No. 9 Michigan State Wraps Up West Coast Trip on Tuesday Night, Playing at UCLA

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team plays the second game of its West Coast trip on Tuesday, Feb. 4, visiting UCLA (10 p.m. ET, Peacock).

The game will air live on Peacock, with Terry Gannon and Darren Collison 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 Zach Surdenik is the studio host. The game can also be heard on channel 83 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Tuesday's game with an 18-3 overall record (9-1 B1G) and are No. 9 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls.
The Spartans are ranked No. 20 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 17 per KenPom.com and No. 16 in the ESPN BPI.
The Spartans, who had a 13-game win streak end in a loss at USC Saturday and have won 16 of their last 18 games, have just one player (Jaden Akins) scoring in double figures.
The Spartans are the only team in the AP Top 25 with just one player scoring in double figures and are just one of three teams in the AP Top 25 with at least 7 players averaging at least 7.3 ppg (Alabama and Missouri).
MSU has five players averaging at least 8.0 ppg and 10 scoring at least 4.7 ppg.
MSU has relied on its depth, with five players averaging at least 20.0 minutes per game and 10 players at least 10.0 minutes.
Akins leads the team with 13.5 ppg and is fourth with 3.9 rpg, while freshman guard Jase Richardson is averaging 9.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists, sophomore forward Coen Carr is third on the team with 8.8 points and junior guard Tre Holloman is averaging 8.2 ppg.
Junior forward Jaxon Kohler, who has four double-doubles this year, is scoring 7.3 ppg and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game, 9th in the Big Ten (9th in B1G games only with 7.4 rpg).
Redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 7.8 points and a team-leading 6.2 assists per game, which ranks 3rd in the Big Ten, while Holloman adds 8.2 points and 3.7 assists (3.8 in B1G, T12th).
MSU is averaging 23.2 FT attempts per game (No. 29 in the country) after going to the line 17.2 times per game in 2023-24 and the Spartans rank No. 4 in the country in free throw percentage (80.3%) and No. 8 in free throws made per game (18.7).
The Spartans are No. 2 in the country in fast break points per game (18.05 ppg) and No. 3 in bench points (37.67 ppg).
MSU also ranks No. 8 in the country in rebound margin (+9.7), No. 11 in defensive rebounds per game (28.38/g) and No. 17 in rebounds per game (40.52).

About the Bruins

UCLA enters the game on Tuesday night with a 16-6 overall record and a 7-4 mark in the Big Ten Conference.
The Bruins are coming off a 78-52 win at home over Oregon last Thursday.
The win over Oregon was the fifth-straight conference win, with home wins over Iowa and Wisconsin and road wins at Washington and Southern Cal.
UCLA is 11-1 at home, including a 4-1 record in conference games, the lone loss a 94-75 decision to Michigan.
The Bruins have three players scoring in double figures and seven averaging at least 6.0 ppg.
UCLA ranks 13th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (76.0 ppg) and 1st in the league in scoring defense (64.5 ppg) ... In Big Ten games, UCLA is 12th in scoring offense (73.5 ppg) and 4th in scoring defense (71.3 ppg).

Series History

UCLA leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 7-4.
MSU has won two of the last three meetings between the teams, including a 75-62 win over the Bruins in the Maui Invitational on Nov. 27, 2019, and an 87-67 win on Nov. 22, 2018, in the Las Vegas Invitational.
The teams last met during the 2021 NCAA Tournament, an 86-80 UCLA win in overtime.
This is the first meeting between the teams as members of the Big Ten Conference.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 3-4 vs. UCLA, including a 64-58 loss in 2003 at Pauley Pavilion, the only visit to the arena by the Spartans.

No. 9 Michigan State Wraps Up West Coast Trip on Tuesday Night, Playing at UCLA

Players Mentioned

Jaden Akins

Coen Carr

Jeremy Fears Jr.

Tre Holloman

Jaxon Kohler

Jase Richardson

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