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Michigan State Uses Second Half Run to Beat Rutgers, 73-55
1/14/2024 3:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team used a 19-0 run midway through the second half to break open a close game as the Spartans beat Rutgers, 73-55, on Sunday afternoon at the Breslin Center.
Graduate forward Malik Hall added 15 points and had six rebounds and two assists to lead the Spartans, while graduate guard Tyson Walker added 13 points and four assists.
Junior guard Jaden Akins finished with nine points and four rebounds and senior guard A.J. Hoggard had 7 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds.
Graduate guard Steven Izzo, the son of MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo, scored his first collegiate points with a jumper and the ensuing free throw in the waning seconds of the game.
Records
Michigan State improves to 10-7 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Rutgers falls to 9-7 overall and 1-4 in league play.
Recap
Key Stats
Michigan State continues a two-game homestand on Thursday, Jan. 18, hosting Minnesota at the Breslin Center (FS1, 6:30 p.m.).
Graduate forward Malik Hall added 15 points and had six rebounds and two assists to lead the Spartans, while graduate guard Tyson Walker added 13 points and four assists.
Junior guard Jaden Akins finished with nine points and four rebounds and senior guard A.J. Hoggard had 7 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds.
Graduate guard Steven Izzo, the son of MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo, scored his first collegiate points with a jumper and the ensuing free throw in the waning seconds of the game.
Records
Michigan State improves to 10-7 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Rutgers falls to 9-7 overall and 1-4 in league play.
Recap
- The Spartans came out of halftime with a six-point lead (28-22) and extended it to 31-22 in the early goings, but Rutgers made a run and got back into it near the mid-point of the second half.
- A layup from Mawot Mag gave the Scarlet Knights a 36-35 lead at 14:13, but the Spartans took the lead back, 37-36, on a dunk from Hall with 13:59 to play.
- That Hall dunk triggered a 15-0 run over a span of 4:26 as MSU took a 54-36 lead on a second-chance layup and free throw from freshman forward Coen Carr.
- Rutgers went nearly seven minutes (6:58) without a field goal until Mag hit a 3-pointer at the 7:11 mark and the Scarlet Knight pulled to within 13 points, 58-45, but a jumper from Hall (6:11) and a 3-pointer from Hoggard (5:15) pushed the MSU lead back to 18 points, 63-45.
- Izzo hit a jumper, was fouled and hit the ensuing free throw with 33 seconds left to give the Spartans their biggest lead of the game at 21 points (73-52).
- MSU led by six points (28-22) at halftime and quickly extended the lead to nine points, 31-22, on a 3-pointer from Hall to open the second.
- The Spartans still led by seven points, 32-25, after a free throw from Sissoko at the 18:27 mark, but Rutgers used a 9-0 run and took a 34-23 lead on a jumper from Austin Williams.
- The Spartans went into the half with a 28-22 lead, scoring the final six points of the half, including a 3-pointer from Walker with 21 seconds left.
- MSU hit three of its first five shots from the floor, including a pair of jumpers from Hall, and held an early 8-3 lead, but missed six of their next seven as Rutgers took a 14-11 lead on a jumper from Jamichael Davis with 10:55 before the break.
- Tied at 17-all after a 3-pointer from junior guard Jaden Akins with 7:42 left, there were four more lead changes and two ties before the Spartans created some distance in the closing minutes.
Key Stats
- Michigan State shot 45.5 percent from the floor, including 53.3 percent in the second half (16-of-30).
- The Spartans connected on 48.0 percent of their 3-point field goals (12-of-25), including 7-of-13 in the second half (53.8%).
- MSU out-rebounded Rutgers, 37-30.
- The Spartans collected eight offensive rebounds and scored 12 second-chance points.
- MSU handed out 19 assists on 25 made field goals (76.0%).
- After committing seven turnovers in the first half, MSU committed just two in the second half.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Rutgers, 13-3, and have won 12 of the 15 meetings between the teams since RU joined the Big Ten.
- MSU is 8-0 at the Breslin Center against Rutgers.
- Head Coach Tom Izzo won the 697th game of his career.
- The Spartans are now 9-2 at home.
- MSU is 10-1 this season when leading at the half.
- The Spartans are 10-1 when out-shooting their opponent (45.5% to 37.0%).
- MSU out-rebounded Rutgers, 37-30, and the team is 9-2 this season when controlling the boards.
- The Spartans forced 10 turnovers while committing nine (just two in the second half) and are 8-3 when their opponent has more.
- Michigan State is 10-3 when scoring at least 70 points.
- The Spartans are 6-0 when holding an opponent under 60 points and 9-0 when holding an opponent below 70 points.
- Malik Hall scored a game-high 15 points, adding six rebounds and two assists.
- It was his ninth game in double figure scoring and the 42nd of his career.
- He has led the team in scoring three times this year.
- Hall now has 989 points in his career and needs 11 more to become the 55th player in program history with at least 1,000 points.
- Tyson Walker scored 13 points, his 14th game in double figures this year and the 88th of his career.
- Dating back to last season, Walker has scored in double figures in 28-straight games.
- Walker now has 1,119 career points at MSU and moved past Al Ferrari (1952-55) and Joshua Langford (2016-21) for 43rd place all-time … He needs 17 points to pass Travis Trice (2011-15) for 42nd place.
- Walker has scored 1,799 points in 136 career games (13.2 ppg).
Michigan State continues a two-game homestand on Thursday, Jan. 18, hosting Minnesota at the Breslin Center (FS1, 6:30 p.m.).
Team Stats
RU
MSU
FG%
.370
.455
3FG%
.389
.480
FT%
.615
.733
RB
30
37
TO
10
9
STL
1
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
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