East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s men’s basketball team plays the second game of its West Coast trip on Tuesday, Feb. 4, visiting UCLA (10 p.m. ET, Peacock).
The game will air live on Peacock, with Terry Gannon and Darren Collison 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 channel 83 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enters Tuesday’s game with an 18-3 overall record (9-1 B1G) and are No. 9 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls.
- The Spartans are ranked No. 20 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 17 per KenPom.com and No. 16 in the ESPN BPI.
- The Spartans, who had a 13-game win streak end in a loss at USC Saturday and have won 16 of their last 18 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 and are just one of three teams in the AP Top 25 with at least 7 players averaging at least 7.3 ppg (Alabama and Missouri).
- MSU has five players averaging at least 8.0 ppg and 10 scoring at least 4.7 ppg.
- MSU has relied on its depth, with five players averaging at least 20.0 minutes per game and 10 players at least 10.0 minutes.
- Akins leads the team with 13.5 ppg and is fourth with 3.9 rpg, while freshman guard Jase Richardson is averaging 9.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists, sophomore forward Coen Carr is third on the team with 8.8 points and junior guard Tre Holloman is averaging 8.2 ppg.
- Junior forward Jaxon Kohler, who has four double-doubles this year, is scoring 7.3 ppg and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game, 9th in the Big Ten (9th in B1G games only with 7.4 rpg).
- Redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 7.8 points and a team-leading 6.2 assists per game, which ranks 3rd in the Big Ten, while Holloman adds 8.2 points and 3.7 assists (3.8 in…
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