No. 17 Michigan State Hosts Indiana on Saturday Afternoon

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State plays its second-straight game at the Breslin Center on Saturday, Feb. 12, hosting Indiana (FOX, 3:30 p.m.). After playing four of five games on the road, MSU is playing three of four games at home.

The game will air live on FOX, with Tim Brando and Stephen Bardo 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 135, XM 195 and channel 957 on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters the game on Saturday with a 17-6 overall record (8-4 Big Ten).
The Spartans are ranked #17 in the Associated Press and the ESPN Coaches polls.
MSU is #26 in the NET Rankings (#25 in Strength of Schedule), No. 25 in the Basketball Power Index and No. 25 in the country by kenpom.com.
The Spartans are 9-2 at home this year, including a 4-2 mark in league games ... MSU is averaging 76.8 ppg and shooting 47.8% FG at the Breslin Center.
Senior forward Gabe Brown is one of two players scoring in double figures and one of eight players averaging at least 5.0 points per game ... Brown leads the team with 12.8 ppg, while adding 4.4 rebounds and leads the team in 3-pointers made with 55.
Junior forward Malik Hall is second on the team in scoring with 10.1 ppg, while adding 4.8 rpg and 1.2 apg ... He is averaging 10.4 ppg and 5.3 rpg in Big Ten games.
Freshman guard Max Christie is tied for third on the team with 9.9 points and has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times.
Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. is averaging 9.9 ppg and leads the team with 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game.
Redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser adds 7.2 ppg and is second on the team with 6.0 rpg, while junior forward Julius Marble is averaging 5.9 ppg and 2.5 rpg.
Junior guard Tyson Walker is averaging 7.2 ppg and is second on the team with 4.4 assists, while sophomore teammate A.J. Hoggard is averaging 6.3 ppg and leads the team with 4.8 assists.

About Indiana

Indiana enters the game on Saturday with a 16-7 overall record and a 7-6 mark in the Big Ten.
The Hoosiers are coming off a 59-51 loss at Northwestern on Tuesday and have lost their last two games.
Indiana is 2-5 on the road this year, including a 2-4 mark in conference play, with road wins coming at Nebraska (78-71) and Maryland (68-55).
The Hoosiers rank ninth in the Big Ten in scoring offense (72.0 ppg) and lead the league in scoring defense (63.3 ppg), including 64.2 ppg in B1G games.

Series History

Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 71-57.
MSU won both meetings last year, first a 78-71 win at Assembly Hall and then a 64-58 win at the Breslin Center.
The wins ended a three-game win streak for the Hoosiers in the series.
The teams have split the last eight games ... Eight of the last 10 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including six games decided by six points or fewer.
The last six games have been decided by an average of 4.2 points.
Tom Izzo is 27-17 in his career against Indiana.
MSU is 40-23 all-time at home against Indiana, including a 22-2 mark at the Breslin Center.

No. 17 Michigan State Hosts Indiana on Saturday Afternoon

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Gabe Brown

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Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Tyson Walker

No. 17 Michigan State Hosts Indiana on Saturday Afternoon

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