Michigan State Falls at Iowa in Overtime, 112-106

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Michigan State's men's basketball team had a 13-point lead with less than two minutes left in regulation, but Iowa hit five 3-pointers to send the game to overtime and the Hawkeyes beat the Spartans, 112-106, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Senior guard Tyson Walker scored a season-high, and Big Ten career-high, 31 points, adding four rebounds and five assists to lead the Spartans.

Sophomore guard Jaden Akins scored a career-high 21 points, senior forward Malik Hall scored 16 points, graduate forward Joey Hauser added 15 points, five rebounds and four assists and junior guard A.J. Hoggard finished with 15 points (12-of-14 from the free throw line) and seven assists.

Records
Michigan State falls to 17-11 overall and 9-8 in the Big Ten Conference, while Iowa improves to 18-11 overall and 10-8 in league play.

Recap

After being tied at the break, Michigan State took the lead early in the second half and led for nearly 18 minutes.
Iowa cut the MSU lead to 73-70, but the Spartans responded with seven-straight points and took an 82-72 lead on a jumper from Walker with 3:59 to play.
The Spartans extended their lead to 89-76 on three free throws from Walker with 2:03 left and stilled by 13 points, 91-78, on free throws from Hall with 1:34 left.
The Hawkeyes, however, hit five 3-pointers in the final 40 seconds, including the game-tying shot from Payton Sandfort with three seconds left, sending the game to overtime.
A jumper from Akins 38 seconds into the extra frame tied the game at 103-all, but Iowa scored the next five points, taking a 108-103 lead on a Tony Perkins dunk with 1:06 left and MSU would get no closer.
The game was tied at 42-all going into the break and the Spartans created space early in the second half with a 6-0 run on layups from Walker and Akins and free throws from Hoggard to take a 55-49 lead.
Iowa took an early 5-point lead thanks in part to Filip Rebraca, who gave the Hawkeyes a 19-14 lead midway through the first half.
Trailing 24-18, the Spartans used a 16-7 run to take a 34-31 lead on a 3-poitner from Hauser with 4:44 to play.
Akins hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:42 of the half to send the game to the break tied at 42-all.

Key Stats

Michigan State, the Big Ten leader in 3-point field goal percentage defense, allowed Iowa to hit 17 from long distance and shoot 47.2 percent from outside the arc.
Iowa collected 15 offensive rebounds and scored 29 second-chance points.
The Hawkeyes scored 17 points off 15 MSU turnovers.

Notes

Michigan State and Iowa split the season series this year, with MSU winning 63-61 at home and Iowa claiming the 112-106 victory in Iowa City.
The Spartans lead the all-time series with Iowa, 77-59.
MSU is 26-38 on the road in the series.
Iowa has won four of the last five meetings between the teams.
This was the first time Michigan State had scored at least 100 points and lost a game since a 109-106 triple overtime loss to Gonzaga on Nov. 22, 2005 in the Maui Invitational.
This was the first time MSU had scored at least 100 points against a Big Ten opponent since scoring 103 against Indiana on March 2, 2008.
Michigan State shot a season-high 59.3 percent from the floor (32-of-54).
The Spartans also hit a season-best 73.3 percent of their 3-pointers (11-of-15).
Tyson Walker scored a season-high, and a Big Ten career-high, 31 points.
It was the 23rd game in double figures this season and his 69th career.
Walker has scored at least 30 points twice this season and five times in his career.
Jaden Akins scored a career-high 21 points, setting a new personal best with four shots from 3-point land in the process.
Akins has scored in double figures eight times this season and nine in his career.
Joey Hauser scored 18 points, his 24th game in double figures this year and the 46th of his career.
A.J. Hoggard finished with 15 points, his 18th game in double figures this year and the 29th of his career.
Hoggard hit career marks in free throws made (12) and attempted (14).
Malik Hall finished with 16 points, his ninth game in double figures this year and the 32nd of his career.

Up Next
Michigan State plays its final Big Ten Conference road game of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 28, visiting Nebraska. The game tips off at 9 p.m. ET on BTN, with Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris calling all of the action.

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Team Stats

Tyson Walker

Jaden Akins

Joey Hauser

Malik Hall

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Malik Hall

Joey Hauser

A.J. Hoggard

Tyson Walker