No. 12 Michigan State Hosts Penn State on Wednesday Night at the Breslin Center

East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball returns home this week for a pair of games, starting on Wednesday, Jan. 15, hosting Penn State (BTN, 7:30 p.m.).

The game will air live on BTN, with Kevin Kugler, Robbie Hummel and Andy Katz calling all of the action. The Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard state-wide and on the web at MSUSpartans.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst, and Zach Surdenik is the studio host. The game can also be heard on channels 195 and 210 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Wednesday's game with an 14-2 overall record (5-0 B1G) and are No. 12 in the Associated Press poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
The Spartans are ranked No. 15 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 14 per KenPom.com and No. 16 in the ESPN BPI.
The Spartans, winners of nine-straight and 12 of its last 13 games, have just one player (Jaden Akins) scoring in double figures.
The Spartans are the only team in the AP Top 25 with just one player scoring in double figures.
MSU has four players averaging at least 8.0 ppg and 10 scoring at least 4.6 ppg.
MSU has relied on its depth, with six players averaging at least 20.0 minutes per game, 10 players at least 10.0 minutes and eight different players leading the team in scoring at least once this year.
Akins leads the team with 14.1 ppg and is fourth with 3.9 rpg, while freshman guard Jase Richardson is averaging 9.7 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists and sophomore forward Coen Carr is third on the team with 8.4 points.
Junior forward Jaxon Kohler, who has four double-doubles this year, is scoring 7.9 ppg and leads the team with 8.2 rebounds per game, 7th in the Big Ten (4th in B1G games only with 9.0 rpg).
Redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 7.9 points and a team-leading 6.4 assists per game, which ranks 3rd in the Big Ten, while junior Tre Holloman adds 7.4 points and 3.8 assists (4.0 in conference games).
MSU is averaging 23.3 FT attempts per game (No. 40 in the country) after going to the line 17.2 times per game in 2023-24 and the Spartans rank No. 2 in the country in free throw percentage (81.5%) and No. 10 in free throws made per game (18.9).
Michigan State ranks No. 2 in the country in fast break points (19.0 ppg) and No. 1 with 23.4% of its total points coming off the fast break (304 of 1,301).
MSU also ranks No. 7 in the country in rebound margin (+10.7), No. 12 in defensive rebounds per game (29.0/g) and No. 14 in rebounds per game (41.1).

About the Nittany Lions

Penn State enters the game on Wednesday with a 12-5 overall record and a 2-4 mark in the Big Ten Conference.
The Nittany Lions have lost their last three games, including an 82-81 loss at home to Oregon Sunday, a game they played without starting guard Ace Baldwin Jr.
Penn State has conference losses at Rutgers (80-76, in December), at home to Indiana (77-71) and at Illinois (91-52).
The Nittany Lions are 1-2 on the road this year, including 0-2 in the Big Ten
Graduate guard Ace Baldwin Jr. leads a balanced attack with 13.9 ppg as six players score in double figures, including second-leading scorer Nick Kern (12.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg) ... Penn State has eight players averaging at least 10 minutes per game.
Penn State ranks 5th in the league in scoring offense (84.4 ppg) and 13th in the league in scoring defense (70.6 ppg) ... In Big Ten-only games, the Nittany Lions are 10th in scoring offense (74.2 ppg) and 14th in the league in scoring defense, allowing 80.0 ppg).
Penn State is fourth in the Big Ten in turnover margin (+4.76).

Series History

Michigan State leads the all-time series with Penn State, 45-10.
The Spartans won both meetings last year, 92-61 at home in January and an 80-72 win on the road in February.
The Spartans have won 28 of the last 34 games in the series, including 16 of the last 19.
Eight of the last 12 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, with MSU winning eight of those games.
Tom Izzo is 38-9 in his career against Penn State.
Michigan State is 27-2 all-time at home against Penn State and has won the last three games at the Breslin Center.
Penn State's last win was a 62-58 decision at home on Feb 15, 2022.

No. 12 Michigan State Hosts Penn State on Wednesday Night at the Breslin Center

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