Sunday, February 25
East Lansing, Mich.
4 PM
Michigan State University
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Ohio St.
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Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Spartans Fall Short in 60-57 Loss at Home to Ohio State
2/25/2024 6:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State led by 10 points at the break and had a 12-point lead with less than 10 minutes left in the game but could not hang on as Ohio State left the Breslin Center with a 60-57 win over the Spartans on Sunday afternoon.
Graduate forward Malik Hall led Michigan State with 15 points and seven rebounds, while graduate guard Tyson Walker added 12 points.
Records
Michigan State falls to 17-11 overall and 9-8 in the Big Ten Conference, while Ohio State improves to 16-12 overall and 6-12 in league play.
Recap
Michigan State is off until Saturday, March 2, playing at Purdue (FOX, 8 p.m.).
Graduate forward Malik Hall led Michigan State with 15 points and seven rebounds, while graduate guard Tyson Walker added 12 points.
Records
Michigan State falls to 17-11 overall and 9-8 in the Big Ten Conference, while Ohio State improves to 16-12 overall and 6-12 in league play.
Recap
- After leading by 12 points (50-38) midway through the second half, the Spartans trailed by one point, 57-56, after free throws from Ohio State's Roddy Gayle Jr. with 11 seconds left.
- Walker was fouled with 6.4 seconds left and hit 1-of-2 shots to tie the game at 57-all, but a 3-pointer at the buzzer from Dale Bonner gave the Buckeyes the win.
- Michigan State led by 10 points (32-22) at the break and had a 50-38 lead with 11:05 to play following a layup from Walker, but Ohio State worked its way back, using an 11-2 run to pull within 52-51 on a hook shot from Flex Okpara with 6:01 left.
- Hall hit a jumper with 5:40 left to give MSU a 54-51 lead but that was the team's last field goal for more than four minutes, until Walker hit a layup with 1:36 left, giving the Spartans a 56-63 lead.
- Devin Royal hit a layup to cut it to 56-55 with 1:11 to play before Gayle's free throws with six seconds left gave the Buckeyes their first lead of the game.
- The Spartans went into the half with a 32-22 lead after Walker hit a running layup at the buzzer.
- MSU had jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead after 3-pointers from Hoggard and Hall in the opening minutes of the game.
- A 3-pointer from Booker gave the Spartans a 13-8 lead, but the team went without a field goal for five minutes as Ohio State pulled within 13-12 on a dunk from Roddy Gayle Jr.
- The Spartans inched their lead to back 17-12 after a jumper from sophomore forward Jaxon Kohler, but a 3-pointer from Thornton made it 17-15 at the 7:46 mark.
- A layup from Hall triggered a 13-5 run over 7:29 and the Spartans took a 30-20 lead on a 3-pointer from Walker and headed into the half with a 32-22 lead.
- Michigan State scored just 25 points in the second half and connected on 39.3 percent of its field goals (11-of-28), including missing seven attempts from 3-point land.
- Ohio State out-rebounded the Spartans, 39-33, including 20-14 in the second half.
- Ohio State grabbed 13 offensive rebounds and scored 14 second-chance points.
- The Buckeyes forced 10 MSU turnovers, including six in the second half and scored eight points off of those.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series, 80-63, and has a 22-6 record at the Breslin Center.
- The Buckeyes have won the last two meetings between the teams.
- The loss ended a nine-game win streak at the Breslin Center and was Ohio State's first win in East Lansing since March 4, 2012.
- The Spartans are 13-4 at home and have lost their last two games at the Breslin Center.
- MSU is now 16-3 when leading at the half (32-22 lead at halftime today).
- The Spartans are 9-11 when shooting below 50 percent from the floor (40.0%).
- MSU out-shot Ohio State (40.0% to 37.9%) and is now 15-3 when shooting better than its opponent.
- The Spartans are 5-8 when being out-rebounded (39-33).
- MSU is 0-5 when having more turnovers (10-9).
- The Spartans are 1-4 in games decided by 1-5 points.
- MSU is 0-3 when scoring below 60 points and 2-7 when below 70 points.
- The Spartans are now 8-2 when holding their opponent to fewer than 60 points
Michigan State is off until Saturday, March 2, playing at Purdue (FOX, 8 p.m.).
Team Stats
OSU
MSU
FG%
.386
.400
3FG%
.176
.267
FT%
.722
.818
RB
39
32
TO
10
10
STL
7
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
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