Wednesday, December 7
University Park, Pa.
6:30 PM
Michigan State University
at
Penn State
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell
Big Ten Conference Road Slate Starts on Wednesday at Penn State
12/6/2022 5:47:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball hits the road again this week for its first Big Ten Conference road game of the season, at Penn State on Wednesday, Dec. 7 (6:30 p.m., BTN).
The Spartans have lost their last two games and are coming off a 70-63 loss at home to Northwestern in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Since the start of the regular season, the Spartans have played seven of their 10 games away from home. MSU played three ranked teams, including two in the top-5 (Gonzaga and Kentucky), and traveled to San Diego, Indianapolis, Oregon and South Bend, racking up more than 10,000 miles of travel during the team's first eight games. Following the game on Wednesday night, the Spartans will play three games (Brown, Oakland and Buffalo) in the next 22 days. Per KenPom.com, Michigan State has faced the 4th-toughest slate of opposing offenses in the country, the 16th-toughest slate of opposing defenses and ranks No. 8 overall in strength of schedule.
The game will air live on BTN, with Brandon Gaudin and Shon Morris calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at MSUSpartans.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on channel 84 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
The Spartans have lost their last two games and are coming off a 70-63 loss at home to Northwestern in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Since the start of the regular season, the Spartans have played seven of their 10 games away from home. MSU played three ranked teams, including two in the top-5 (Gonzaga and Kentucky), and traveled to San Diego, Indianapolis, Oregon and South Bend, racking up more than 10,000 miles of travel during the team's first eight games. Following the game on Wednesday night, the Spartans will play three games (Brown, Oakland and Buffalo) in the next 22 days. Per KenPom.com, Michigan State has faced the 4th-toughest slate of opposing offenses in the country, the 16th-toughest slate of opposing defenses and ranks No. 8 overall in strength of schedule.
The game will air live on BTN, with Brandon Gaudin and Shon Morris calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at MSUSpartans.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on channel 84 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enter the game on Sunday with a 5-4 overall record after facing one of the nation's toughest schedules during the opening month of the season.
- MSU has faced the 4th-toughest slate of opposing offenses in the country, the 16th-toughest slate of opposing defenses and ranks No. 8 overall in strength of schedule, per KenPom.com.
- Through nine games, senior guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 14.4 ppg, while adding 3.0 rpg and 4.0 apg.
- Walker is one of four players scoring in double figures.
- Graduate forward Joey Hauser is second on the team in scoring with 13.2 points per game, shooting 44.1 percent from the floor and 44.2 percent from 3-point land.
- Senior forward Malik Hall is third on the team with 12.0 ppg and third with 5.3 rpg.
- Junior guard A.J. Hoggard is fourth on the team with 11.6 ppg, fourth with 4.1 rpg and leads the team (and is third in the Big Ten) with 6.3 assists per game.
- Three other players are averaging at least 6.0 points.
- Sophomore Pierre Brooks, who has started the last five games, is averaging 7.9 points and 2.8 rebounds.
- Junior forward Mady Sissoko, who scored 16 points and had eight rebounds in the win over Kentucky in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15, is averaging 8.0 points and is second on the team with 5.8 rebounds, while sophomore guard Jaden Akins is adding 6.0 points and 3.2 rebounds.
- Penn State enters the game on Wednesday with a 6-2 overall record.
- This will be the Big Ten opener for the Nittany Lions, who will be playing their first game in eight days
- Penn State is 4-0 at home, with wins over Winthrop, Loyola Maryland, Butler and Lafayette.
- The team's only two losses are a 2-point neutral-site defeat to Virginia Tech and a double-overtime loss at Clemson.
- Penn State has four players scoring in double figures, with three of those top four in their fifth year in college basketball.
- » Senior guard Jalen Pickett leads the team in scoring (16.1 ppg) and assists (7.6 apg) and is second on the team with 6.6 rebounds.
- Penn State leads the nation with 12.1 3-pointers made per game ... The Nittany Lions are shooting 40.4 percent (97-240) from 3-point land, which ranks No. 14 nationally.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 42-10.
- The Spartans have won 25 of the last 31 games in the series, including 13 of the last 16.
- Tom Izzo is 35-9 in his career against Penn State ... Michigan State is 16-5 in games played at Penn State, but the Nittany Lions won last year's meeting, 62-58.
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