Sunday, November 10
East Lansing, Mich.
7 p.m.
Michigan State University
1-1,0-0Big Ten
100
vs
47
Binghamton
0-2,0-0America East
1
2
F
Binghamton
23
24
47
Michigan St.
54
46
100
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell/MSU Athletic Communications
Michigan State Tops Binghamton, 100-47, on Emotional Night
11/10/2019 10:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. - On an emotional night at the Breslin Center, Michigan State senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) had a double-double with 17 points and 11 assists and five players scored in double figures as the No.1-ranked Spartans beat Binghamton, 100-47.
Winston started and played 20 minutes on the day after his younger brother, Zachary, a sophomore basketball player at nearby Albion College, passed away.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) scored 17 points and had eight rebounds, while sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) scored 16 points and blocked three shots, sophomore forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) added 13 points, six rebounds and three blocks and sophomore forward Thomas Kithier (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) finished with 10 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Records
Michigan State improves to 1-1 overall with the win, while Binghamton falls to 0-2
Quotable
"My message to the team was to play with a broken heart. You always look at it like you want to play for somebody and this and that. These guys' hearts were broken. I've coached a lot of games in my career but this was by far my most difficult day; it really was." Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo
Summary
No. 1 Michigan State plays at No. 12 Seton Hall on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The game tips off at 8 p.m. on FS1, with Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery calling all of the action.
Winston started and played 20 minutes on the day after his younger brother, Zachary, a sophomore basketball player at nearby Albion College, passed away.
Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) scored 17 points and had eight rebounds, while sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) scored 16 points and blocked three shots, sophomore forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) added 13 points, six rebounds and three blocks and sophomore forward Thomas Kithier (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) finished with 10 points, three rebounds and three assists.
Records
Michigan State improves to 1-1 overall with the win, while Binghamton falls to 0-2
Quotable
"My message to the team was to play with a broken heart. You always look at it like you want to play for somebody and this and that. These guys' hearts were broken. I've coached a lot of games in my career but this was by far my most difficult day; it really was." Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo
Summary
- Michigan State led from the start and never looked back en route to the 100-47 win over the Bearcats.
- MSU took its biggest lead of the game, 100-47, on the back end of a pair of free throws from redshirt senior Conner George (Okemos, Mich./Okemos) with 22 seconds to play in the game.
- The Spartans took a 54-23 lead at the break, connecting on 56.8 percent of their field goals and with Henry scoring 12 points and Bingham Jr. adding 10 points.
- Leading 11-5 in the opening minutes, MSU used a 16-0 run to take a 27-5 lead on a driving layup from Henry at the 12:05 mark.
- Binghamton closed to within 33-18 on a layup from Yarden Willis with 7:49 left, but the Spartans held the Bearcats to just three points over the final minutes of the opening half.
- MSU took its biggest lead of the half, 54-21, on a jumper from redshirt senior Kyle Ahrens (Versailles, Ohio/Versailles) with 48 seconds left.
- Michigan State hit 51.4 percent of its field goals (38-of-74).
- MSU out-scored Binghamton, 54-16, in the paint.
- The team handed out 25 assists on 38 made field goals.
- The Spartans scored 29 points off 21 turnovers by the Bearcats.
- Michigan State tallied 35 bench points to Binghamton's 19 and added 19 second-chance points.
- MSU combined for 25 assists to just four turnovers in the contest.
- The Spartans shot 85.0 percent from the free-throw line (17-for-20).
- It was the 51st time in program in history that the Spartans have scored at least 100 points in a game (50-1).
- It was the 21st time MSU has scored at least 100 points under Head Coach Tom Izzo (20-1).
- It was the first time MSU had five players score in double figures since a win over Maryland on Jan. 21, 2019.
- MSU improved to 2-0 all-time against Binghamton and 9-1 against teams from the America East Conference.
- Senior guard Cassius Winston had the 17th double-double of his career in points and assists and it was his 13th career game with at least 10 assists.
- Winston's 11 assists were the most since he had 12 on Jan. 2, 2019 against Northwestern.
- This was his second game in double figures this season and the 71st of his career.
- Xavier Tillman scored in double figures for the first time this season and the 21st time of his career.
- Sophomore forward Marcus Bingham scored a career-high 13 points, tied his career-high with six rebounds and tied a career best with three blocks.
- Sophomore forward Aaron Henry scored 16 points, tied a career-high with three blocks and set a personal best with four steals.
- Sophomore forward Thomas Kithier scored a career-high 10 points and tied a career-best three assists.
No. 1 Michigan State plays at No. 12 Seton Hall on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The game tips off at 8 p.m. on FS1, with Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery calling all of the action.
Team Stats
Bingha
MSU
FG%
.300
.514
3FG%
.300
.280
FT%
.200
.850
RB
33
48
TO
21
4
STL
2
7
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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