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Hoggard’s Career-High 23 Points Leads Michigan State Past Penn State, 67-58
12/7/2022 9:28:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Junior guard A.J. Hoggard scored a career-high 23 points to lead three players in double figures as Michigan State took the lead for good late in the second half and pulled away in the final two minutes in a 67-58 win over Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center Wednesday night.
Hoggard, who scored 13 of his 23 points in the second half, hit 8-of-16 shots from the floor and all six of his free throw attempts, while senior guard Tyson Walker added 14 points and three assists and graduate forward Joey Hauser finished with 12 points, 15 rebounds and three assists.
Records
Michigan State improves to 6-4 overall and 1-1 in the Big Ten, while Penn State falls to 6-3 overall and 0-1 in league play.
Recap
- Penn State led for much of the first half and had a 4-point lead, 39-35, early in the second half.
- The Spartans took the lead at 43-42 with 15:08 to play on a 3-pointer from Hoggard, but that would be the first of nine lead changes over the next five minutes.
- Trailing 50-49 after a layup from Penn State's Kebba Njie, Hoggard hit two-straight baskets to give the Spartans the lead for good, 53-50, with 9:06 to play.
- Leading by just two points, 58-56, after a layup from Jalen Pickett, Hauser responded with a basket of his own with 2:22 to play, pushing the lead to 60-56.
- Hoggard rebounded a missed 3-point attempt from Penn State with 2:05 to play and he hit two free throws and followed with two more after sophomore guard Pierre Brooks rebounded a missed shot, pushing the lead to 64-56.
- The Spartans hit 7-of-8 shots from the charity stripe in the final two minutes, with Hauser hitting a pair and sophomore guard Jaden Akins hitting one with 34 seconds left to close out the scoring
- The teams went the half tied at 35-all after a layup from Pickett tied the game with 30 seconds to play and a shot from MSU was off the mark.
- Penn State had jumped out to an early 10-point lead, 16-6, following three free throws from Myles Dread with 12:31 to play before the break.
- The Nittany Lions still had a 9-point lead, 21-12, after a 3-pointer from Lundy with 10:05 left, but the Spartans chipped away and used a 12-4 run over a span of four-plus minutes to pull within 25-24 on a 3-pointer from Akins at 4:37.
- Down by four points, 33-29, after a 3-pointer from Myles Dread with 2:14 left, Hoggard registered consecutive 3-point plays to give MSU a 35-33 lead before the teams went into the break tied.
- The Spartans out-scored Penn State, 32-23, in the second half and had a 23-17 advantage on the glass in the final 20 minutes.
- Penn State entered the game leading the nation in 3-point field goals made and after hitting seven in the first half (7-of-18, 38.9%), MSU limited Penn State to just one in the second half (1-of-9, 11.1%).
- Michigan State took just 11 free throws, but the Spartans were 7-of-9 in the second half (77.8%), including hitting 7-of-8 in the final two minutes.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 43-10, including a 16-6 mark on the road.
- The Spartans have won four of the last five meetings between the teams.
- Head Coach Tom Izzo is 36-9 all-time against the Nittany Lions.
- MSU out-shot Penn State (43.3% to 34.5%) and the Spartans are 6-0 when shooting better.
- The Spartans had a 40-34 advantage on the glass the team is now 5-0 when controlling the battle of the boards.
- Michigan State is 6-1 when scoring at least 65 points.
- A.J. Hoggard scored a career-high 23 points, the first game of his career with at least 20 points.
- Hoggard has scored in double figures six times this season and 16 times in his career.
- Tyson Walker scored 14 points, his sixth game in double figures and the 52nd of his career.
- Walker has now scored 1,120 points in 96 career games, an 11.7 per game average.
- Joey Hauser scored 12 points and collected 15 rebounds, his third double-double of the season and the ninth of his career.
- It was Hauser's eighth game scoring in double figures this year and the 30th of his career.
- He has three games with double figures rebounds this year and 11 in his career.
- The 15 rebounds were a Big Ten career-high for Hauser.
Up Next
Michigan State returns home this weekend, playing just the fourth game at the Breslin Center this season, hosting Brown on Saturday, Dec. 10 (4:30 p.m., BTN).
Team Stats
MSU
PSU
FG%
.433
.345
3FG%
.429
.296
FT%
.818
.667
RB
40
34
TO
9
9
STL
2
4
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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