Michigan State Plays at Iowa on Saturday as End of Regular Season Nears

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road for the first of two Big Ten Conference games, playing at Iowa on Saturday, Feb. 25 (ESPN, noon ET).

The game will air live on ESPN with Kevin Brown and Robbie Hummel 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 Kevin Pauga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on channels 384 on SiriusXM and channel 974 on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State has won 12 of its last 18 games and enters the game on Saturday with a 17-10 overall record, including an 9-7 mark in Big Ten play.
The Spartans are ranked No. 5 in the NET Strength of Schedule.
Michigan State has 8 Quad 1 wins and the Spartans are just one of 7 schools nationally with at least 8.
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 12th-toughest slate of opposing defenses and rank No. 4 overall in strength of schedule, per KenPom.com.
Through 27 games, senior guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 14.0 ppg, while adding 2.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
Graduate forward Joey Hauser is second on the team in scoring with 13.8 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 7.1 boards per game, while shooting 47.3 percent from the floor and 42.2 percent from 3-point land ... Hauser scored at least 20 points against Maryland, Ohio State and Michigan, becoming the first MSU player since Cassius Winston in 2020 to score at least 20 points in three-straight games.
Junior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 12.2 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 seven Division I players in the country averaging at least 12.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg and 5.7 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 8.7 points and 4.1 rebounds, while junior forward Mady Sissoko is averaging 5.3 points and is second on the team with 6.1 rebounds.

About Iowa

Iowa enters the game on Saturday with a 17-11 overall record and a 9-8 mark in the Big Ten following a 64-52 loss at Wisconsin Wednesday night.
The Hawkeyes have lost their last two games (at Northwestern, 80-60 on Sunday) and three of their last five games overall.
Iowa is 13-2 at home, including a 7-1 in the Big Ten, the lone loss at Carver-Hawkeye Arena at home a 78-75 overtime decision to Wisconsin on Dec. 11.
Iowa is averaging 88.1 points at home, while shooting 50.4 percent from the floor and 41.6 percent from 3-point land.
Iowa leads the Big Ten in scoring offense in conference games (77.14 ppg) and is 14th in the league in scoring defense (76.06 ppg).

Series History

Michigan State and Iowa meet for the second time this season and for the 136th time in program history ... MSU leads the all-time series with Iowa, 78-58.
The Spartans are 26-37 in games played at Iowa.
The Spartans have lost their last two games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the team's last win at Iowa was an 82-67 decision in 2019.
Iowa has won three games of the last four games in the series.
MSU beat Iowa, 63-61, in the first meeting between the teams this season last month.
Tom Izzo is 35-14 in his career against Iowa.

Michigan State Plays at Iowa on Saturday as End of Regular Season Nears

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

Cassius Winston

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