Spartans Host Minnesota on Thursday Night at the Breslin Center

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team closes out a week at home on Thursday, Jan. 18, hosting Minnesota at the Breslin Center (FS1, 6:30 p.m.). The Spartans, who have won six of their last eight games, are coming off a 73-55 win over Rutgers at home.

The game will air live on FS1, with Jeff Levering and LaPhonso Ellis calling all of the action. The Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard state-wide and on the web at MSUSpartans.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst, and Blake Froling is the studio host. The game can also be heard on channel 372 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Thursday's game against Minnesota with a 10-7 overall record (2-4 B1G) following 73-55 win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.
MSU is averaging 79.8 ppg at home, while holding opponents to 60.5 ppg and 34.9% FG shooting.
Michigan State is No. 22 in the NET rankings, No. 17 in KenPom and No. 18 in the ESPN BPI .
The Spartans have four players scoring in double figures, and 10 with at least 3.0 points, while 10 players average at least 10 minutes per game.
Through 16 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 19.9 points per game, connecting on 48.2 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 19.7 ppg, while shooting 47.5 percent from the floor (47-of-99) and 42.5 percent from 3-point land (17-of-40).
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is second on the team with 11.4 points, while adding 3.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists, which ranks third in the Big Ten Conference.
Junior guard Jaden Akins, who has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games, is tied for third with 10.8 points and 4.2 rebounds.
Graduate forward Malik Hall, who scored a season-high 22 points against Nebraska and matched his career-high with 24 points against Penn State, is tied for third on the team with 10.8 points, while adding 4.7 rebounds and 2.2 assists.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 5.8 points and is second on the team with 3.4 assists ... Holloman has a team-best +5.7 assist-to-turnover ratio (57:10) and ranks No. 1 in the country in that category.
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.8 points and a team-best 6.8 rebounds, which is 14th in the Big Ten Conference.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 4.8 points and 2.8 rebounds and sophomore center Carson Cooper, who scored a career-high 10 points at Northwestern, adds 3.8 points and 5.1 rebounds.

About Minnesota

Minnesota enters the game on Thursday with a 12-5 overall record, including a 3-3 mark in the Big Ten.
The Golden Gophers have lost their last two games, at Indiana (74-62) and then at home against Iowa on Monday (86-77).
Minnesota is 1-2 in away games this year, the lone win a 73-71 decision at Michigan.
Led by 6-11 junior forward Dawson Garcia (17.4 ppg, the Gophers have four players scoring in double figures.
Minnesota is 6th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (77.8 ppg) and 8th in the league in scoring defense (67.9 ppg) overall ... In league games only, they are 11th in scoring offense (71.2 ppg) and 8th in scoring defense (73.7 ppg).

Series History

The game on Wednesday will be the 137th meeting all-time between Michigan State and Minnesota, but the first between the schools since the 2021-22 season.
Michigan State leads the all-time series with Minnesota, 75-61 and has won the last two games in the series and seven of the last eight overall.
The Spartans have won the last four games against the Golden Gophers.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 37-12 all-time against Minnesota.
Minnesota's last win at the Breslin Center was a 96-90 overtime decision on Feb. 26, 2015That game was also the only time the teams have played a neutral site game.

Spartans Host Minnesota on Thursday Night at the Breslin Center

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Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Coen Carr

Carson Cooper

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Tre Holloman

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

Spartans Host Minnesota on Thursday Night at the Breslin Center

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Coen Carr

Carson Cooper

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Tre Holloman

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

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