Michigan State Back on the Road, Plays at Penn State Wednesday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball hits the road for a pair of game this week, starting with a Valentine's Day game at Penn State on Wednesday, Feb. 14 (6:30 p.m., BTN). The Spartans, who have won 11 of their last 15 games, are coming off an 88-80 win over No. 10 Illinois.

The game will air live on BTN, with Jason Ross Jr. 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 380 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Wednesday's game at Penn State with a 15-9 overall record (7-6 B1G) following an 88-80 win over No. 10 Illinois on Saturday.
MSU is No. 23 in the NET rankings, No. 16 in KenPom and No. 17 in the ESPN BPI.
The Spartans are No. 15 in the BartTorvik.com tempo free stats, No. 28 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 19 in defensive efficiency.
MSU ranks No. 21 in the country in FG% defense (39.9%) and No. 36 in scoring defense (65.6 ppg), No. 19 in assists per game (17.3) and No. 7 in assist/turnover ratio (1.75).
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 24 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 19.0 points per game, connecting on 46.5 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 18.1 ppg and 3.0 assists, while shooting 44.8 percent from the floor.
Graduate forward Malik Hall, who has scored in double figures in 8 of the last 9 games and 10 of the last 12 overall, is second on the team with 11.8 points, while adding 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists ... In league games, Hall is averaging 13.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg and 2.1 apg.
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 11.7 points, while adding 3.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists, which ranks fifth in the Big Ten Conference.
Junior guard Jaden Akins, who scored a career-high 23 points against Michigan and has been in double figures in 11 of the last 14 games, is fourth on the team with 11.0 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 5.6 points and is third on the team with 2.7 assists ... Holloman has a team-best +3.61 assist-to-turnover ratio (65:18).
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.0 points and a team-best 6.1 rebounds, which is T-18th in the Big Ten.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 3.8 points and 2.2 rebounds and sophomore center Carson Cooper adds 3.5 points and 4.7 rebounds, while freshman forward Xavier Booker is averaging 3.6 points and 1.8 rebounds.

About Penn State

Penn State enters the game on Wednesday night with a 12-12 overall record, including a 6-7 mark in the Big Ten.
The Nittany Lions have won three of their last four games, the lone loss at Northwestern (68-63) on Sunday.
Penn State beat Wisconsin at home (87-83) on Jan. 16 and Iowa on Feb. 8 (89-79).
Ace Baldwin is averaging 18.4 ppg in the last five games.
The Nittany Lions are 7th in the league in scoring offense overall (76.0 ppg) and 11th in scoring defense (73.3 ppg) ... In Big Ten games, they are 6th in scoring offense (74.9 ppg) and 12th in scoring defense (77.4 ppg).
Penn State ranks No. 10 in the country in turnover margin (4.6) and No. 19 in the country in turnovers forced per game (15.4) ... Those statistics are first in the Big Ten.

Series History

Michigan State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 44-10.
The Spartans won the first meeting between the teams this year last month, a 92-61 win at the Breslin Center.
The Spartans have won 27 of the last 33 games in the series, including 15 of the last 18.
Seven of the last 11 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, with MSU winning seven of those games.
Tom Izzo is 37-9 in his career against Penn State.
Michigan State is 17-5 in games played at Penn State, with wins in four of the last five meetings.

Michigan State Back on the Road, Plays at Penn State Wednesday Night

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Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Xavier Booker

Coen Carr

Carson Cooper

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Tre Holloman

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

Michigan State Back on the Road, Plays at Penn State Wednesday Night

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Xavier Booker

Coen Carr

Carson Cooper

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Tre Holloman

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

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