The Spartans have finished the regular season with six games in a span of 13 days, including four games against teams that were ranked in the Top 5 of the Associated Press poll. MSU is coming off a 69-50 loss at Michigan on Thursday night. MSU has won four of its last six games. Including the Michigan games, since Jan. 31, the Spartans will have played more games vs. Top 8 NET teams (7 games) than not (6 games).
The game will air live on CBS, with Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery calling all of the action. The TCF Bank Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard on one of 38 affiliates and on the web at MSUSpartans.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play and Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst. The game can also be heard on XM and Internet 372.
Records
Michigan State, winners of four of its last six games, is 14-11 overall and 8-11 in the Big Ten Conference, while Michigan is 19-2 overall and 14-2 in the league.
About the Spartans
- The Spartans feature a balanced attack, with two players scoring in double figures, five players averaging at least 7.0 points and nine players averaging at least 10 minutes per game.
- Junior forward Aaron Henry leads the team in scoring (15.4 ppg) and assists (3.5 apg) and is second on the team with 5.6 rebounds while adding 1.3 blocks and 1.3 steals per game ... He is one of only two Division I players averaging at least 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 blocks per game.
- Graduate guard Joshua Langford, who has scored in double figures in 11 of the last 16 games, is second on the team with 10.0 points, while adding 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists ... Langford had his second career double-double with 15 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in the win over Illinois on Feb. 23.
- Redshirt junior forward Joey Hauser is third on the team in scoring with 9.9 points and leads the team with 5.9 rebounds per game.
- Junior forward Gabe Brown, who has scored in double figures in four of the last eight games, is fourth on the team with 7.5 points and has connected on 45.2 percent of his 3-point field goals (33-of-73).
- Sophomore guard Rocket Watts is fifth on the team with 7.2 points and second with 2.6 assists.
- Sophomore forward Malik Hall is averaging 4.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists and sophomore forward Julius Marble adds 4.2 points and 2.1 rebounds.
- Junior forward Marcus Bingham Jr. is averaging 3.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks, junior forward Thomas Kithier chips in 2.4 points and 2.4 rebounds and freshman guard A.J. Hoggard is averaging 2.6 points and 2.0 assists.
- Michigan enters the game on Sunday with a 19-2 overall record, including a 14-2 record in the Big Ten.
- The Wolverines are coming off a 69-50 win over Michigan State on Thursday night, clinching the Big Ten regular season title.
- Michigan is 6-1 away from home this season, the lone loss a 75-57 decision at Minnesota on Jan. 16.
- The Wolverines have three players scoring in double figures, led by freshman center Hunter Dickinson, who is scoring 14.4 points and leads the team with 7.8 rebounds, and senior forward Isaiah Livers, who is scoring 13.9 points and is second with 6.2 rebounds.
- Michigan is fourth in the Big Ten in scoring offense (77.1 ppg) and is third in the league in scoring defense (65.0 ppg).
- Michigan State and Michigan will play for the 188th time – and for the second-straight game – when the teams meet on Sunday afternoon.
- Michigan leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 102-85.
- The Spartans have four of the last six meetings, 29 of the last 43 games overall and nine of its last 14.
- Michigan won the last meeting, 69-50, on Thursday night in Ann Arbor.
- Tom Izzo is 29-19 in his career against the Wolverines.
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