Sunday, November 19
East Lansing, Mich.
6 PM
Michigan State University
3-2,0-0Big Ten
81
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Alcorn State
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Alcorn
16
33
49
Michigan St.
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Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Holloman Scores 17 as No. 18 Michigan State Beats Alcorn State, 81-49
11/19/2023 8:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Sophomore guard Tre Holloman scored a career-high 17 points to lead four players in double figures as No. 18 Michigan State had nine different players score en route to an 81-49 win over Alcorn State on Sunday evening.
Holloman scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half and hit 6-of-7 shots from the floor, including all five of his 3-point attempts.
Junior guard Jaden Akins scored 13 points, grabbed five rebounds and had three assists, senior guard A.J. Hoggard added points, five rebounds and four assists and freshman forward Coen Carr added 11 points and three rebounds.
Records
Michigan State, winners of three of its last four games, improves to 3-2 overall while Alcorn State falls to 1-3 overall.
Recap
Michigan State hits the road for a Thanksgiving Day game on Thursday, Nov. 23, playing No 3 Arizona at Acrisure Arena in Palms Springs, Calif. The game will air live on FOX and tips off at 4 p.m.
Holloman scored 12 of his 17 points in the first half and hit 6-of-7 shots from the floor, including all five of his 3-point attempts.
Junior guard Jaden Akins scored 13 points, grabbed five rebounds and had three assists, senior guard A.J. Hoggard added points, five rebounds and four assists and freshman forward Coen Carr added 11 points and three rebounds.
Records
Michigan State, winners of three of its last four games, improves to 3-2 overall while Alcorn State falls to 1-3 overall.
Recap
- The Spartans went into the break with a 28-point lead (44-16) but Alcorn State used an 8-2 burst to start the second and narrowed the gap to 22 points, 46-24, on a layup from Jeremiah Kendall just over two minutes in.
- MSU responded with a 12-3 run and extended the lead to 31 points, 58-27, on a fast break layup from Hoggard with 14:27 left in the game.
- The Braves got no closer than 30 points the rest of the way and the Spartans took their biggest lead of the game, 81-44, on a layup from Hoggard with 2:11 left.
- Michigan State went into the half with a 44-16 lead, with Holloman pacing the way with 12 points as nine different players scored and the Spartans connected on 53.8 percent of their field goals (14-of-26) and 54.5 percent of their 3-pointers (6-of-11).
- Alcorn State had a pair of leads in the opening three minutes, with a layup from Jeremiah Kendall giving the Braves a 2-0 lead and a 3-pointer form Jeremiah Gambrell making it 5-3 lead.
- MSU responded with 11-straight points, including a 3-pointer from Akins and back-to-back shots from Hollman as the Spartans took a 14-5 lead and forced the Braves to call a timeout.
- The Braves went nearly six minutes without a field goal as MSU extended its lead to 16 points, 24-8, on another trey from Holloman.
- A layup from graduate forward Malik Hall gave MSU a 20-point lead, 30-10, and that was part of a 14-0 run that extended the lead to 30 points, 40-10, on a jumper from Fears with 6:28 left.
- Carr hit a free throw with one minute left to give the Spartans a 44-16 lead.
- Michigan State shot 52.6 percent from the floor (30-of-57), including 53.8 percent in the first half (14-of-26).
- The Spartans hit 40.0 percent of their 3-point attempts (10-of-25), including 54.5 percent in the first half (6-of-11).
- MSU handed out 24 assists on 30 made field goals (80.0 percent).
- MSU limited Alcorn State to 26.2 percent shooting from the floor (16-of-61), including 14.7 percent in the first half (5-of-34).
- The Spartans out-scored Alcorn State, 25-7, on the fast break
- Michigan State is now 2-0 all-time against Alcorn State (the teams first played in 2008, a 118-60 MSU win).
- The Spartans are now 12-1 all-time against teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo won his 690th career game.
- The Spartans scored a season-high 81 points.
- MSU is 3-1 when scoring at least 70 points.
- The team shot a season-high 52.6 percent from the floor.
- MSU hit a season-high 10 3-pointers and shot a season-high 40.0 percent.
- The Spartans handed out a season-high 24 assists.
- It was the second time with at least 20 assists this year and the third time with at least 15.
- MSU blocked a season-high 9 shots.
- Tre Holloman had the first start of his career and scored a career-high 17 points.
- It was the first game of his career in double figures.
- He handed out a team-best 5 assists, the third time this season he has led the team.
- He hit 5 shots from 3-point land, the first time an MSU player hit 5 since Jaden Akins did at Nebraska (2/28/23).
- Jaden Akins tied his season-high with 13 points.
- It was his third game in double figures and the 17th of his career.
- A.J. Hoggard scored 11 points, his second-straight game in double figures.
- He has scored in double figures twice this season and 36 times in his career.
- Coen Carr scored 11 points off the bench.
- This was his second game in double figures this season.
Michigan State hits the road for a Thanksgiving Day game on Thursday, Nov. 23, playing No 3 Arizona at Acrisure Arena in Palms Springs, Calif. The game will air live on FOX and tips off at 4 p.m.
Team Stats
Alcorn
MSU
FG%
.262
.526
3FG%
.278
.400
FT%
.600
.524
RB
41
38
TO
12
9
STL
5
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
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