Spartans Travel to Play at Minnesota on Tuesday Night

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team hits the road for a mid-week matchup at Minnesota on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The Spartans will play three of their next four games on the road.

The game will air live on Peacock, with Noah Eagle and Stephen Bardo 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 372 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Tuesday's game against Minnesota with a 14-8 overall record (6-5 B1G) following a 63-54 win over Maryland on Saturday.
MSU has won five of its last six games and 10 of the last 13 overall.
MSU is No. 22 in the NET rankings, No. 17 in KenPom and No. 18 in the ESPN BPI.
The Spartans are No. 14 in the BartTorvik.com tempo free stats, No. 29 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 17 in defensive efficiency.
MSU ranks No. 17 in the country in FG% defense (39.6%) and No. 35 in scoring defense (65.3 ppg), No. 15 in assists per game (17.5) and No. 7 in assist/turnover ratio (1.73).
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 22 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 18.9 points per game, connecting on 46.6 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 17.7 ppg and 3.1 assists, while shooting 44.7 percent from the floor … He has scored in double figures in 33-straight games, dating back to last year.
Graduate forward Malik Hall, who has scored in double figures in seven-straight games and nine of the last 10 overall, is third on the team with 11.6 points, while adding 5.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists ... In league games, Hall is averaging 13.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 2.2 apg.
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 11.5 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 nine of the last 12 games, is fourth on the team with 10.8 points and 4.0 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 5.8 points and is third on the team wit 2.9 assists ... Holloman has a team-best +4.2 assist-to-turnover ratio (63:15).
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 4.3 points and a team-best 6.4 rebounds, which is 15th in the Big Ten Conference.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 4.1 points and 2.3 rebounds and sophomore center Carson Cooper adds 3.5 points and 4.7 rebounds, while freshman forward Xavier Booker is averaging 3.7 points and 1.9 rebounds.

About Minnesota

Minnesota enters the game on Tuesday with a 14-7 overall record, including a 5-5 mark in the Big Ten.
The Golden Gophers have won their last two games, including a 75-66 overtime decision vs. Northwestern Saturday.
Minnesota is 12-3 at home, including a 3-2 mark in the B1G.
Minnesota is 6th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (76.5 ppg) and 5th in the league in scoring defense (68.2 ppg) overall.
In league games only, they are 10th in scoring offense (71.0 ppg) and 4th in scoring defense (71.9 ppg).

Series History

The game on Tuesday will be the 138th meeting all-time between Michigan State and Minnesota.
MSU won the first meeting between the teams this year, 76-66, at the Breslin Center.
Michigan State leads the all-time series with Minnesota, 76-61 and has won the last three games in the series and eight of the last nine overall.
MSU is 28-37 in road games in the series and has won three of the last four at Williams Arena.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 38-12 all-time against Minnesota.

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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