Monday, January 21
East Lansing, Mich.
6:30 PM ET
Michigan State University
vs
Maryland
Photo by: Scott Bruhn
No. 6 Michigan State Hosts No. 19 Maryland on Monday Night
1/20/2019 5:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team returns back to the Breslin Center for just its third home game of the month, hosting No. 19 Maryland on Monday Jan. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
On the Air
The game will air live on FS1, with Joe Davis calling the play-by-play and Steve Lavin serving as the color analyst. The Spartan Sports Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at SpartanSportsNetwork.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on Sirius 138, XM 195 and Internet 957.
Records
Michigan State, winners of 11-straight and 16 of the last 17 overall, enters the game on Monday with a 16-2 overall record and a 7-0 mark in the Big Ten. The Spartans are ranked No. 6 in the country in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Maryland, winners of seven-straight games, enters the game with a 16-3 overall record, including a 7-1 mark in conference.
Last Time Out
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored a career-high 29 points and No. 6 Michigan State hit nine free throws in the final minute to hang on for a 70-64 win over Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena Thursday night. Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) had his second-straight double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) added seven points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
About the Spartans
On the Air
The game will air live on FS1, with Joe Davis calling the play-by-play and Steve Lavin serving as the color analyst. The Spartan Sports Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at SpartanSportsNetwork.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on Sirius 138, XM 195 and Internet 957.
Records
Michigan State, winners of 11-straight and 16 of the last 17 overall, enters the game on Monday with a 16-2 overall record and a 7-0 mark in the Big Ten. The Spartans are ranked No. 6 in the country in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls. Maryland, winners of seven-straight games, enters the game with a 16-3 overall record, including a 7-1 mark in conference.
Last Time Out
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored a career-high 29 points and No. 6 Michigan State hit nine free throws in the final minute to hang on for a 70-64 win over Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena Thursday night. Junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) had his second-straight double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) added seven points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
About the Spartans
- Through 18 games, Winston leads the team with 18.2 points per game and 7.3 assists per game ... Winston is fifth in the Big Ten in scoring and is No. 5 in the country in assists per game.
- Ward is second on the team with 16.6 points and third on the team with 7.1 rebounds ... He is tied for ninth in the Big Ten in scoring, tied for 12th in rebounding and ranks fourth in the league, and is No. 17 nationally in field goal percentage, connecting on 63.9 percent of his shots.
- Junior guard Joshua Langford (Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy) is third on the team in scoring with 15.0 points per game, while adding 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
- Sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapid, Mich./GR Christian) is fourth on the team in scoring with 8.3 points and second with 7.6 rebounds, while Goins is sixth on the team in scoring with 6.7 points and leads the team with 9.5 rebounds per game, which ranks No. 29 nationally.
- Senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) is averaging 8.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists.
- Redshirt junior Kyle Ahrens (Versailles, Ohio/Versailles) is averaging 6.1 points and 2.8 rebounds and freshman Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis), who has started the last two games, is averaging 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds.
- MSU ranks No. 14 in the country in scoring offense (84.7 ppg), No. 11 in field goal percentage (50.1%) and No. 3 in field goal percentage defense (36.7%).
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Maryland, 8-5.
- The Spartans have won five of the last six games against the Terrapins.
- Tom Izzo is 7-5 in his career against Maryland.
- The two teams have met just three times in East Lansing, with MSU winning the last two games ... The Spartans swept a pair of games last season.
- Junior guard Anthony Cowan leads the team in with 17.9 points and 4.5 assists ... He is seventh in the Big Ten in scoring and fourth in assists ... Cowan leads the team with 38 3-pointers.
- Sophomore forward Bruno Fernando is second on the team with 14.5 points per game and leads the team with 10.2 rebounds and 2.2 blocks ... He is tied for the lead in the Big Ten in blocks and ranks third in rebounds.
- Freshman forward Jalen Smith is third on the team with 12.1 points and second with 7.1 rebounds.
- Freshman guard Eric Ayala is fourth with 9.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and has connected on 31 shots from long distance.
- Maryland is fifth in the Big Ten in scoring offense (76.7 ppg) and sixth in scoring defense (65.5 ppg).
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