Wednesday, December 21
East Lansing, Mich.
6:30 PM
Michigan State University
8-4,1-1Big Ten
67
vs
54
Oakland
2-11,0-2Horizon
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2
F
Oakland
24
30
54
Michigan St.
29
38
67
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Three in Double Figures as Michigan State Beats Oakland, 67-54
12/21/2022 9:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Sophomore guard Jaden Akins scored a career-high 15 points to lead three players in double figures as Michigan State used a big second half to pull away from Oakland University in a 65-49 win at the Breslin Center Wednesday night.
Graduate forward Joey Hauser led the Spartans with 16 points, while adding four rebounds and four assists and senior guard Tyson Walker added 13 points, three assists and three rebounds and junior guard A.J. Hoggard had eight points, eight assists and four rebounds.
Records
Michigan State improves to 8-4 overall while Oakland falls to 2-11.
Recap
Michigan State will take a break for Christmas and return to the court in nine days, hosting Buffalo at the Breslin Center on Friday, Dec. 23 (6 p.m., BTN).
Graduate forward Joey Hauser led the Spartans with 16 points, while adding four rebounds and four assists and senior guard Tyson Walker added 13 points, three assists and three rebounds and junior guard A.J. Hoggard had eight points, eight assists and four rebounds.
Records
Michigan State improves to 8-4 overall while Oakland falls to 2-11.
Recap
- The Spartans led by just five points, 29-24, at the break but used a 23-5 run over the opening 4:26 of the second half to push the lead to 23 points, 52-29, on a 3-pointer from Akins at the 15:34 mark.
- A jumper from freshman forward Jaxon Kohler gave MSU a 54-32 lead with 13:21 to play and a 3-pointer from Hauser with 8:18 left gave the Spartans a 57-39 lead.
- The Golden Grizzlies pulled to within 13 points twice, the latter on a fast break layup from former Spartan Rocket Watts, making it 59-46 with 5:33 left.
- Back-to-back baskets from Walker and Hoggard and two free throws from junior center Mady Sissoko pushed the lead back to 19 points, 65-46, with 3:30 remaining.
- Michigan State had trailed for most of the first half, but opened the second half with a 12-4 r2 and took a 41-26 lead on a 3-pointer from Walker just over two minutes into the second half, forcing Oakland to call a timeout.
- That was part of the larger 23-5 run to open the second half as the Spartans took their biggest lead on the trey from Akins.
- The Spartans had taken an early 13-6 lead in the first half, but Oakland used a 12-0 run and took an 18-13 lead on a 3-pointer from Blake Lampman at the 11:52 mark.
- A hook shot from Chris Conway gave the Golden Grizzlies a 24-21 lead 6:13 left, but the Spartans outscored Oakland 8-0 over the final 5:03 and took a 29-24 lead on a three from Hauser with 1:27 left.
- Michigan State shot 49.0 percent from the floor (25-of-51), including 54.2 percent in the second half (13-of-24).
- After 11 turnovers in the first half, MSU committed just five in the second half.
- Michigan State handed out 19 assists on 25 field goals (76.0 percent).
- The Spartans out-scored Oakland, 24-7, on the fast break.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Oakland, 21-0, and is 13-0 all-time at home against the Golden Grizzlies.
- The Spartans held their opponent below 60 points for the fourth time this season.
- MSU out-rebounded Oakland, 41-33, and the Spartans are 7-0 when controlling the boards.
- Michigan State handed out 19 assists, the eighth time this season with at least 15.
- Jaden Akins scored a career-high 15 points, his first game in double figures and the third of his career.
- Joey Hauser scored in double figures for the 10th time this season and the 32nd time of his career.
- He now has 1,023 career points in 109 games, a 9.4 per game average.
- Tyson Walker scored 13 points, his 10th game in double figures and the 56th of his career.
- In 98 career games, he has scored 1,143 points, an 11.7 per game average.
- Mady Sissoko led the team in rebounding for the fifth time this season, grabbing a career-high 12 rebounds.
- A.J. Hoggard led the team with eight assists, the eighth time this season he's led the team and the 33rd of his career.
Michigan State will take a break for Christmas and return to the court in nine days, hosting Buffalo at the Breslin Center on Friday, Dec. 23 (6 p.m., BTN).
Team Stats
Oak
MSU
FG%
.317
.490
3FG%
.280
.455
FT%
.636
.438
RB
33
41
TO
8
16
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
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