Tuesday, January 28
East Lansing, Mich.
8 PM
Michigan State University
18-2,9-0Big Ten
73
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51
Minnesota
11-10,3-7Big Ten
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Minnesota
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35
51
Michigan St.
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Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography
Holloman Leads Balanced Effort as No. 7 Michigan State Beats Minnesota, 73-51, for 13th-Straight Win
1/28/2025 10:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Junior guard Tre Holloman scored all of his team-high 12 points during a first half run that helped No. 7 Michigan State take a 20-point lead at the half as the Spartans beat Minnesota, 73-51, at the Breslin Center on Tuesday night.
Holloman hit four 3-pointers during a first half that helped MSU take a 36-16 lead at the break. He led three players in double figures, as senior guard Jaden Akins scored 10 points, grabbed three rebounds and had two assists, and sophomore forward Xavier Booker finished with 10 points and three boards.
Junior center Carson Cooper finished with nine points, tied his career-high in rebounds (11) and blocked shots (3), junior forward Jaxon Kohler added eight points and seven rebounds and freshman guard Jase Richardson had six points and a career-high eight assists.
Records
Michigan State, winners of 13-straight games, improves to 18-2 overall and 9-0 in the Big Ten Conference, while Minnesota falls to 11-10 and 3-7 in league play.
Recap
Michigan State heads West later this week, traveling to play at USC on Saturday, Feb. 1 (4:30 p.m. ET, Peacock), the first trip to Los Angeles to play the Trojans in a Big Ten Conference game.
Holloman hit four 3-pointers during a first half that helped MSU take a 36-16 lead at the break. He led three players in double figures, as senior guard Jaden Akins scored 10 points, grabbed three rebounds and had two assists, and sophomore forward Xavier Booker finished with 10 points and three boards.
Junior center Carson Cooper finished with nine points, tied his career-high in rebounds (11) and blocked shots (3), junior forward Jaxon Kohler added eight points and seven rebounds and freshman guard Jase Richardson had six points and a career-high eight assists.
Records
Michigan State, winners of 13-straight games, improves to 18-2 overall and 9-0 in the Big Ten Conference, while Minnesota falls to 11-10 and 3-7 in league play.
Recap
- Michigan State went into the break with a 20-point lead (36-16), with Minnesota scoring the first two baskets of the second half and narrowing the gap to 36-21 following a layup from Femi Odukale.
- Booker followed with a jumper, hit 2-of-3 free throws and sophomore forward Coen Carr took a feed from Holloman for a dunk, pushing the MSU lead back to 22 points, 49-27, with 12:08 to play.
- Minnesota's Dawson Garcia, who scored a game-high 21 points, hit a 3-pointer to pull the Gophers to within 13 points, 54-41, with 7:27 left in the game.
- The Spartans, however, responded with a 12-4 run over 3:24 and took a 66-45 lead when Richardson fed Carr for an alley-oop dunk and a free throw with 3:47 to play.
- Cooper hit a pair of free throws to close out the scoring as Minnesota got no closer than 18 points.
- MSU had gone into the break with a 36-16 lead thanks largely to a 13-0 run late in the half as Holloman splashed three-straight 3-pointers to break the game open from a 21-12 MSU lead to a 34-12 lead following free throws from Richardson with 58 seconds left.
- A layup from senior center Szymon Zapala had given MSU a 36-14 lead before Garcia scored to make it 36-16.
- The opening 10 minutes of the game were sluggish but it was the MSU defense that helped the Spartans, limiting the Gophers to just two field goals over the opening 12 minutes of the game.
- MSU turned the ball over five times in the opening 12 minutes and hit only 31.6 percent of its shots (6-of-19) before committing none in the final eight minutes and hitting 7-of-12 shots, keyed by Holloman's long distance shots.
- Michigan State shot 44.6 percent from the floor (25-of-56), including 48.0 percent in the second half (12-of-25) and 51.4 percent (19-of-37) in the final 28 minutes of the game.
- MSU had a 40-22 advantage in rebounding, collected 13 offensive rebounds, scored 13 second-chance points and outscored Minnesota, 30-20, in the paint.
- After taking only six free throws in the first half, MSU went to the line 14 times in the second half, hitting 75.0 percent of its free throws (15-of-20).
- The Spartans committed just nine turnovers.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Minnesota, 79-62, and has won the last three meetings.
- MSU is 47-20 at home against the Gophers, including a 27-3 record at the Breslin Center.
- Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo is 41-13 all-time against Minnesota.
- Izzo's career record improved to 725-297.
- Izzo's career Big Ten record improved to 352-170 and he needs two more wins to pass former Indiana coach Bob Knight (353) for the all-time lead in conference wins by a head coach.
- The win over Minnesota closed out the month of January with a 7-0 record for the Spartans.
- This is the first time in his 30-year career that an Izzo team has gone unbeaten in both December (5-0) and January (7-0).
- The 13-game win streak for the Spartans is the longest since winning 13-straight in 2018-19.
- The 9-0 start in Big Ten Conference play is the first time MSU has started at least 9-0 since winning its first nine conference games in 2018-19.
- Michigan State is 11-0 at home this season, 5-0 in the Big Ten.
- Michigan State scored 73 points, the 17th time this season with at least 70 points.
- MSU is 17-0 when scoring at least 70 points.
- Michigan State is 16-0 when leading at the half this season.
- The Spartans out-shot Minnesota (44.6% to 41.2%), the 17th time MSU has out-shot its opponent.
- MSU is 17-0 when out-shooting its opponent.
- Michigan State held a 40-22 advantage in rebounding, the 17th time holding the edge on the boards.
- The Spartans are 16-1 when controlling the boards.
- Michigan State hit 75.0 percent of its free throws (15-of-20), the 17th time this season hitting at least 75.0 percent of its free throws.
- The Spartans received 32 points from the bench, the 17th time in 20 games this season with at least 30 points.
- Junior guard Tre Holloman scored 12 points, his seventh time in double figures this year and the 12th of his career.
- It was his third time leading the team in scoring this year and the fourth of his career.
- Jase Richardson scored a career-high 20 points.
- This was his ninth time scoring in double figures and his third time leading the team in scoring.
- Jaden Akins scored 10 points, his 10th game in double figures in the last 11 games.
- Akins now has 1,050 career points and needs 5 points to pass Marcus Sanders (1962-65) for 53rd place all-time.
- Sophomore forward Xavier Booker scored 10 points, his fifth game in double figures this year and the seventh of his career.
- Freshman guard Jase Richardson scored 6 points and handed out a career-best 8 assists.
- It was his first time leading the team in assists.
- Junior center Carson Cooper scored 9 points, tied his career-high with 11 rebounds and tied his career-best with 3 blocked shots.
- Junior forward Jaxon Kohler scored 8 points and grabbed 7 rebounds, with 2 blocked shots.
- He hit a pair of 3-pointers, setting a career-best.
Michigan State heads West later this week, traveling to play at USC on Saturday, Feb. 1 (4:30 p.m. ET, Peacock), the first trip to Los Angeles to play the Trojans in a Big Ten Conference game.
Team Stats
MINN
MSU
FG%
.412
.446
3FG%
.353
.320
FT%
.600
.750
RB
22
40
TO
12
9
STL
6
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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