East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns to the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, on Saturday, Jan. 25, playing Rutgers in a Big Ten Conference game (CBS, 1:30 p.m.).
The game will air live on CBS, with Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery and Jay Wright 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 197 and 210 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enters Saturday’s game with an 16-2 overall record (7-0 B1G) and are No. 8 in the Associated Press poll and No. 8 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
- The Spartans are ranked No. 16 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 14 per KenPom.com and No. 15 in the ESPN BPI.
- The Spartans, winners of 11-straight and 14 of their last 15 games, have just one player (Jaden Akins) scoring in double figures.
- MSU is the only team in the AP Top 25 with just one player scoring in double figures and are just one of three teams in the AP Top 25 with at least 7 players averaging at least 7.8 ppg (Alabama and Missouri).
- 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 13.9 ppg and is fourth with 3.9 rpg, while freshman guard Jase Richardson is averaging 9.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists, senior Frankie Fidler is scoring 9.0 ppg and sophomore forward Coen Carr is fourth on the team with 8.6 points.
- Junior forward Jaxon Kohler, who has four double-doubles this year, is scoring 7.9 ppg and leads the team with 7.9 rebounds per game, 8th in the Big Ten (5th in B1G games only with 8.1 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 8.1 points and 3.8 assists (4.0 in B1G, T10th).
- MSU is…
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