Michigan State Plays at No. 1 Purdue on Sunday

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road again this weekend, playing at No. 1/1 Purdue on Sunday, Jan. 29 (12:20 p.m., CBS).

The game will air live on CBS, with Spero Dedes, Bill Raftery and Jay Wright 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 channels 383 on SiriusXM and channel 973 on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State has won nine of its last 12 games and enters the game on Sunday with a 14-7 overall record, including a 6-4 mark in Big Ten play.
The Spartans are coming off a 63-61 win over Iowa on Thursday night at home. MSU has won two of its last three games and nine of the last 12 overall.
The Spartans, who played one of the nation's toughest schedules in the country to open the season, have faced the No. 1 toughest slate of opposing offenses in the country, the 19th-toughest slate of opposing defenses and rank No. 3 overall in strength of schedule, per KenPom.com.
The Spartans are No. 8 nationally in the NET Strength of Schedule.
The Spartans are ranked No. 39 in the latest NET rankings and No. 36 in KenPom.
The Spartans are 3-3 on the road this year, including a 2-2 mark in Big Ten play, picking up road wins at Penn State and Wisconsin ... Sunday's game is the fourth game in the last seven away from home.
MSU is 3rd in the B1G in scoring defense (64.10 ppg), 2nd in FG% defense (41.3%) and 1st in 3-point defense (28.5%).
Through 21 games, senior guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 14.1 ppg, while adding 2.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
Graduate forward Joey Hauser is second on the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 47.7 percent from the floor and 41.1 percent from 3-point land.
Junior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 12.74 points, fourth with 3.8 rebounds and leads the team (and is 2nd in the Big Ten) with 5.9 assists per game ... Hoggard is one of five Division I players in the country averaging at least 12.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 5.8 apg.
Senior forward Malik Hall, who played against Iowa after missing three games (11 overall), is fourth on the team with 10.0 ppg and third with 4.0 rpg.
Sophomore guard Jaden Akins is averaging 8.8 points and 3.8 rebounds.
Junior forward Mady Sissoko is averaging 5.8 points and is second on the team with 6.9 rebounds.
Sophomore Pierre Brooks II is averaging 4.8 points and 2.3 rebounds.

About Purdue

Purdue enters the game on Sunday with a 20-1 overall record and a 9-1 mark in the Big Ten following a 75-70 win over Michigan on Thursday night.
The Boilermakers, ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll, have won seven-straight games since Rutgers handed them their lone loss of the season, 65-64, on Jan. 2.
Purdue is 9-1 at home, including a 3-1 record in conference play (the lone loss coming to Rutgers).
Junior center Zach Edey is third in the Big Ten in scoring (20.6 ppg) and is second in the league in rebounding (13.5 rpg).
Freshman guard Fletcher Loyer (13.0 ppg) is the younger brother of former MSU guard Foster Loyer.

Series History

When Michigan State and Purdue play on Sunday, it will be the 131st meeting in program history.
Purdue leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 74-56, and has won six of the last seven meetings and eight of the last 11 overall.
The Spartans are 18-45 in games played at Mackey Arena.
The Spartans have lost the last five games at Mackey Arena.
MSU's last win at Purdue was a 94-79 decision on February 20, 2014 (the third-straight road win in the series for MSU.
Tom Izzo is 28-22 in his career against Purdue.

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Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Pierre Brooks II

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Foster Loyer

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker