Spartans Close Regular Season on Sunday at Indiana

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team closes out the regular season on Sunday, March 10, visiting Indiana for the first time this season (CBS, 4:30 p.m.). The Spartans, coming off a 53-49 win over Northwestern on Senior Day on Wednesday, have won nine of the last 14 games and 14 of the last 21 games overall.

The game will air live on CBS, with Spero Dedes and Jim Spanarkel 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 383 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Sunday's regular season finale with an 18-13 overall record (10-9 B1G).
MSU is No. 22 in the NET rankings, including No. 15 in NET Strength of Schedule.
The Spartans are No. 19 in KenPom and No. 19 in the ESPN College Basketball Power Index.
The Spartans are No. 14 in the BartTorvik.com tempo free stats, No. 29 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 16 in defensive efficiency.
MSU ranks No. 33 in the country in FG% defense (40.8%) and No. 29 in scoring defense (65.9 ppg), No. 27 in assists (16.3 apg) and No. 10 in assist/turnover ratio (1.68).
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 30 games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 18.0 points per game, connecting on 44.4 percent of his shots ... In Big Ten games, Walker is averaging 16.9 ppg and 2.9 assists, while shooting 42.2 percent from the floor.
Walker is one of 5 finalists for the Jerry West Award and needs 17 points to reach 2,000 for his career.
Graduate forward Malik Hall, who has scored in double figures in 14 of the last 15 games and 16 of the last 18 overall, is second on the team with 12.9 points, while grabbing 5.7 rebounds (a team-best) and 2.1 assists ... In league games, Hall is averaging 14.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg and 2.1 apg.
In the last 18 games, Hall is averaging 15.3 ppg, 6.5 rpg and shooting 57.5% from the field, including 53.6% 3FG.
Senior guard A.J. Hoggard is third on the team with 10.9 points, while adding 3.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists, which ranks fifth in the B1G.
Junior guard Jaden Akins, who scored a career-high 23 points against Michigan and has been in double figures in 12 of the last 19 games, is fourth on the team with 10.5 points and 3.6 rebounds.
Sophomore guard Tre Holloman is averaging 5.7 points and is third on the team with 2.5 assists.
Senior forward Mady Sissoko adds 3.5 points and 5.4 rebounds, while sophomore center Carson Cooper adds 3.6 points and 4.6 rebounds.
Freshman forward Coen Carr contributes 3.5 points and 2.0 rebounds and freshman forward Xavier Booker is averaging 3.8 points and 1.6 rebounds.

About the Hoosiers

Indiana enters the regular season finale on Sunday with a 17-13 overall record, including a 9-10 mark in Big Ten play.
The Hoosiers have won three-straight games, including road wins at Maryland on March 3 (83-78) and at Minnesota on March 6 (70-58).
Indiana is 12-5 at Assembly Hall, including a 5-4 mark in conference games ... The Hoosiers had last four-straight games at home before a win over Wisconsin (74-70) on Feb. 27.
Indiana is 12th in the league in scoring offense overall (73.1 ppg) and 12th in the league in scoring defense (74.5 ppg) ... In Big Ten games, IU is 10th in the league in scoring offense (70.8 ppg) and 9th in scoring defense (74.2 ppg).

Series History

Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 72-58.
The teams split a pair of games last year, with IU winning the first meeting, 82-69, at Assembly Hall on Jan. 22, and MSU posting an 80-65 win on Feb. 21.
The Spartans have won four of the last five games in the series.
Eight of the last 13 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including six games decided by six or fewer.
Tom Izzo is 29-18 in his career against Indiana.
The Spartans are 16-48 all-time at Indiana and have split their last two games on the road, posting a 78-71 win on Feb. 20, 20021.

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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