No. 17 Michigan State Hosts No. 14 Wisconsin on Tuesday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – After playing four of its last five games on the road, Michigan State's men's basketball team returns home to the Breslin Center on Tuesday, Feb. 8, hosting No. 14 Wisconsin (BTN, 7 p.m.). MSU will play three of its next four games at home.

The game will air live on BTN, with Brandon Gaudin, Stephen Bardo and Andy Katz 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 85, XM 195 and channel 957 on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters the game on Tuesday with a 17-5 overall record and an 8-3 mark in the Big Ten.
The Spartans are ranked #17 in the Associated Press and the ESPN Coaches polls.
MSU is #23 in the NET Rankings (#24 in Strength of Schedule), #21 in the Basketball Power Index and No.22 in the country by kenpom.com.
The Spartans are 9-1 at home this year, including a 4-1 mark in league games ... MSU is averaging 78.3 ppg and shooting 48.4% FG at the Breslin Center.
The Spartans have been led this year by a stingy defense, which ranks among the leaders in the Big Ten in field goal percentage defense (No. 3, 40.3%), 3-point field goal percentage defense (No. 1, 29.9%), rebounding margin (No. 3, +6.50 rpg) and blocked shots (No. 1, 6.00 bpg).
Senior forward Gabe Brown is one of three players scoring in double figures and one of nine players averaging at least 4.0 points per game.
Brown leads the team with 13.1 points, while adding 4.5 rebounds, leads the team in 3-pointers made with 49 and he is ninth in the Big Ten in 3-pointers made per game (2.23).
Freshman guard Max Christie is tied for second on the team with 10.0 points and has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times.
Junior forward Malik Hall is tied for second on the team in scoring with 10.0 ppg, while adding 4.9 rpg and 1.2 apg ... He is averaging 10.4 ppg and 5.5 rpg in Big Ten games.
Senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. is averaging 9.7 ppg and leads the team with 6.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots per game.
Redshirt senior forward Joey Hauser adds 7.1 ppg and is second on the team with 5.9 rpg, while junior forward Julius Marble is averaging 6.1 ppg and 2.6 rpg.
Junior guard Tyson Walker is averaging 7.2 ppg and is second on the team with 4.6 assists and sophomore teammate A.J. Hoggard is averaging 6.3 ppg and leads the team with 4.8 assists.

About Wisconsin

Since an 86-74 loss at home to Michigan State on Jan. 21, the Badgers have won three of their last four games.
Wisconsin is 4-2 on the road in the Big Ten, the lone losses coming at Ohio State (73-55) on Dec. 11 and at Illinois (80-67).
Sophomore guard Johnny Davis is third in the Big Ten in scoring (20.6 ppg) and is averaging 20.8 ppg and 9.7 rebounds in league games.
The Badgers are fifth in the Big Ten in scoring defense (66.2 ppg) and third in the league in free throw percentage (75.5%).

Series History

Tuesday's game will be the 151st meeting all-time between Michigan State and Wisconsin.
Michigan State leads the all-time series with Wisconsin, 84-66.
The Spartans are 50-15 all-time at home against the Badgers, including a 22-5 mark at the Breslin Center.
The home team has won 22 of the last 28 games played on a college campus, with the lone exceptions being MSU's wins in Madison in 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2022, and Wisconsin's win on Christmas Day last year.
Tom Izzo is 33-22 in his career against Wisconsin.

No. 17 Michigan State Hosts No. 14 Wisconsin on Tuesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Marcus Bingham Jr.

Gabe Brown

Max Christie

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Tyson Walker

No. 17 Michigan State Hosts No. 14 Wisconsin on Tuesday Night

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Max Christie

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Tyson Walker

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