Saturday, February 8
Ann Arbor, Mich.
12 p.m.
Michigan State University
at
Michigan
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell/MSU Athletic Communications
No. 16 Michigan State Plays at Michigan on Saturday Afternoon
2/7/2020 12:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team plays the first of two-straight road games on Saturday, Feb. 8, visiting in-state rival Michigan. Tipoff is slated for noon.
The game will air live on FOX, with Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson and Lisa Byington calling all of the action. 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, XM and Internet 83.
Records
Michigan State, coming of a 75-70 loss at home to Penn State, has lost two-straight games and enters the weekend with a 16-7 overall record, including an 8-4 record in Big Ten play. Michigan is 13-9 overall and 4-7 in the league.
About the Spartans
The game will air live on FOX, with Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson and Lisa Byington calling all of the action. 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, XM and Internet 83.
Records
Michigan State, coming of a 75-70 loss at home to Penn State, has lost two-straight games and enters the weekend with a 16-7 overall record, including an 8-4 record in Big Ten play. Michigan is 13-9 overall and 4-7 in the league.
About the Spartans
- Senior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) leads MSU, and ranks third in the Big Ten, in scoring, averaging 18.5 points per game … Winston is also fourth in the league in assists (5.9 apg), first in free throw percentage, connecting on 86.0 percent of his shots (80-of-93), 11th in field goal percentage (43.0%) and sixth in 3-point percentage (38.5%).
- Junior forward Xavier Tillman (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Christian) is second on the team with 13.3 points per game (16th in the Big Ten) and tops the team (3rd in the Big Ten) with 10.1 rebounds per game, while adding 3.2 assists (T11th in the Big Ten) per game and 2.2 blocks per game (4th in the Big Ten).
- Tillman is the only Division I player averaging at least 13.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 blocks per game.
- Sophomore forward Aaron Henry (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis) is third on the team with 9.3 points per game, while adding 4.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists.
- MSU has four other players averaging at least 4.0 points per game, led by sophomore forward Gabe Brown (Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville), who is averaging 8.1 points and 4.1 rebounds.
- Freshman guard Rocket Watts (Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy [Ohio], who scored a career-high 16 points at Wisconsin, adds 7.2 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
- Freshman forward Malik Hall (Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]), who has started the last four games, is averaging 4.7 points and 3.7 rebounds, and sophomore forward Marcus Bingham Jr. (Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central) is averaging 4.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks.
- Saturday's game is the fourth on the road in the last five for MSU, and including Tuesday at Illinois (Feb. 11), the Spartans will play five of seven away from home.
- Michigan State has been strong on the road in the last two-plus years, 19-8 overall (17-7 B1G).
- Michigan State is ranked No. 16 in the Associated Press Top 25, No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches poll and No. 9 per kenpom.com, No. 11 in the NCAA Net and No. 4 in the ESPN BPI.
- Michigan State and Michigan meet for the 186th time on Saturday, Feb. 8.
- Michigan leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 100-85.
- The Spartans have won the last four meetings, including an 87-69 decision at the Breslin Center on Jan. 5.
- The Spartans have won 29 of the last 41 games overall and nine of its last 12 ... Tom Izzo is 29-17 in his career against the Wolverines.
- Winston scored a career-high 32 points and handed out nine assists and then-No. 14 Michigan State led from start to finish in an 87-69 win over then-No. 12 Michigan at the Breslin Center on Jan. 5.
- Tillman added 20 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high six blocked shots, while six other Spartans scored at least six points, including Henry, who had six points, eight rebounds and two blocks and Brown added six points and six rebounds.
- The Wolverines are coming off a 61-58 loss at home to Ohio State ad have dropped five of their last seven games ... UM is 2-3 at home in conference play.
- Senior center Jon Teske leads Michigan in scoring (13.1), rebounds (7.5) and blocks (1.9).
- Senior guard Zavier Simpson is third on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game and leads the Big Ten, and ranks No. 2 nationally, with 8.2 assists per game.
- Junior guard Eli Brooks is fourth on the team with 11.0 points, while freshman forward Franz Wagner is averaging 10.4 points and sophomore guard David DeJulius adds 7.1 points and 2.5 rebounds.
- Sophomore forward Brandon Johns Jr. is averaging 6.5 points and 4.3 rebounds, including 9.0 points and 4.5 rebounds in conference play.
- UM ranks fourth in the league in scoring offense (75.5 ppg), 12th in the league in scoring defense (68.9 ppg) and is third in the league in 3-pointers made (8.4 per game).
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