Sunday, January 7
Evanston, Ill.
7:30 p.m.
Michigan State University
at
Northwestern
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography
Spartans Hit the Road this Weekend, Play at Northwestern Sunday Night
1/6/2024 1:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road for a pair of games in the state of Illinois, starting on Sunday, Jan. 7 when the Spartans visit Northwestern (7:30 p.m., BTN). The Spartans, coming off a 92-61 win over Penn State on Thursday at the Breslin Center, have won five-straight games and are averaging 89.0 points per game in that span, while shooting 54.9 percent from the floor and 44.1 percent from 3-point land.
The game will air live on BTN, with Brandon Gaudin 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 387 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
The game will air live on BTN, with Brandon Gaudin 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 387 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enters Sunday's game at Northwestern with a 9-5 overall record (1-2 B1G) following a 92-61 win over Penn State on Thursday at home.
- MSU has won its last five games, starting with an 88-64 win over then-No. 6 Baylor on Dec. 16.
- In the last five games, MSU is averaging 89.0 ppg and shooting 54.9 percent from the floor (163-of-297), including 44.1 percent from 3-point land (45-of-102).
- 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 14 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 20.2 points per game, connecting on 48.5 percent of his shots.
- Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is second on the team with 11.2 points, while adding 3.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists, which ranks fourth in the Big Ten Conference.
- 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 third on the team with 11.0 points, while adding 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
- Junior guard Jaden Akins, who scored a career-high 22 points against Stony Brook, is third with 11.0 points and 4.1 rebounds.
- Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 6.1 points and is second on the team with 3.4 assists ... Holloman has a team-best +5.88 assist-to-turnover ratio (47:8) and ranks No. 3 in the country in that category.
- Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.9 points and a team-best 6.7 rebounds, which is 13th in the Big Ten Conference.
- Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 5.1 points and 2.9 rebounds, freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 3.5 points and 3.3 assists and sophomore center Carson Cooper adds 3.6 points and 5.2 rebounds.
- Northwestern enters Sunday night's game with a 10-3 overall record and a 1-1 mark in the Big Ten following a 96-66 loss at Illinois on Tuesday.
- The Wildcats opened conference play with a 92-88 overtime win at home against Purdue.
- Northwestern is 7-1 at home this year, including a loss at home to Chicago State (75-73) on Dec. 13.
- Graduate guard Boo Buie is seventh in the Big Ten in scoring, 14th in field goal percentage and fifth in the league in assists.
- The Wildcats rank ninth in the league in field goal percentage (46.0%), but are fifth in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (36.7%), averaging 7.9 per game (7th in the league).
- Northwestern ranks No. 7 in the country in turnovers per game (9.1), No. 9 in turnover margin (+4.9) and No. 9 in assist/turnover ratio (1.80).
- The game on Sunday between Michigan State and Northwestern will be the 136th meeting between the schools.
- MSU leads the all-time series with Northwestern, 94-41, including a 38-31 advantage in games played on the road.
- The Spartans have won 13 of the last 16 games in the series but the Wildcats have won the last two games and three of the last four overall.
- MSU's last win in the series was a 73-67 decision on the road on Jan. 20, 2022.
- Tom Izzo is 39-6 in his career against Northwestern.
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