Friday, March 29
Washington, D.C. / Capital One Arena
7 PM ET
Michigan State University
31-6
80
vs
63
LSU
28-7
1
2
F
LSU
28
35
63
Michigan St.
40
40
80
No. 2 Seed Michigan State Beats LSU, 80-63, Advances to Elite Eight
3/29/2019 9:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
WASHINGTON - Michigan State scored the first eight points of the game and never trailed on the way to an 80-63 win over No. 3 seed LSU in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament at Capital One Arena on Friday night.
Freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) scored a career-high 20 points and had eight rebounds while classmate Gabe Brown (Yipsilanti, Mich./Belleville) came off the bench to score a career-best 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the 3-point line.
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 17 points and handed out eight assists, while sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) had 12 points and eight rebounds.
Records
Summary
Key Stats
Notes
Up Next
Michigan State advances to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 1 seed Duke on Sunday, March 31 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Freshman forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) scored a career-high 20 points and had eight rebounds while classmate Gabe Brown (Yipsilanti, Mich./Belleville) came off the bench to score a career-best 15 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the 3-point line.
Junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) scored 17 points and handed out eight assists, while sophomore forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) had 12 points and eight rebounds.
Records
- Michigan State, winners of eight-straight games and 13 of its last 14, improves to 31-6 overall, while LSU finishes its season with a 28-7 record.
Summary
- Michigan State led by as many as 17 points in the first half and 18 in the second half before LSU pulled to within nine points, 70-61, on a free throw from Darius Days with 3:06 to play.
- The Spartans responded with six-straight points from senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville), a 3-pointer with 2:59 left and a conventional three-point play with 1:32 left, to give MSU a 76-63 lead.
- Baskets from Winston (1:03 ) and Henry (38 seconds) closed out the scoring as MSU closed out the win.
- The Spartans had a 12-point edge at the break, 40-28, but LSU cut the lead to 45-41 on a dunk from Kavell Bigby-Williams with 16:22 left in the game.
- MSU answered the next time down with a 3-pointer from Brown, the start of an 11-0 Spartan run to push the lead back to 15 points, 56-41, when redshirt senior forward Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) hit a 3-pointer at the 14:43 mark.
- The Spartans took their biggest lead, 66-48, on a pair of free throws from Tillman with 9:30 left before LSU narrowed the gap to 70-60.
- Michigan State went into the half with a 40-28 lead at the break, with Henry scoring 13 points and the Spartans holding a commanding 21-10 advantage on the boards.
Key Stats
- The Spartans held a 41-34 advantage on the boards, including 21-10 in the first half, and had 15 offensive rebounds.
- Michigan State shot 47.0 percent (31-68) from the floor and hit 40.8 percent of its 3-pointers (13-of-32).
- MSU committed only seven turnovers and scored 14 points off nine LSU turnovers.
- The Spartans handed out 22 assists on 31 made field goals (71.0 percent).
- Michigan State received 19 points from its bench, including 15 from Brown.
Notes
- Michigan State advances to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the 10th time in program history, all under Head Coach Tom Izzo.
- MSU has a 7-2 record in nine previous Elite Eight appearances and the Spartans are 9-4 all-time in regional finals.
- The win was Michigan State's 68th all-time in NCAA Tournament play and Tom Izzo's 51st career in the NCAA Tournament.
- A pair of Michigan State freshmen – Gabe Brown and Aaron Henry – combined for 35 points 11 rebounds and six assists.
- The win was MSU's 31st of the season, tied for the third-most wins in a single season in school history.
- The Spartans improved to 22-2 when leading at the half.
- MSU connected on 47.0 percent of its field goals (31-of-66), the 24th time this season the team hit at least 50 percent.
- Michigan State out-rebounded its opponent for the 33rd time this season.
- Winston has scored in double figures 35 times this year.
- Winston's 17 points give him 1,375 for his career, 25th on the all-time scoring list at MSU.
- Winston handed out eight assists, the 31st game this season he has handed out at least six.
- The junior guard has now handed out 279 this season. When he handed out his fifth (in the second half), he broke the MSU single-season record of 274, previously set by Mateen Cleaves.
- Tillman scored in double figures for the third-straight game and for the 19th time this season.
- Henry led MSU in scoring for the first time this season and scored in double figures for the third time this season.
- Henry's six assists were a career high.
- Brown scored in double figures for the second time and set career marks for points (15) field goals (5) and 3-pointers made (4).
- Goins grabbed 11 rebounds, his 16th game this season with at least 10.
Up Next
Michigan State advances to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 1 seed Duke on Sunday, March 31 at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Team Stats
LSU
MSU
FG%
.393
.470
3FG%
.286
.406
FT%
.643
.625
RB
34
41
TO
9
7
STL
4
4
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
9
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
1
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
3
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