Michigan State Plays at Maryland on Sunday on CBS

East Lansing, Mich. – Following two Big Ten Conference wins at home, Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road for a pair of games away from home, starting on Sunday, Jan. 21 at Maryland (noon, CBS). The Spartans, winners of seven of the last nine games, are coming off a 77-66 win over Minnesota.

The game will air live on CBS, with Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery 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 380 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Sunday's game against Maryland with an 11-7 overall record (3-4 B1G) following a 77-66 win over Minnesota on Thursday night.
Michigan State is No. 22 in the NET rankings, No. 18 in KenPom and No. 18 in the ESPN BPI.
Over the last 16 games, the Spartans are shooting 39.2% from 3-point land, 13th in the country (per BartTorvik.com)
The Spartans have four players scoring in double figures, and 10 with at least 3.0 points, while nine players average at least 10 minutes per game.
Through 18 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 20.0 points per game, connecting on 48.5 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 19.9 ppg, while shooting 48.2 percent from the floor (54-of-112) and 42.9 percent from 3-point land (18-of-42).
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is second on the team with 11.2 points, while adding 3.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists, which ranks third in the Big Ten Conference.
Graduate forward Malik Hall, who had his first double-double of the season against Minnesota (16 points, 12 rebounds) and matched his career-high with 24 points against Penn State, is second on the team with 11.1 points, while adding 5.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists ... In league games, Hall is averaging 13.3 ppg and 5.7 rpg.
Junior guard Jaden Akins, who has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games, is fourth on the team with 10.7 points and 4.1 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 5.9 points and is second on the team with 3.3 assists ... Holloman has a team-best +5.9 assist-to-turnover ratio (59:10) and ranks No. 1 in the country in that category.
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.8 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds, which is 13th in the Big Ten Conference.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 4.6 points and 2.7 rebounds and sophomore center Carson Cooper, who scored a career-high 10 points at Northwestern, adds 3.9 points and 4.9 rebounds.

About Maryland

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

Michigan State leads the all-time series with Maryland, 14-8.
The Spartans have a 4-3 all-time record in College Park.
Since Maryland joined the Big Ten, MSU has won 10 of 17 meetings.
The Spartans have won the last four meetings in the series, including a 63-58 win on Feb. 7, 2023 at the Breslin Center last year.
MSU's last win at Maryland was a 65-63 win on Feb. 1, 2022, the first of three-straight wins over the Terps late in the 2021-22 season.
Maryland's last win was a 68-57 decision on March 11, 2021 in the Big Ten Tournament.
Maryland's last win at home was on Feb. 28, 2021, a 73-55 victory.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 13-8 in his career against Maryland.

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Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Coen Carr

Carson Cooper

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Tre Holloman

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker