Michigan State Hosts Michigan on Tuesday Night at the Breslin Center

East Lansing, Mich. – After two games away from home, Michigan State returns back to the Breslin Center for a pair of home games this week, starting on Tuesday, Jan. 30, hosting in-state rival Michigan (9 p.m., Peacock). The Spartans, coming off an 81-66 loss at No. 13 Wisconsin on Friday night, have won 8 of their last 11 games, including three-straight Big Ten wins at home.

The game will air live on Peacock, with Noah Eagle and Robbie Hummel 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 Tuesday's game against Michigan with a 12-8 overall record (4-5 B1G) following an 81-66 loss at Wisconsin.
Michigan State is No. 23 in the NET rankings, No. 18 in KenPom and No. 18 in the ESPN BPI.
The Spartans are No. 14 in the BartTorvik.com tempo free stats, No. 39 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 17 in defensive efficiency.
At home, MSU is 10-2, averaging 79.5 ppg, shooting 48.5% FG and holding opponents to 61.0 ppg, 35.4% FG.
MSU ranks No. 28 in the country in FG% defense (39.9%) and No. 46 in scoring defense (66.0 ppg), No. 18 in assists per game (17.5) and No. 11 in assist/turnover ratio (1.71).
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 20 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 19.3 points per game, connecting on 46.9 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 18.3 ppg, while shooting 45.0 percent from the floor and 43.8 percent from 3-point land (21-of-48).
Graduate guard Tyson Walker is third in the Big Ten in scoring, and ranks No. 46 in the country, with 19.3 points per game ... He has scored in double figures in 31-straight games, dating back to last year.
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is second on the team with 11.6 points, while adding 3.2 rebounds and 5.0 assists, which ranks fifth 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 third on the team with 11.2 points, while adding 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists ... In league games, Hall is averaging 13.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg.
Junior guard Jaden Akins, who has scored in double figures in eight of the last 10 games, is fourth on the team with 10.4 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 6.0 points and is third on the team with 3.0 assists ... Holloman has a team-best +5.0 assist-to-turnover ratio (60:12) and ranks No. 1 in the country in that category.
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.6 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds, which is 13th in the Big Ten Conference.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 4.2 points and 2.5 rebounds and sophomore center Carson Cooper, who scored a career-high 10 points at Northwestern, adds 3.6 points and 4.8 rebounds.

About Michigan

Michigan enters the game on Tuesday with a 7-13 overall record, including a 2-7 mark in the Big Ten Conference following an 88-78 loss to Iowa at home on Saturday.
The Wolverines have lost their last three games and seven of the last eight overall.
Michigan is 2-4 on the road this season, including a 1-3 mark in the B1G ... Their lone conference road win was at Penn State on Jan. 7 (79-73).
The Wolverines are No. 4 in the Big Ten in scoring offense (78.7 ppg) and No. 14 in scoring defense (79.2 ppg) ... In league games only, Michigan is 8th in scoring offense (73.0 ppg) and 12th in scoring defense (79.3 ppg).

Series History

Michigan State and Michigan will play for the 193rd time in series history when the teams meet on Tuesday night.
Michigan leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 104-88.
The Spartans have won seven of the last 11 meetings.
MSU is 54-38 all-time at home against UM, including the last five at the Breslin Center.
Tom Izzo is 32-21 in his career against the Wolverines.

Michigan State Hosts Michigan on Tuesday 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

Michigan State Hosts Michigan on Tuesday 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

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