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Spartans Come Back Late and Win at Maryland, 61-59
1/21/2024 3:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
College Park, Md. – Graduate guard Tyson Walker hit a 3-pointer with 44 seconds left and sophomore guard Tre Holloman forced a turnover on the final possession of the game as Michigan State's men's basketball team held on for a 61-59 win over Maryland at the Xfinity Center on Sunday afternoon.
Walker led four players in double figures with 15 points, while adding a game-high five assists and five steals. Graduate forward Malik Hall added 12 points and a team-best six rebounds, while senior guard A.J. Hoggard added 12 points and two assists and Holloman finished with 12 points.
Records
Michigan State improves to 12-7 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Maryland falls to 11-8 overall and 3-5 in league play.
Recap
Michigan State is off until Friday, Jan. 26, playing the second of two-straight road games, this time visiting Wisconsin (9 p.m., FS1).
Walker led four players in double figures with 15 points, while adding a game-high five assists and five steals. Graduate forward Malik Hall added 12 points and a team-best six rebounds, while senior guard A.J. Hoggard added 12 points and two assists and Holloman finished with 12 points.
Records
Michigan State improves to 12-7 overall and 4-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Maryland falls to 11-8 overall and 3-5 in league play.
Recap
- Michigan State saw a 12-point lead (44-32) at the half turn into a one possession game in the first four minutes of the second half.
- Maryland came back to take a short-lived 53-50 lead and layups from Hoggard gave MSU a 54-53 lead with 6:23 to play.
- A driving layup from Walker with 5:02 left closed out a 6-0 burst and gave the Spartans a 56-53 lead and the teams traded baskets before a layup from Jahmir Young cut the lead to 58-57 with 1:13 to play.
- Walker took the ball on the left wing and hit a step-back 3-pointer with 44 seconds left to extend the margin to 61-57.
- Young hit another basket to make it 61-59 and after Walker missed a jumper with seven seconds left, Holloman stripped the ball from Young as time wound down, securing the win.
- MSU led by 12 points (44-32) at the break, but struggled out of the gate in the opening minutes as Maryland clawed back into it.
- The Spartans hit just two field goals in the opening 12:45 as Maryland out-scored MSU, 21-6, and took a 3-point lead, 53-50, on a 3-pointer from Jahmir Young with 8:26 left in the game.
- Hoggard responded with back-to-back layups, the last with 6:32 left, giving the Spartans the lead for good at 54-53 and setting up a tense last five minutes.
- The Spartans went into the half with a 44-32 lead, connecting on 58.3 percent of their shots from the floor (14-of-24), including 60.0 percent from 3-point land.
- The teams traded the lead back and forth over the opening 10 minutes and the Terrapins had a 15-14 lead following a jumper from Jahari Long.
- MSU went on an 8-0 run over 2:24 and took a 22-15 lead on a baseline jumper from Hall with 10:36 to play, forcing Maryland to call a timeout.
- The Spartans backed that up with another jumper from Hall and a 3-pointer from Holloman with 9:20 left as the Terps called another timeout, trailing 29-15.
- MSU took its biggest lead, 31-16 on a layup from Akins with 6:11 left.
- Maryland used a 14-6 run to cut the lead to 37-30 on a free throw from Danta Scott, but a 3-pointer from Holloman and free throws from Hoggard in the closing seconds helped push the lead back to 12 points at the break.
- Michigan State opened up a 12-point halftime lead after shooting 58.3 percent from the floor (14-of-24) and 60.0 percent from 3-point land (6-of-10).
- MSU finished the game shooting 42.0 percent from the floor, but hit 43.8 percent of its 3-points (7-of-16).
- After hitting just two field goals in the opening 12:45 of the second half, MSU hit five in the final seven minutes.
- The Spartans forced 18 turnovers and scored 19 points off those, including an 11-2 edge in the first half.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Maryland, 15-8, and has won the last five meetings between the teams.
- The Spartans are 5-3 in College Park and have won the last two games at Xfinity Center.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 14-8 all-time against Maryland.
- Izzo won the 699th game of his career.
- He has a career record of 699-297.
- His all-time Big Ten record is 337-164.
- This was the 501st career Big Ten regular season game coached by Izzo … He needs four games to pass former Indiana coach Bob Knight for the most coached in league history (504).
- The Spartans are now 1-3 on the road.
- MSU is 12-1 this season when leading at the half.
- The Spartans forced 18 turnovers while committing eight and are 10-3 when their opponent has more.
- The Spartans are 7-0 when holding an opponent under 60 points and 11-0 when holding an opponent below 70 points.
- Tyson Walker scored 15 points, his 16th game in double figures this year and the 90th of his career.
- He has led the team in scoring 12 times this year and 33 career.
- Dating back to last season, Walker has scored in double figures in 30-straight games, the second-longest streak in double figures by a player under Tom Izzo.
- Walker now has 1,155 career points at MSU and moved past Pete Gent (1961-64) and is tied with Lindsay Hairston (1972-75) for 40th all-time … He needs 22 points to pass Lee Lafayette (1966-69) for 39th place.
- Walker has scored 1,835 points in 138 career games (13.3 ppg).
- Walker tied his season high with five assists and led the team for the fifth time this year.
- Malik Hall scored 12 points and led the team with six rebounds.
- It was his 11th game in double figure scoring this year and the 44th of his career.
- He has scored in double figures in the last four games and six of the last seven.
- He now has 1,017 points and moved past Joey Hauser (2020-23) for 53rd on the all-time list and needs nine points to pass Gary Harris (2012-14) for 52nd place.
- It was his first game with at least 10 rebounds this year, the third of his career and his second career double-double.
- He has led the team in rebounding three times this year and 13 career.
- A.J. Hoggard scored 12 points, his 14th game in double figures and the 48th of his career.
- Hoggard now has 966 career points.
- Tre Holloman scored 12 points, his fourth game in double figures this season and the fourth of his career.
Michigan State is off until Friday, Jan. 26, playing the second of two-straight road games, this time visiting Wisconsin (9 p.m., FS1).
Team Stats
MSU
MD
FG%
.420
.420
3FG%
.438
.364
FT%
.750
.818
RB
22
37
TO
8
18
STL
10
4
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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