Michigan State Plays at Michigan on Saturday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball plays the second of two road games this week, visiting in-state rival Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 17 (8 p.m., FOX). The Spartans won the first meeting between the teams this year, 81-62, at home last month. MSU, coming off an 80-72 win at Penn State on Wednesday, has won its last two games, four of the last five and 12 of their last 16 games.

The game will air live on FOX, with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson 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 381 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Saturday's game at Michigan with a 16-9 overall record (8-6 B1G) following an 80-72 win at Penn State on Wednesday.
MSU is No. 21 in the NET rankings, No. 15 in KenPom and No. 17 in the ESPN BPI.
The Spartans are No. 14 in the BartTorvik.com tempo free stats, No. 24 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 19 in defensive efficiency.
MSU ranks No. 21 in the country in FG% defense (40.1%) and No. 37 in scoring defense (65.9 ppg), No. 40 in FG% (47.6%), No. 18 in assists per game (17.2) 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 25 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 18.4 points per game, connecting on 46.3 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 17.2 ppg and 2.9 assists, while shooting 44.5 percent from the floor.
Graduate forward Malik Hall, who has scored in double figures in 9 of the last 10 games and 11 of the last 13 overall, is second on the team with 12.5 points, while adding 5.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists ... In league games, Hall is averaging 14.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg and 2.1 apg.
In the last 10 games, forward Malik Hall is averaging 15.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg and shooting 59.4% from the field, including 57.1% 3FG.
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 11.4 points, while adding 3.2 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 12 of the last 15 games, is fourth on the team with 11.4 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 5.4 points and is third on the team with 2.8 assists.
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.0 points and a team-best 5.9 rebounds, which is 19th in the Big Ten Conference.
Sophomore center Carson Cooper, who tied his career-high with 10 points at Penn State, adds 3.8 points and 4.6 rebounds.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds and freshman forward Xavier Booker is averaging 3.7 points and 1.9 rebounds.

About Michigan

Michigan enters the game on Saturday with an 8-16 overall record, including a 3-11 mark in the Big Ten Conference following a 97-68 loss at Illinois on Tuesday night.
The Wolverines have lost their last two games (79-59 at Nebraska, Feb. 10) and seven of their last eight overall, including an 81-62 loss to Michigan State on Jan. 30.
Michigan is 5-7 at home, including a 2-5 record in B1G play ... The Wolverines beat Ohio State (73-65) on Jan. 15 and Wisconsin (72-68) on Feb. 7.
The Wolverines are No. 7 in the Big Ten in scoring offense (75.7 ppg) and No. 14 in scoring defense (79.1 ppg) ... In league games only, Michigan is 11th in scoring offense (69.8 ppg) and 13th in scoring defense (79.1 ppg).

Series History

Michigan State and Michigan will play for the 194th time in series history when the teams meet on Saturday night at the Crisler Center.
Michigan leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 104-89.
This will be the second meeting this season between the teams, with MSU beating UM, 81-62, at the Breslin Center on Jan. 30.
The Spartans have won eight of the last 12 meetings.
MSU is 32-65 all-time at Michigan, and the Wolverines have won the last four games at home.
MSU's last win at the Crisler Center was a 77-70 decision on Feb. 24, 2019.
Tom Izzo is 33-21 in his career against the Wolverines.

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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