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Michigan State Wins Third Straight Game, Beats Michigan, 73-63, to Complete Season Sweep
2/17/2024 10:32:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Ann Arbor, Mich. – Michigan State used a 10-0 run over the final seven minutes of the game and pulled away for a 73-63 win over Michigan on Saturday night at the Crisler Center.
Graduate guard Tyson Walker scored 19 points, grabbed three rebounds, had three assists and three steals and graduate forward Malik Hall finished with 18 points, including 10 in the second half and four during the decisive run, and had four rebounds.
The Spartans received 23 points from its bench, with freshman forward Coen Carr scoring eight points, sophomore guard Tre Holloman chipping in six points and two assists, sophomore center Carson Cooper adding four points and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Jaxon Kohler finishing with three points and seven rebounds.
Records
Michigan State, winners of its last three games and eight of its last 10, improves to 17-9 overall and 9-6 in the Big Ten Conference, while Michigan falls to 8-18 and 3-12 in league play.
Recap
Michigan State returns home for a pair of games next week, starting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, hosting Iowa at the Breslin Center. The game tips off at 7 p.m. on Peacock, with Noah Eagle and Robbie Hummel calling all of the action.
Graduate guard Tyson Walker scored 19 points, grabbed three rebounds, had three assists and three steals and graduate forward Malik Hall finished with 18 points, including 10 in the second half and four during the decisive run, and had four rebounds.
The Spartans received 23 points from its bench, with freshman forward Coen Carr scoring eight points, sophomore guard Tre Holloman chipping in six points and two assists, sophomore center Carson Cooper adding four points and seven rebounds and sophomore forward Jaxon Kohler finishing with three points and seven rebounds.
Records
Michigan State, winners of its last three games and eight of its last 10, improves to 17-9 overall and 9-6 in the Big Ten Conference, while Michigan falls to 8-18 and 3-12 in league play.
Recap
- Michigan State led by two points at the break (39-37) and had a 61-56 lead midway through the second half before the Wolverines used a 7-2 run to tie the game at 63-all on a layup from Will Tschetter with 7:01 to play.
- That would be the last basket for UM as the Wolverines missed five-straight shots and had five turnovers as the Spartans pushed the lead to eight points, 71-63, over a span of 2:27.
- After missing two free throws with 6:41 to play, senior guard A.J. Hoggard broke the tie with a driving layup to give MSU the lead for good.
- Hall hit two free throws with 5:41 left, then followed with a baseline dunk (4:13) and junior guard Jaden Akins hit a fast break layup to push the margin to 71-63 with 3:38 left.
- Walker hit a pair of free throws with 31 seconds left to close out the scoring and complete the season sweep for the Spartans.
- The Spartans opened the second half with a 39-37 lead, but UM used an 11-4 run over the opened 3:15 to take a 48-43 lead on a layup from Olivier Nkamhoua.
- The Wolverines pushed their lead to 53-47 with 13:13 left on a three-point play from Jaelin Llewellyn, but MSU responded and tied the game at 56-all on a driving layup from Holloman at 11:28.
- That was part of a 14-3 run over 3:24 as the Spartans took a 61-56 lead on a 3-pointer from Akins with 9:41 left to play.
- Michigan had taken the early lead in the first half before MSU tied the game at 16-all on a driving layup from Hall at 10:51.
- The Spartans took a 22-18 lead on an Akins layup and leading 24-22, MSU used a 7-0 burst to take a 31-22 on a fast-break dunk from Carr with 4:21 left.
- Walker fed Carr for an alley-oop with 2:03 left making it 35-29, but the Wolverines used an 8-0 run to take a 37-35 lead with 40 seconds left on a 3-pointer from Llewellyn.
- Free throws from Holloman and two more from senior guard Davis Smith with 0.4 seconds left gave MSU the 39-37 lead at the break.
- Michigan State limited Michigan to 26 points in the second half, including none in the final 7:01 of the game.
- After shooting 51.9 percent in the first half (14-of-27), including 38.5 percent from 3-point land (5-of-13), the Spartans held the Wolverines to 38.5 percent in the second half (10-of-26), including 28.6 percent from 3-point land (2-of-7).
- MSU scored 40 points in the paint.
- The Spartans forced 22 turnovers and scored 25 points off of those.
- MSU received 23 points from its bench.
- Michigan State out-scored Michigan, 19-2, on the fast break.
- Michigan State trails the all-time series with Michigan, 104-90 and the Spartans are now 33-65 in games played at UM.
- This was MSU's first win at Michigan since Feb. 24, 2019, ending a streak of four-straight losses.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is now 34-21 in his career against the Wolverines.
- Izzo now has a career record of 704-289.
- Izzo has a 342-166 career record in Big Ten games.
- Izzo coached his 508th Big Ten regular season game, extending his record for most regular season games coached in league history.
- The Spartans won their third Big Ten road game of the season (3-5).
- Michigan State has a 15-3 record when scoring least 70 points.
- Michigan State is 16-2 when leading at the half.
- MSU is 22-6 when holding its opponent below 50 percent shooting (24-of-53, 45.3%).
- This was the first game this season when the Spartans won while being out-shot by their opponent (45.3% to 42.9%).
- The Spartans are 15-4 when forcing more turnovers (MSU 10, Michigan 22).
- MSU is now 5-3 in games decided by 6-10 points.
- Tyson Walker scored a game-high 19 points, his 24th game in double figures this year and the 98th of his career.
- Walker now has 1,261 career points at MSU and is 31st all-time in scoring at Michigan State … He moved past Stan Washington (1963-66) and needs 15 points to pass Quinton Brooks (1992-96) for 30th place all-time.
- Walker has scored 1,941 points in 145 career games (13.4 ppg).
- Malik Hall scored 18 points, his 17th game in double figures this season and the 50th of his career.
- Hall has scored in double figures in three-straight games and in 12 of the last 14 games.
- He now has 1,136 career points and is 43rd all-time at Michigan State … He moved past Travis Trice (2011-15) and needs 11 points to pass Pete Gent (1961-64) for 42nd place.
- A.J. Hoggard handed out a team-high four assists, leading the team for the 18th time this season and the 70th time of his career.
- Hoggard now has 559 career assists and is 7th all-time at MSU … He broke a tie with Travis Walton (2005-09) and moved past Kalin Lucas (2007-11) and needs three more to pass Mark Montgomery (1988-92) for sixth place all-time.
- Hoggard scored 6 points and now has 1,043 career points and needs 12 points to pass Marcus Sanders (1962-65) for 52nd all-time.
Michigan State returns home for a pair of games next week, starting on Tuesday, Feb. 20, hosting Iowa at the Breslin Center. The game tips off at 7 p.m. on Peacock, with Noah Eagle and Robbie Hummel calling all of the action.
Team Stats
MSU
Mich
FG%
.429
.453
3FG%
.143
.350
FT%
.810
.667
RB
31
35
TO
10
22
STL
15
7
Game Leaders
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19
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
18
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
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