Spartans Back to the Breslin Center Tuesday Night, Hosting No. 17 Indiana

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team returns back to the Breslin Center for the first time in two weeks, hosting No. 17/17 Indiana on Tuesday, Feb. 21 (9 p.m., ESPN).

The game will air live on ESPN with Brian Custer, Jay Bilas and Myron Medcalf calling all of the action. 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 388 on SiriusXM and channel 978 on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State has won 11 of its last 17 games and enters the game on Tuesday with a 16-10 overall record, including an 8-7 mark in Big Ten play.'
The Spartans are coming off an 84-72 loss at Michigan on Saturday night at the Crisler Center.
MSU has not played at home since a 63-58 win over Maryland on Feb. 7 ... The team's game against Minnesota last Wednesday night was postponed following a mass shooting on campus on Feb. 13.
MSU is 10-2 at home, including 5-2 in the Big Ten.
In Big Ten Conference games, MSU is fourth in the league in scoring defense (64.13 ppg), 2nd in field goal percentage defense (41.2%) and 1st 3-point field goal percentage defense (27.4%).
The Spartans are No. 5 nationally in the NET Strength of Schedule.
Per KenPom.com, MSU has faced the nation's No. 1 toughest slate of opposing offenses in the country, the 12th-toughest slate of opposing defenses and ranks No. 3 overall in strength of schedule.
The Spartans are ranked No. 40 in the latest NET rankings and No. 35 in KenPom.
Through 26 games, graduate forward Joey Hauser leads the team in scoring with 13.9 points per game and rebounding with 7.0 boards per game, while shooting 47.7 percent from the floor and 43.0 percent from 3-point land ... Hauser has scored at least 20 points in each of the last three games, becoming the first MSU player since Cassius Winston in 2020 to score at least 20 points in three-straight games.
Senior guard Tyson Walker is second on the team in scoring with 13.7 ppg, while adding 2.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists.
Junior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 11.8 points, fifth with 3.8 rebounds and leads the team (and is 2nd in the Big Ten) with 5.8 assists per game ... Hoggard is one of five Division I players in the country averaging at least 11.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 5.8 apg.
Senior forward Malik Hall, who played against Iowa on Jan. 26 after missing three games (11 overall this season), is fourth on the team with 9.1 ppg and third with 4.4 rpg.
Sophomore guard Jaden Akins is averaging 8.8 points and 4.1 rebounds.
Junior forward Mady Sissoko is averaging 5.4 points and is second on the team with 6.3 rebounds/

About Indiana

Indiana enters the game on Sunday with a 19-8 overall record, including a 10-6 mark in the Big Ten following a 71-68 win over Illinois on Saturday.
The Hoosiers have won four of their last five games and nine of the last 11 overall, the lone losses coming at Maryland and at Northwestern.
Indiana is 4-6 on the road, including a 3-5 record in league play and has lost two of its last three conference road game, the win at Michigan on Feb. 11.
Junior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis is averaging 22.1 points (4th in B1G) and 13.1 rebounds (2nd in B1G) in conference games.
In Big Ten Conference games, the Hoosiers are fourth in the league in scoring offense (70.88 ppg) and 8th in scoring defense (67.94 ppg).

Series History

Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 72-58.
Indiana won the first meeting this season, 82-69, at Assembly Hall on Jan. 22.
The Spartans have won three of the last four games.
Eight of the last 12 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including six games decided by six points or fewer.
Tom Izzo is 28-18 in his career against Indiana.
MSU is 41-23 all-time at home against Indiana, including a 23-2 mark at the Breslin Center.

Spartans Back to the Breslin Center Tuesday Night, Hosting No. 17 Indiana

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Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

Cassius Winston

Spartans Back to the Breslin Center Tuesday Night, Hosting No. 17 Indiana

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

Cassius Winston

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