R BASKETBALL GAME INDIANA GAME 24 Tuesday, March 2, 2021 INDIANA HOOSIERS 8 p.m. ET AT 24 East Lansing, Mich. – Breslin Center MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS TELEVISION BTN – Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) March 2, 2021 – 8 p.m. ET (BTN) Robbie Hummel (analyst) East Lansing, Mich. – Breslin Center RADIO Spartan Media Network – Will Tieman (play-by-play) and THE MATCHUP Matt Steigenga (color analyst), with Dalton Shetler (host). Listen to one of 38 affiliates, on the web at msuspartans.com Michigan State Indiana or on XM 387 and Internet 977. 2020-21 Record 13-10, 7-10 B1G 12-12, 7-10 B1G KenPom / NET 62 / 78 37 / 57 Coach Tom Izzo Archie Miller Career Record (Yrs.) 641-251 (26th Season) 206-118 (10th Season) 2020-21 SCHEDULE Top Scorer Aaron Henry (15.1) Tracye Jackson-Davis (19.8) Top Rebounder Joey Hauser (6.1) Tracye Jackson-Davis (9.3) Wednesday Nov. 25 EASTERN MICHGAN (BTN) W, 83-67 Saturday Nov. 28 NOTRE DAME (BTN) W, 80-70 Top Assists Aaron Henry (3.5) Aljami Durham (2.8) Tuesday Dec. 1 at No. 6 Duke # (ESPN) W, 75-69 THE OPENING TIP Friday Dec. 4 DETROIT (BTN) W, 83-76 Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns home for the first of three games in the next six Sunday Dec. 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN (BTN) W, 79-61 days, hosting Indiana on Tuesday, March 2 ... The game will be the fourth of six games in a span of Wednesday Dec. 9 at No. 18 Virginia @ (ESPN) postponed 13 days for the Spartans ... MSU, coming off a 73-55 loss at Maryland, has won three of its last four Sunday Dec. 13 OAKLAND (BTN) W, 109-91 Sunday Dec. 20 at Northwestern * (BTN) L, 79-65 games ... The Spartans won back-to-back games against AP Top 5 teams last week, beating Illinois Friday Dec. 25 No. 6 WISCONSIN * (FOX) L, 85-76 and Ohio State ... Including games against Michigan later this week, since Jan. 31, the Spartans Monday Dec. 28 at No. 21 Minnesota * (BTN) L, 81-56 will have played more games vs. Top 8 NET teams (7 games) than not (6 games). Saturday Jan. 2 at Nebraska * (BTN) W, 84-77 MICHIGAN STATE POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP Tuesday Jan. 5 No. 14 RUTGERS * (ESPN2) W, 68-45 In last three games, averaging 7.7 points, 2.3 assists Friday Jan. 8 PURDUE * (FS1) L, 55-54 rocket watts and 1.3 rebounds in 25.0 minutes ... Has made 12 2 So. – 6-2 – 185 Sunday Jan. 17 INDIANA * (CBS) postponed starts this year ... Season-high 32 minutes in win at In- PPG RPG APG FG% MPG Saturday Jan. 23 No. 15 ILLINOIS * (FOX) postponed diana ... Six games scoring in double figures, including Thursday Jan. 28 at Rutgers * (FS1) L, 67-37 G 7.7 1.5 2.9 33.2 21.7 13 points and five assists against Illinois. Sunday Jan. 31 at No. 13 Ohio State * (CBS) L, 79-62 Three-time captain ... Scored a season-high 18 points joshua langford vs. Nebraska ... 11 games scoring in double figures, Tuesday Feb. 2 at No. 8 Iowa * (FS1) L, 84-78 1 Grad. – 6-5 – 200 Saturday Feb. 6 at No. 16 Michigan * (ESPN) postponed including 10 of last 14 ... In the last 13 games, av- PPG RPG APG FG% MPG eraging 11.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game ... Saturday Feb. 6 NEBRASKA * (BTN) W, 66-56 10.0 3.5 2.0 37.7 27.3 Tuesday Feb. 9 PENN STATE * (ESPN) W, 60-58 G Reached.1,000-point mark vs. Penn State. Saturday Feb. 13 No. 15 IOWA * (FOX) L, 88-58 21 games scoring in double figures ... Career-high 27 Tuesday Feb. 16 at Purdue * (ESPN) L, 75-65 aaron henry points at Nebraska ... The only player in Division I av- 0 Jr. – 6-6 – 212 Saturday Feb. 20 at Indiana * (ESPN) W, 78-71 eraging at least 15.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists PPG RPG APG FG% MPG Tuesday Feb. 23 No. 5 ILLINOIS * (FS1) W, 81-72 and 1.3 blocks per game ... Last nine games, averag- Thursday Feb. 25 No. 4 OHIO STATE * (ESPN/2) W, 71-67 F 15.1 5.5 3.6 44.7 31.7 ing 18.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.8 apg, 48.1% FG, 38.5% 3FG. Sunday Feb. 28 at Maryland * (CBS) L, 73-55 Started against Illinois, scoring five points with four re- gabe brown bounds ... Has started five games this season, averaging Tuesday March 2 INDIANA * (BTN) 8 p.m. 44Jr. – 6-8 – 210 PPG RPG APG 3FG% MPG 9.3 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 60.7% FG, 56.3 3FG%... Eight games in Thursday March 4 at Michigan (ESPN) 7 p.m. double figures ... Season-high 20 points against Oakland Sunday March 7 No. 3 MICHIGAN * (CBS) 4:30 p.m. F 7.7 2.6 0.5 45.6 20.5 ... Career-high 39 minutes at Maryland. Wed.