Michigan State Uses Late Run in 63-54 Win Over Maryland

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team used a 14-2 run late in the second half to break open a close game and held on for a 63-54 win over Maryland in a Big Ten game on Saturday evening at the Breslin Center.

Graduate forward Malik Hall and guard Tyson Walker each scored 19 points to lead the Spartans. Hall scored 14 of his 19 points in the second half, including 10 of the team's 14 points during the decisive run, while grabbing a team-high seven rebounds. Walker scored 12 of his 19 points in the first half, adding three rebounds, two assists and one steal.

Senior guard A.J. Hoggard added 6 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals and junior guard Jaden Akins chipped in 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.

Records
Michigan State, winners of its last two games and five of the last six overall, improves to 14-8 overall and 6-5 in the Big Ten Conference, while Maryland falls to 13-9 overall and 5-6 in league play.

Recap

The Spartans led the game for all but 13 seconds but were never able to break away from Maryland, especially in the second half.
Trailing by one point, 42-41, after Maryland's Jahmir Young hit a layup to cap a 7-0 run, Michigan State responded.
Hoggard fed senior forward Mady Sissoko for an alley-oop with 7:02 left, giving MSU the lead for good at 43-42.
That started a 14-0 run over a span of a 3:13 as MSU took a 55-44 lead on free throws from Hall with 3:49 left in the game.
During the run, Hall hit two free throws at 6:12, followed with a 3-pointer (5:21), converted a layup and free throw (4:35) and hit two more from the charity stripe (3:49) to give the Spartans an 11-point lead.
A jumper from Walker with 3:05 to play gave the Spartans their biggest lead, 57-44, with 3:05 left.
Michigan State led by four points (31-27) at the break and led by no more than six points over the first 10 minutes of the second half as both teams struggled from the field.
A 3-pointer from Akins with 9:07 left gave MSU 41-35 lead, but Young responded with a 3-pointer of his own and triggered the 7-0 run as the Terrapins took the lead for the first time with 7:15 left.
Thirteen seconds later, Hoggard Sissoko for the alley-oop, setting up the finish.
Michigan State went into the half with a 31-27 lead, thanks in part to Walker, who scored 12 points in the opening 20 minutes.
Maryland trailed by just two points, 7-5, after a jumper from Scott early in the game, but MSU used a 7-0 run over 2:19 and took a 14-5 lead on a 3-pointer from Walker at the 14:12 mark.
Leading by just one point, 16-15, after the mid-point of the second half, layups from Hall and Walker pushed the MSU lead back to five points, 20-15, with 7:53 left.
The Spartans led by six points twice, first on a jumper from Walker with 5:28 left (25-19) and then with 2:40 left on a layup from Akins, making it 27-21.
Baskets from Young and Scott pulled Maryland to withing 29-27 before a jumper from Hoggard with 10 seconds left gave MSU a 4-point lead going to the lockers.

Key Stats

Michigan State limited Maryland to just 30.9 percent shooting from the floor (17-of-55), including 30.4 percent in the second half (7-of-23) and just 15.4 percent from 3-point land (2-of-13).
The Spartans out-rebounded Maryland, 36-30, including 18-13 in the second half, had 12 offensive rebounds and scored 11 second-chance points.
MSU out-scored Maryland, 30-18, in the paint, including 18-8 in the first half.

Notes

Michigan State leads the all-time series with Maryland, 16-8, including a 6-2 record at home.
The Spartans have won the last six games in the series.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo won the 701st game of his career (701-288).
The win gave him a 339-165 record all-time in Big Ten games.
The game marked his 504th regular season Big Ten Conference game coached, tying former Indiana coach Bob Knight for the most by a coach in league history.
The Spartans are 12-2 at home, including a 5-1 record in Big Ten play.
Michigan State is 13-1 when leading at the half.
The Spartans are 14-5 when they out-shoot their opponent (44.4% to 30.9%).
MSU is 10-2 when out-rebounding its opponent (36-30).
The Spartans are 12-3 when their opponent has more turnovers (12-13).
This was the eighth time this season MSU allowed fewer than 60 points and the third time in conference play.
The Spartans are 8-0 when allowed fewer than 60 and 13-0 when holding opponents below 70 points.
Tyson Walker scored 19 points, his 21st game in double figures this year and the 95th of his career.
- Dating back to last season, Walker has scored in double figures in 33-straight games, tied with Kalin Lucas for the longest streak under Head Coach Tom Izzo.
- Walker now has 1,197 career points at MSU and is 35th all-time in scoring at MSU… He moved past four players (Shannon Brown, Mike Peplowski, Kelvin Torbert and Alan Anderson) and needs 16 points to pass Kirk Manns (1986-90) and Ken Redfield (1986-90) for 33rd place.
- Walker has scored 1,877 points in 141 career games (13.3 ppg).
Malik Hall scored 19 points, while adding seven rebounds.
- It was his 14th game in double figure scoring this year and the 47th of his career.
- He has scored in double figures in seven-straight games and nine of the last 10 overall.
- He now has 1,061 points and moved past three players (Marcus Sanders, Miles Bridges and Earvin Johnson) into 49th place on the all-time list … He needs two points to pass Jumpin' Johnny Green for NO. 47 all-time.
A.J. Hoggard finished with six points, five rebounds, eight assists and three steals.
- This was his 14th time leading the team in assists this year and the 66th of his career.
- He now has 1,006 career points and 540 career assists.

Next
Michigan State hits the road for a mid-week game at Minnesota on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The game will air on Peacock at 9 p.m. (ET), with Noah Eagle and Stephen Bardo calling all of the action.

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Team Stats

Tyson Walker

Malik Hall

Jaden Akins

A.J. Hoggard

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Malik Hall

A.J. Hoggard

Mady Sissoko

Tyson Walker