Tuesday, November 1
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM
Michigan State University
vs
Grand Valley State (Exhibition)
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Spartans Kick Off Season with Grand Valley State Exhibition on Tuesday
10/31/2022 12:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team will host Grand Valley State on Tuesday, Nov. 1 in an exhibition game prior to the start of the 2022-23 regular season.
The game tips off at 7 p.m. at the Breslin Center and will air live on B1G+. Brendan Schabath, Zach Surdenik and Owen Oszust will handle the call for the game.
The Spartans return nine letterwinners from last year's team that finished 23-13 overall and 11-9 in the Big Ten and reached the NCAA Tournament for the 24th-straight season. That sits as the second-longest active streak in Division I, tied for the third-longest in NCAA history and the longest streak in Big Ten history.
Head Coach Tom Izzo welcomes back five players who started at least one game last year, and a trio of seniors – forwards Malik Hall and Joey Hauser and guard Tyson Walker – who have combined to play 278 games and started 177 games in their careers.
Hall is coming of a junior year that saw him earn honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches after averaging 8.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, including 9.6 points and 4.9 rebounds in Big Ten games. The senior forward is the most experienced MSU player with 95 career games under his belt.
He is expected to be joined in the starting lineup by graduate forward Hauser, who enters his third year at MSU after spending his freshman year at Marquette in 2018-19. Hauser has the most career games played (97) and is tied for the team lead in career starts (76). The 6-9 forward, who matched his career-high with 27 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Davidson, averaged 7.3 points and 5.3 rebounds last year in 22.2 minutes per game.
Walker, a transfer from Northeastern, appeared in all 36 games last year, starting 28 times and finishing third on the team in minutes played (22.6 mpg). He was fifth on the team in scoring with 8.2 points per game and second on the team with 4.3 assists per game.
Also back for the Spartans is junior guard A.J. Hoggard, who started eight games last year and finished the season averaging 7.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and led the team with 4.8 assists in 20.3 minutes per game. He ranked fourth in the Big Ten in assists and ranked No. 1 in the country per kenpom.com in assist rate (46.0 percent).
Sophomore guards Jaden Akins and Pierre Brooks II, along with junior center Mady Sissoko, are expected to play significant minutes this season. Akins, who is recovering from surgery in the off-season, averaged 3.4 points and 2.4 rebounds last year.
Michigan State's freshmen class includes a trio of players expected to make contributions immediately: forward Jaxon Kohler, guard Tre Holloman and center Carson Cooper.
The game against Grand Valley State is the sixth time since 2004 the Spartans have played the Lakers. The teams played last year, with Michigan State posting an 83-60 win at the Breslin Center on Thursday, Nov. 4. Hauser scored 13 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had five assists in the win last year.
Grand Valley State, under the direction of first-year head coach Cornell Mann, is playing its third exhibition game. The Lakers lost to Oakland, 92-76, on Oct. 20, and dropped an 85-69 decision at Eastern Michigan on Oct. 27. Sophomore guard Trevon Gunter scored 20 points in the loss to Oakland, while freshman Jalen Charity added 12 points. Against Eastern Michigan, graduate forward Chinedu Kingsley Okanu, a transfer from Northern Illinois, had 11 points and six rebounds.
The game tips off at 7 p.m. at the Breslin Center and will air live on B1G+. Brendan Schabath, Zach Surdenik and Owen Oszust will handle the call for the game.
The Spartans return nine letterwinners from last year's team that finished 23-13 overall and 11-9 in the Big Ten and reached the NCAA Tournament for the 24th-straight season. That sits as the second-longest active streak in Division I, tied for the third-longest in NCAA history and the longest streak in Big Ten history.
Head Coach Tom Izzo welcomes back five players who started at least one game last year, and a trio of seniors – forwards Malik Hall and Joey Hauser and guard Tyson Walker – who have combined to play 278 games and started 177 games in their careers.
Hall is coming of a junior year that saw him earn honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the league's coaches after averaging 8.9 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, including 9.6 points and 4.9 rebounds in Big Ten games. The senior forward is the most experienced MSU player with 95 career games under his belt.
He is expected to be joined in the starting lineup by graduate forward Hauser, who enters his third year at MSU after spending his freshman year at Marquette in 2018-19. Hauser has the most career games played (97) and is tied for the team lead in career starts (76). The 6-9 forward, who matched his career-high with 27 points in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Davidson, averaged 7.3 points and 5.3 rebounds last year in 22.2 minutes per game.
Walker, a transfer from Northeastern, appeared in all 36 games last year, starting 28 times and finishing third on the team in minutes played (22.6 mpg). He was fifth on the team in scoring with 8.2 points per game and second on the team with 4.3 assists per game.
Also back for the Spartans is junior guard A.J. Hoggard, who started eight games last year and finished the season averaging 7.0 points, 2.3 rebounds and led the team with 4.8 assists in 20.3 minutes per game. He ranked fourth in the Big Ten in assists and ranked No. 1 in the country per kenpom.com in assist rate (46.0 percent).
Sophomore guards Jaden Akins and Pierre Brooks II, along with junior center Mady Sissoko, are expected to play significant minutes this season. Akins, who is recovering from surgery in the off-season, averaged 3.4 points and 2.4 rebounds last year.
Michigan State's freshmen class includes a trio of players expected to make contributions immediately: forward Jaxon Kohler, guard Tre Holloman and center Carson Cooper.
The game against Grand Valley State is the sixth time since 2004 the Spartans have played the Lakers. The teams played last year, with Michigan State posting an 83-60 win at the Breslin Center on Thursday, Nov. 4. Hauser scored 13 points, grabbed nine rebounds and had five assists in the win last year.
Grand Valley State, under the direction of first-year head coach Cornell Mann, is playing its third exhibition game. The Lakers lost to Oakland, 92-76, on Oct. 20, and dropped an 85-69 decision at Eastern Michigan on Oct. 27. Sophomore guard Trevon Gunter scored 20 points in the loss to Oakland, while freshman Jalen Charity added 12 points. Against Eastern Michigan, graduate forward Chinedu Kingsley Okanu, a transfer from Northern Illinois, had 11 points and six rebounds.
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