East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s men’s basketball team plays the second of two home games this week on Sunday, Jan. 19, hosting No. 19/20 Illinois at the Breslin Center (CBS, noon). The Spartans, winners of 10-straight games, are ranked No. 12 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls.
The game will air live on CBS, with Spero Dedes and Clark Kellogg 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 196 and 211 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enters Sunday’s game with an 15-2 overall record (6-0 B1G) and are No. 12 in the Associated Press poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
- The Spartans are ranked No. 17 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 14 per KenPom.com and No. 16 in the ESPN BPI.
- The Spartans, winners of 10-straight and 13 of their last 14 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 and 10 players at least 10.0 minutes.
- Akins leads the team with 14.2 ppg and is fourth with 3.9 rpg, while freshman guard Jase Richardson is averaging 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists, senior Frankie Fidler is scoring 8.9 ppg 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 8.1 rebounds per game, 8th in the Big Ten (6th in B1G games only with 8.5 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 7.5 points and 3.9 assists…
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