Thursday, January 26
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM
Michigan State University
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Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Five in Double Figures as Michigan State Grinds Out Win against Iowa, 63-61
1/26/2023 9:38:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State guards Tyson Walker and Jaden Akins hit jumpers in the final 90 seconds and the Spartans held off two final shots from Iowa to grind out a 63-61 win at the Breslin Center Thursday night.
Sophomore guard Jaden Akins scored 12 points and had six rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks to lead five players in double figures for the Spartans.
Graduate forward Joey Hauser finished with 11 points and six rebounds, while senior forward Malik Hall came up with 11 points, three rebounds and four assists in his first game in two weeks.
Junior forward Mady Sissoko had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and senior guard Tyson Walker added 10 points and five assists.
Records
Michigan State improves to 14-7 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Iowa falls to 12-8 and 4-5 in league play.
Recap
Michigan State hits the road on Sunday, Jan. 29, traveling to play at No. 1 Purdue (CBS, 12:15 p.m.).
Sophomore guard Jaden Akins scored 12 points and had six rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks to lead five players in double figures for the Spartans.
Graduate forward Joey Hauser finished with 11 points and six rebounds, while senior forward Malik Hall came up with 11 points, three rebounds and four assists in his first game in two weeks.
Junior forward Mady Sissoko had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds and senior guard Tyson Walker added 10 points and five assists.
Records
Michigan State improves to 14-7 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Iowa falls to 12-8 and 4-5 in league play.
Recap
- In a second half in which Iowa led for more than 11 minutes and with five ties and eight lead changes, the Spartans took a 59-58 lead on a 3-pointer from Walker with 4:59 to play.
- Iowa's Filip Rebraca hit 1-of-2 free throws with 4:42 left to tie it at 59-all and the teams were scoreless for the next 3:18.
- Following an MSU timeout, Walker hit a long jumper from the right wing with 1:24 left to give the Spartans a 61-59 lead. Iowa turned the ball over and Akins followed with a baseline jumper with 49 seconds left to make it 63-59.
- Connor McCaffery hit a basket to cut the lead to 63-61 with 35 seconds left, but junior guard A.J. Hoggard missed a free throw with 20 seconds left, setting up Iowa with a chance to send the game to overtime or win.
- A pair of 3-point attempts from Payton Sandfort were off the mark as the Spartans escaped with the win.
- The Spartans had gone into the half with a 30-29 lead, but Iowa took the lead back early after baskets from Kris Murry and Ahron Ulis.
- The Hawkeyes took their biggest lead of the half, 45-39, on free throws from Tony Perkins with just over 14 minutes to play, but the Spartans responded with a 12-4 run and took a 51-49 lead on a 3-pointer from Hauser with 9:26 left.
- The teams traded the lead back and forth until Walker's jumper gave MSU a short-lived 59-58 lead, setting up the wild finish.
- Iowa had jumped on top early, taking a 10-0 lead as the Spartans missed their first 10 shots, finally scoring on a 3-pointer from Walker at the 15:22 mark.
- Iowa still led by seven points, 19-12, after a 3-pointer from McCaffery, but MSU went on a 14-4 run and took a 26-23 lead on a fast break layup from Hoggard.
- Two free throws from sophomore guard Pierre Brooks II gave MSU a 30-29 lead at the break.
- The Spartans shot just 38.7 percent from the floor (24-of-62), but hit 40.0 percent of their 3-pointers (8-of-20), including 46.2 percent in the second half (6-of-13).
- MSU had a season-high 10 steals, forced 13 turnovers and scored 18 points off of those.
- The Spartans grabbed 12 offensive rebounds and scored 11 second-chance points.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Iowa, 77-58, including a 47-19 record at home and a 22-4 record at the Breslin Center.
- The win ended a three-game losing streak to the Hawkeyes.
- Head Coach Tom Izzo is now 35-14 all-time against Iowa.
- Michigan State is 9-2 at home, including 5-2 in the Big Ten.
- The Spartans are 12-2 when leading at the half.
- Michigan State was out-shot by Iowa (45.6% to 38.7%), the sixth time this season the Spartans have been out-shot and the first time MSU has won in that situation.
- Michigan State won while being out-rebounded for the second time this season (2-6).
- MSU is 5-2 in games decided by 1 to 5 points.
- The Spartans are 10-2 when holding opponents below 70 points.
- It was the third time this season five players have scored in double figures for MSU.
- Jaden Akins scored 12 points to lead MSU, his first career time leading the team in scoring.
- It was his sixth game in double figures this year and his third-straight.
- Joey Hauser scored 11 points and had six rebounds; this was his 18th game in double figures this year and the 40th of his career.
- Malik Hall played just his 10th game of the season and finished with 11 points; it was his sixth game in double figures and the 29th of his career.
- He handed out a season-high, and tied his Big Ten career-high, with 4 assists.
- Mady Sissoko had his first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
- It was his fifth game scoring in double figures this year and the fourth game with at least 10 rebounds.
- Tyson Walker scored 10 points, his 17th game in double figures this year and the 63rd of his career.
- A.J. Hoggard had a career-high four steals.
Michigan State hits the road on Sunday, Jan. 29, traveling to play at No. 1 Purdue (CBS, 12:15 p.m.).
Team Stats
Iowa
MSU
FG%
.456
.387
3FG%
.176
.400
FT%
.462
.583
RB
38
37
TO
13
10
STL
7
10
Game Leaders
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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