No. 13 Michigan State Travels to Maryland Tuesday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road to face Maryland on Tuesday, Feb. 1 (ESPN2, 7 p.m.), starting a two-game swing on the East Coast.

The game will air live on ESPN2, with Jason Benetti, Robbie Hummel and Myron Medcalf 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 158, XM 195 and channel 957 on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters the mid-week contest in College Park, Md., with a 16-4 overall record (7-2 Big Ten).
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 No. 18 in strength of schedule in the country among major conference teams.
The Green & White rank No. 19 in the country by kenpom.com, including No. 22 in adjusted defensive efficiency.
MSU has been led this year by a stingy defense, which ranks among the Big Ten leaders in scoring defense (No. 4, 65.7 ppg), field goal percentage defense (No. 2, 39.3%), 3-point field goal percentage defense (No. 2, 29.4%), rebounding margin (No. 3, +7.8 rpg), blocked shots (No. 1, 6.35 bpg) and defensive rebounds (No. 1, 29.0 drpg).
Senior forward Gabe Brown is one of three MSU players scoring in double figures and one of nine Spartans averaging at least 4.0 points per game … Brown paces the team with 13.2 ppg and a 90.0% free throw percentage, while adding 4.7 rebounds and making a team-high 42 three-pointers.
Freshman guard Max Christie sits second on the team with 10.4 points while averaging a team-best 31.1 mpg, being named Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times.
Junior forward Malik Hall is third on the team in scoring with 10.1 ppg, adding 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists … Hall is averaging 10.3 ppg and 6.1 rpg in the Big Ten play.
Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. is averaging 9.5 ppg, and leads the team with 6.9 rebounds and 2.8 blocked shots per game.
Redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser and junior guard Tyson Walker are tied for fifth on the team with 7.2 ppg, as Hauser is second on MSU with 6.2 rebounds while Walker has a team-high 1.3 steals per game.
Sophomore guard A.J. Hoggard is averaging 6.7 ppg, sharing the team lead with Walker at 4.9 assists per game and adding 2.0 rebounds.
Junior forward Julius Marble II is tallying 6.2 points and 2.9 rebounds per game.

About Maryland

The Terrapins hold an 11-10 record (3-7 Big Ten), having won two-straight contests (No. 17 Illinois and Rutgers) before losing to Indiana on Saturday, 68-55.
Maryland has been one of the best free throw-shooting teams in the conference, making 74.8% of its shots from the line (No. 4 in B1G).
Senior guard Eric Ayala is one of three Terps scoring in double figures, pacing the team with 15.8 ppg (14th in B1G) and 34.2 mpg (7th in B1G).
Graduate student guard Fatts Russell is second on the team at 13.0 ppg while averaging a team-best 3.8 assists per game.
Junior forward Donta Scott has 12.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game.

Series History

Michigan State and Maryland will play for the 19th time in series history when the teams meet on Tuesday night.
The Spartans lead the all-time series by a 10-8 margin, as MSU is 3-3 when playing College Park.
The Green & White hold a 7-6 edge over the Terps since Maryland joined the Big Ten.
Michigan State dropped both of its games against Maryland last season, losing at XFINITY Center on Feb. 28 (73-55) before falling to the Terrapins 12 days later in the B1G Tournament (68-57).
Tom Izzo is 9-8 in his career against Maryland.

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Bingham Jr.

Gabe Brown

Max Christie

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Julius Marble II

Tyson Walker