Tuesday, February 28
Lincoln, Neb.
9 PM
Michigan State University
at
Nebraska
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Spartans Play Nebraska in Final Big Ten Road Game of the Season
2/27/2023 5:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team plays its final Big Ten Conference road game of the regular season on Tuesday, Feb. 28, visiting Nebraska (BTN, 9 p.m. ET).
The game will air live on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris 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 158 or 195 on SiriusXM and channel 957 on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
The game will air live on BTN with Kevin Kugler and Shon Morris 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 158 or 195 on SiriusXM and channel 957 on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State has won 12 of its last 19 games and enters the game on Tuesday with a 17-11 overall record, including an 9-8 mark in Big Ten play.
- 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.
- The Spartans are ranked No. 4 in the NET Strength of Schedule and have a combined 10 wins in Quadrant 1 & 2.
- Michigan State has won three of its last five games, including an 80-65 win over then-No.17 Indiana on Feb. 21 ...
- Through 28 games, senior guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 14.6 ppg, while adding 2.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists.
- Graduate forward Joey Hauser is second on the team in scoring with 13.9 points per game and leads the team in rebounding with 7.0 boards per game, while shooting 47.9 percent from the floor and 43.9 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 12.3 points, fifth with 3.8 rebounds and leads the team (and is 3rd in the Big Ten) with 5.8 assists per game … Hoggard is one of eight 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 9.5 ppg and third with 4.3 rpg.
- Sophomore guard Jaden Akins is averaging 9.2 points and 4.0 rebounds and junior forward Mady Sissoko is averaging 5.1 points and is second on the team with 6.0 rebounds.
- Nebraska enters the game on Tuesday with a 15-14 overall record and an 8-10 mark in the Big Ten following a 78-67 win over Minnesota at home on Saturday.
- The Cornhuskers are 11-3 at home this year, including a 6-3 mark in league play, including four-straight wins (Minnesota, Maryland, Wisconsin and Penn State).
- Nebraska has won four of its last five games and five of the last six overall since starting 3-9 in the Big Ten
- The Cornuskers have a balanced attack with three players scoring in double figures, led by senior forward Derrick Walker at 13.9 points per game, and six players averaging at least 8.0 ppg.
- Sophomore guard Keisei Tominaga is second on the team with 12.6 ppg and is averaging 19.8 ppg and shooting 51.4% from the floor in the last five games.
- Graudate guard Sam Griesel, a transfer from North Dakota State, is third on the team with 11.7 ppg and leads the team with 3.9 apg.
- In Big Ten Conference games, Nebraska is 11th in scoring offense (66.22 ppg) and is 12th in scoring defense (71.67 rpg).
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Nebraska, 22-9.
- MSU has won 13 of 16 meetings as Big Ten foes.
- Tom Izzo holds a 14-3 series advantage against the Cornhuskers.
- The teams met six times between 1988 and 1994, but did not meet again until the 2011-12 season.
- Michigan State won the first meeting between the teams this year (see below), a 74-56 decision at the Breslin Center.
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