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Michigan State Closes Regular Season with 65-64 Loss at Indiana
3/10/2024 7:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bloomington, Ind. – Michigan State came back from a 17-point first half deficit to take a second half lead, but Indiana's Kel'el Ware hit a free throw with 17 seconds left and a last-second shot was off the mark for the Spartans as the Hoosiers posted a 65-64 win at Assembly Hall Sunday afternoon.
Graduate guard Tyson Walker scored a game-high 30 points, while adding three assists and three steals to lead three players in double figures for MSU as senior guard A.J. Hoggard added 10 points and six assists and junior guard Jaden Akins finished with 10 points and five rebounds.
Records
Michigan State closes out the regular season with an 18-13 overall record and a 10-10 mark in the Big Ten Conference, while Indiana improved to 18-13 and 10-10 in the league.
Recap
Michigan State earned the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week at Target Center in Minneapolis and will play No. 9 seed Minnesota on Thursday, March 14.
Graduate guard Tyson Walker scored a game-high 30 points, while adding three assists and three steals to lead three players in double figures for MSU as senior guard A.J. Hoggard added 10 points and six assists and junior guard Jaden Akins finished with 10 points and five rebounds.
Records
Michigan State closes out the regular season with an 18-13 overall record and a 10-10 mark in the Big Ten Conference, while Indiana improved to 18-13 and 10-10 in the league.
Recap
- After trailing by as many as 17 points in the first half, the Spartans took the lead early in the second half and had a seven-point lead, 55-48, midway through before Indiana made a run to take the lead back at 56-55.
- A dunk from sophomore center Carson Cooper gave MSU a 57-56 lead but baskets from Kel'el Ware and Malik Reneau handed the lead back to Indiana, 60-57 lead.
- The Spartans tied the game three more times, first on a free throw from Cooper (2:56), then on Walker free throws (2:10) and then on a driving layup from Walker with 1:28 to play.
- The Hoosiers missed a shot and MSU had two chances with 47 seconds left but could not connect.
- Ware was fouled with 17 seconds left, hit the second of two attempts and after a timeout, Walker's jumper was off the mark and Indiana held on for the win.
- Michigan State had trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half (24-7) and were down five points, 34-29, at the break, but used a 12-2 run over the opening 4:02 of the second half and took a 41-36 lead on a 3-pointer from Walker.
- The Spartans continued to lead and extended their edge to seven points, 55-48, on a 3-pointer from Walker at the 9:46 mark.
- Indiana responded with an 8-0 run as back-to-back 3-pointers from Mackenzie Mgbako and Xavier Johnson gave the Hoosiers a 56-55 lead, setting up the final minutes.
- The Spartans struggled coming out of the locker room to open the game, hitting just one of its first seven shots and a turnover leading to a fast break layup for Indiana's Trey Galloway, giving the Hoosiers a 12-3 lead and forcing MSU to call a timeout just over four minutes in.
- The shooting woes continued as the Spartans hit just three of their first 20 shots from the field and a 3-pointer from Mackenzie Mgbako at the 13:14 mark.
- Indiana took its biggest lead, 24-7, on a dunk from Malik Reneau with 8:07 left to play.
- Shots started to fall for the Spartans, who hit five of their next six shots and pulled to within 30-19 on a 3-pointer from Hoggard at the 4:22 mark.
- Trailing 34-21, the final two minutes of the half, MSU out-scored Indiana 8-0, with a three-point play from Hall, a 3-pointer from Walker and a layup from Hall with eight seconds left cutting the margin to five points, 34-29, as the teams went in at the break.
- Indiana out-scored Michigan State in the paint, 40-22, with Kel'el Ware scoring 28 points.
- The Hoosiers shot 47.4 percent from the floor (27-of-57), including 53.8 percent in the second half (14-of-26) and overall, hit 52.5 percent of their 2-point shots (21-of-40).
- Tyson Walker scored 20 of Michigan State's 35 second half points.
- The Spartans shot just 38.5 percent from the floor (25-of-65).
- Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 73-59, and is 49-16 at Assembly Hall against the Spartans.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo now has a career record of 705-293.
- Izzo's career record in Big Ten play is 343-170.
- Michigan State is now 3-7 on the road this season.
- The Spartans are 2-10 when trailing at the half.
- MSU is 2-9 when its opponent out-shoots the team (IU, 47.4%, MSU, 38.5%)
- The Spartans are 5-10 when being out-rebounded (39-33).
- Michigan State is 2-5 in games decided between 1 and 5 points.
- The Spartans are 3-8 when scoring less than 70 points.
- This was just the third loss this season for MSU when its opponent scored below 70 points (15-3).
- Tyson Walker scored 30 points, his 29th game in double figures this year and the 103rd of his career.
- It was his second game with at least 30 points this season and his 11th with at least 20 points.
- This was the 19th time this season Walker led the team in scoring and the 39th of his career.
- Walker now has 1,352 career points at MSU and is 27th all-time in scoring at Michigan State … He needs 8 points to pass Nick Ward (2016-19) for 26th place.
- Walker has scored 2,032 points in 150 career games (13.5 ppg).
- He is the ONLY active Division I player with at least 2,000 points, 500 assists and 200 steals.
- Malik Hall scored 7 points and tied for a team-high 7 rebounds.
- Hall had a streak of seven-straight games in double figures snapped.
- He now has 1,201 career points and is 35th all-time at MSU … He moved past Kelvin Torbert (2001-05) and Alan Anderson (2001-05) and needs 12 more points to pass Kirk Manns (1986-90) and Ken Redfield (1986-90) for 33rd place.
- A.J. Hoggard finished with 10 points and handed out six assists.
- He has scored in double figures 17 times this year and 51 in his career.
- It was his 21st time leading the team in assists this year and the 73rd of his career.
- Hoggard's 6 assists give him 573 for his career (sixth all-time at MSU … He needs 10 more to pass Drew Neitzel (2004-08) for fifth place.
- Hoggard scored 10 points and now has 1,091 career points, 48th all-time at MSU … He needs 9 points to pass Bill Kilgore (1970-73) for 47th place.
- Jaden Akins scored 10 points, his 20th game in double figures this year and the 33rd of his career.
Michigan State earned the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament next week at Target Center in Minneapolis and will play No. 9 seed Minnesota on Thursday, March 14.
Team Stats
MSU
IND
FG%
.385
.474
3FG%
.320
.353
FT%
.857
.417
RB
33
39
TO
10
16
STL
12
3
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
30
FGM
11
3FGM
4
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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