No. 11 Michigan State Stumbles at Home Against Indiana, 71-67

EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 11 Michigan State fell behind at the half and could not recover as Indiana handed the Spartans their first home loss of the season, 71-67, at the Breslin Center on Tuesday night.

Senior guard Jaden Akins scored 14 points to lead the Spartans, while freshman guard Jase Richardson added 13 points and six rebounds and senior forward Frankie Fidler added 12 points.

Records
Michigan State falls to 19-5 overall and 10-3 in the Big Ten Conference, while Indiana improves to 15-10 overall and 6-8 in league play.

Recap

Michigan State jumped out to an early lead, fell behind by three points (32-29) at the break and Indiana pushed its lead to nine points (48-39) midway through the second half before the Spartans pulled to within two points, 50-48, on free throws from junior center Carson Cooper with 6:25 to play.
Fidler hit a jumper to make it 52-50, with 5:31 left and free throws from junior guard Tre Holloman with 4:20 left made it 55-52, but Indiana scored six-straight points to take a 61-52 lead on a layup from Malik Renau with 3:14 left in the game.
The Spartans continued to chip away and pulled to within two points, 62-60, on a layup from Akins with 32 seconds left, but Indiana hit 9-of-10 free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.
Indiana scored the first six points of the second half and extended its lead to nine points, 38-29, before a driving layup from Akins at 16:38 gave MSU its first points of the second half and snapped a scoreless streak of 7:33 going back to the first half.
Akins followed with a 3-pointer at 14:15 cutting the lead to 38-35, but the Hoosiers responded with baskets from Luke Goode and Malik Reneau gave IU a 42-35 lead.
The Spartans pulled to within three points, 42-39, on free throws from Frankie Fidler with 10:25 left to play, but IU again pulled ahead, with a layup from Myles Rice giving the Hoosiers a 48-41 lead with 8:29 left, setting up the final minutes.
Michigan State went into the half trailing by three points, 32-29, after going scoreless over the final 4:11 of the second half.
The Spartans started quickly, taking a 7-0 lead on a conventional three-point play from Richardson at 18:18 and extending its lead to 10-2 on a 3-pointer from Akins at 17:18.
Indiana pulled to within 10-8 on a jumper from Oumar Ballo but MSU went on a 10-0 run over 3:06, taking a 20-8 lead on a layup from Richardson with 11:17 to play.
The Spartans still led, 29-23, after a jumper from Richardson with 4:11 to play but Indiana out-scored MSU, 9-0 over the final minutes, and took a 32-23 lead at break on free throws from Luke Goode with 53 seconds on the clock.

Key Stats

Michigan State shot just 36.7 percent from the floor (18-of-49), including 32.3 percent (10-of-31) in the first half, and only shot 20.0 percent from 3-point land (4-of-20).
Indiana scored 13 points off 10 MSU turnovers, including 10 points (on 7 turnovers) in the second half.
The Hoosiers scored 38 points in the paint, including 26 in the second half when IU shot 63.6 percent from the floor (14-of-22).

Notes

Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 75-59.
- The Spartans are now 23-3 all-time at the Breslin Center against the Hoosiers.
- This loss snaped three-game home winning streak.
Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo is 29-20 all-time against Indiana.
Izzo's career record is now 726-300, including a Big Ten Conference record of 353-173.
This was the first loss at home for the Spartans, who are 12-1 at the Breslin Center and 6-1 against Big Ten opponents.
The Spartans are now 1-5 when trailing at halftime.
MSU shot just 38.2 percent from the floor, just the third time shooting below 40 percent all season.
Indiana out-shot the Spartans (48.0% to 38.2%), and MSU is 1-3 when the opponent shoots better.
Michigan State out-rebounded its opponent for the 21st time this season and has a 17-4 record in those situations.
The Spartans are now 6-5 when committing more turnovers than their opponent.
MSU is 1-5 when scoring below 70 points.
MSU connected on 84.0 percent of its free throws (21-of-25), the 16th time hitting at least 80 percent from the line.
The Spartans received 33 points from the bench, the 19th time in 24 games with at least 30 points.
Jaden Akins scored 14 points, his sixth-straight game in double figures and the 14th time in the last 15 games.
- Akins has scored in double figures 20 times this year and 54 times in his career.
- Akins now has 1,100 career points, passing Bill Kilgore (1970-73) for 48th place and he needs 10 points to pass Joshua Langford (2016-21) for 47th place.
Jase Richardson scored 13 points while starting his second-straight game.
- This was his 11th game scoring in double figures.
- He tied his career-high with six rebounds.
Frankie Fidler scored 12 points, his 10th game in double figures this year and the 85th of his career.

Up Next
Michigan State hits the road this weekend, traveling to play at Illinois on Saturday, Feb. 15. Tipoff at State Farm Center in Champaign, Ill. is slated for 8 p.m., with Gus Johnson and Jim Jackson calling the action on FOX.

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