Thursday, March 10
Indianapolis, Ind.
6:30 p.m. ET
Michigan State University
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Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Michigan State Holds On For 76-72 Win Over Maryland in Big Ten Tournament
3/10/2022 9:56:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Indianapolis, Ind. – Michigan State saw a 20-point lead shrink to two in the waning moments of the second half, but two late free throws from freshman guard Max Christie helped the No. 7-seed Spartans close out a 76-72 victory over 10th-seeded Maryland in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Christie led MSU with 16 points in his postseason debut, going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and adding six rebounds on the defensive end. Senior forward Gabe Brown also reached double figures with 13 points while pulling down six rebounds.
Records
Michigan State improves to a 21-11 overall record, while Maryland ends their season at 15-17.
Recap
Up Next
Michigan will play No. 2-seeded Wisconsin on Friday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Christie led MSU with 16 points in his postseason debut, going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and adding six rebounds on the defensive end. Senior forward Gabe Brown also reached double figures with 13 points while pulling down six rebounds.
Records
Michigan State improves to a 21-11 overall record, while Maryland ends their season at 15-17.
Recap
- MSU extended its 43-34 halftime lead to start the second half, as two jumpers from senior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. kicked off a 14-3 surge that put the Spartans ahead by 20 points, 57-37, capped off by Brown's 3-pointer with 13:04 left.
- Maryland chipped away at the deficit by getting six of the next seven buckets, with a Donta Scott 3-pointer cutting the lead to 59-49 at the 9:07 mark
- After Hakim Hart cut the lead to single digits,65-56, with a fastbreak dunk at 5:38, freshman guard Jaden Akins connected on a 3-pointer to put the lead to 12 again, 68-56, with 3:10 left.
- A Fatts Russell 3-pointer on the fastbreak at the 1:33 mark closed a 9-0 UMD run that made it 68-65, but junior guard Tyson Walker made two free throws at 1:26.
- Russell was fouled on a made jumper with 1:06 remaining, as his free throw was good to cut the MSU edge to 70-68.
- Walker's jumper in the paint with 40 seconds left and Christie made two free throws with 0:31 remaining to make it a six-point edge, 68-74.
- Two layups from the Terrapins cut the lead to 74-72 with 16 seconds left and caused a MSU turnover, but Christie rebounded a missed 3-pointer from Russell and was fouled, making both ends of a one-and-one to put MSU ahead, 76-72.
- Michigan State went 16-for-28 from the field (57.14%) and 7-for-11 from 3-point land (63.64%) in the opening 20 minutes to take a 43-34 lead into halftime.
- Maryland grabbed an early advantage, 6-4, when Fatts Russell hit a 3-pointer with 18:18 left in the first half.
- MSU took the lead with a 6-0 run and never surrendered it as Brown connected on a jumper and a 3-pointer before Christie made the first of two free throw attempts to put the Spartans up, 10-6, at the 16:47 mark.
- The Terrapins made a 9-1 run that was capped by an Eric Ayala 3-pointer with 12:12 remaining, shrinking MSU's lead to 16-15, but junior forward Malik Hall was fouled on a shot from beyond the arc at 12:03, as the Spartan went 2-for-3 from the line to make it 18-15.
- Ian Martinez cut it to one again, 18-17, with a jumper in the paint, but a made 3-pointer from Walker was followed by two jumpers from junior forward Julius Marble II that stretched the MSU lead to 25-17 with 9:04 left.
- Ayala hit two free throws at the 2:04 mark of the first to make it 38-34, but a Bingham jumper and a 3-pointer by Akins gave MSU a 43-34 advantage going into the break.
- Michigan State shot 50.0 percent from the floor (27-of-54), including 57.1 percent in the first half (16-of-28).
- The Spartans held a 40-30 edge in rebounding.
- MSU committed 16 turnovers and Maryland scored 24 points off turnovers; in the second half, MSU committed 11 turnovers and the Terrapins scored 17 points.
- Michigan State now has a 33-17 record all-time in the Big Ten Tournament.
- The Spartans are 13-8 all-time against Maryland, including a 3-1 record in the Big Ten Tournament.
- Head Coach Tom Izzo won his 664th career game.
- Michigan State is 18-0 when leading at the half.
- The Spartans are 17-3 when scoring at least 70 points.
- Michigan State held Maryland to 39.1 percent shooting from the floor, the 28th opponent this year to shoot below 50 percent (20-8 record in those games).
- MSU shot 50.0 percent from the floor, the eighth time this year shooting at least 50 percent.
- MSU is 18-3 when out-shooting its opponent.
- The Spartans had a 40-30 edge in rebounding and are 17-4 when controlling the boards.
- Max Christie scored 16 points, his 12th game in double figures this year.
- Gabe Brown scored 10 points, his 23rd game in double figures this year.
Up Next
Michigan will play No. 2-seeded Wisconsin on Friday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals.
Team Stats
MD
MSU
FG%
.391
.500
3FG%
.310
.474
FT%
.722
.813
RB
30
40
TO
6
16
STL
9
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
16
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
5
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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