point play and a dunk from Brown to pull within 17-14.
- The Spartans fell behind by 10 points, 24-14, but a jumper from Bingham with 4:14 to play cut the lead to 24-18.
- Illinois used a 10-2 run over the final 3:12 to take a 34-20 lead into the break.
- Michigan State turned the ball over 11 times, but just two in the second half.
- The Spartans committed nine turnovers in the first half and Illinois scored 15 points off turnovers in the opening 20 minutes (none in the second half).
- The Spartans connected on just 34.5 percent of their shots from the floor (19-of-55), including 21.4 percent of their 3-point attempts (3-of-14).
- The loss ends a three-game win streak in the series for the Spartans.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Illinois, 64-61, and is now 21-40 all-time in games played in Champaign.
- MSU scored a season-low 55 points; it was just the second time scoring fewer than 60 points (Baylor, 58).
- The Spartans shot a season-low 34.5 percent from the floor (19-of-55).
- The Spartans also had season-lows in field goals made (19) and 3-pointers made (3).
- Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. scored in double figures for the 10th time this season and the 13th time in his career.
- Bingham also blocked four shots, the sixth time this season with at least four.
- He now has 140 career blocks and needs two more to pass Adreian Payne (2010-14) for fifth place all-time at Michigan State.
- Senior forward Gabe Brown scored 10 points, the 17th time in double figures this season.
Up Next
Michigan State returns home this weekend, hosting rival Michigan on Saturday, Jan. 29 (noon, CBS).
Team Stats
MSU
Illini
FG%
.345
.415
3FG%
.214
.310
FT%
.824
.429
RB
41
27
TO
11
7
STL
5
2
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
1
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