-Sun. March 10-14 Big Ten Tournament Tues.-Wed. March 16-17 NCAA Tournament - First Four julius marble ii Has started last four games, averaging 3.3 points and Thurs.-Fri. March 18-19 NCAA Tournament - 1st Round 34 So. – 6-8 – 225 0.8 rebounds in 8.0 minutes ... Scored six points and Sat.-Sun. March 20-21 NCAA Tournament - 2nd Round PPG RPG APG FG% MPG had two rebounds before fouling out in seven minutes Thurs.-Fri. March 25-26 NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16 F 4.1 2.0 0.1 61.4 8.8 in win over Illinois .... Career-high 12 points in win at Sat.-Sun. March 27-28 NCAA Tournament - Elite Eight Duke on Dec. 1. Saturday April 3 NCAA Final Four Monday April 5 NCAA National Championship SPARTAN RESERVES No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class PPG RPG APG MPG * Big Ten Conference Game 3 Foster Loyer G 6-0 175 Jr. 4.2 1.6 2.3 16.5 # State Farm Champions Classic 10 Jack Hoiberg G 5-11 170 R-Jr. 0.5 0.3 0.3 2.3 @ ACC/Big Ten Challenge 11 A.J. Hoggard G 6-3 220 Fr. 2.8 2.0 2.0 13.5 13 Steven Izzo G 5-8 150 So. 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.4 BOLD CAPS – Home (Played at Breslin Center) 14 Davis Smith G 6-1 185 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 15 Thomas Kithier F 6-8 225 Jr. 2.6 2.6 0.7 11.5 20 Joey Hauser F 5-9 220 R-Jr. 10.2 6.1 1.5 22.4 22 Mady Sissoko C 6-8 235 Fr. 1.0 1.9 0.0 9.0 25 Malik Hall F 6-7 225 So. 4.5 4.3 1.4 17.3 30 Marcus Bingham Jr. F 6-11 225 Jr. 3.3 2.8 0.3 10.1 Men’s Basketball Contact – Mike “Mex” Carey Visit MSUSPARTANS.com R BASKETBALL GAME 24 – INDIANA 2020-21 MICHIGAN STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name. Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/High School 0 Aaron Henry F 6-6 212 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis 1 Joshua Langford G 6-5 210 Grad Huntsville, Ala./Madison Academy 2 Rocket Watts G 6-2 184 So. Detroit, Mich./SPIRE Academy (Ohio) 3 Foster Loyer G 6-0 170 Jr. Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 10 Jack Hoiberg G 5-11 170 R-Jr. Burr Ridge, Ill./Hinsdale Central 11 A.J. Hoggard G 6-3 212 Fr. Coatesville, Pa./Huntington Prep (W.Va.) 13 Steven Izzo G 5-8 150 So. East Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic 14 Davis Smith G 6-1 185 Fr. Atlanta, Ga./Westminster 15 Thomas Kithier F 6-8 225 Jr. Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston 20 Joey Hauser F 6-9 225 R-Jr. Stevens Point, Wis./Stevens Point (Marquette) 22 Mady Sissoko C 6-8 235 Fr. Bafoulabe, Mali, West Africa/Wasatch Academy (Utah) 25 Malik Hall F 6-8 225 So. Aurora, Ill./Sunrise Christian Academy (Kan.) 30 Marcus Bingham Jr. F 6-11 225 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich./GR Catholic Central 34 Julius Marble II F 6-8 230 So. Dallas, Texas/Dallas Jesuit 44 Gabe Brown F 6-8 210 Jr. Ypsilanti, Mich./Belleville Head Coach: Tom Izzo (26th season - 641-251 career record) Associate Head Coach: Dwayne Stephens (18th season) Assistant Coach: Mike Garland (21st season) Associate Head Coach: Dane Fife (10th season) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Director of Basketball Operations: David Thomas A.J. Hoggard ...................................Hoe-gard Video Coordinator: Drew Denisco Jack Hoiberg ...................................Hoy-berg Assistant Video Coordinator: Doug Herner Thomas Kithier ..............................Kith-E-er Athletic Trainer: Nick Richey Mady Sissoko .................................Mau-DEE Si-SO-ko Equipment Manager: Dave Pruder Strength and Conditioning Coach: Marshall Repp Director of Recruiting: Doug Wojcik Executive Assistant: Garrett Briningstool THE STARTING FIVE 1. Series History Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 71-56 ... MSU won the first meeting between the teams two weeks ago, 78-71, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington ... The win ended a three-game win streak for the Hoosiers in the series ... The teams have split the last six games ... Seven of the last nine games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including five games decided by five points or fewer ... The last five games have been de- cided by an average of 3.8 points ... Tom Izzo is 26-17 in his career against Indiana ... ... MSU is 39-23 all-time at home against Indiana, including a 21-2 mark at the Breslin Center.