2023-11-27 21:07:22
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East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns back to the Breslin Center on Tuesday, Nov. 28, hosting Georgia Southern (6:30 p.m., BTN). The Spartans are coming off a 74-68 loss to No. 3 Arizona on Thanksgiving Day in the Acrisure Classic in Palm Springs, Calif.
The game will air live on BTN, with Kevin Kugler and Dane Fife 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 Blake Froling is the studio host. The game can also be heard on channels 211 or 195 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
Michigan State enters Tuesday’s game once morest Georgia Southern with a 3-3 overall record following a 74-68 loss to No. 3 Arizona in the Acrisure Classic in Palm Springs, Calif. on Thanksgiving Day.
The Spartans, who entered the 2023-24 season ranked No. 4 in the Associated Press and the ESPN Coaches preseason polls, are receiving votes in the AP Poll (No. 31) and are No. 25 in the coaches poll.
After losing the season opener to James Madison, the Spartans have won three of the last five games, the two losses by less than 10 points to the No. 2 team (Arizona) and No. 7 team (Duke) in the country.
The game once morest Georgia Southern will be the fifth home game of the season for the Spartans, who play six of their next seven games in Michigan before the start of the new year (five at the Breslin Center, vs. Baylor at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and at Nebraska on Dec. 10).
MSU ranks No. 6 in the country in field goal percentage defense (35.5%).
The Spartans have two players scoring in double figures, four averaging at least 9.0 points and nine with at least 3.0 points, while 10 players average at least 10 minutes per game.
Through six games, graduate guard Tyson Walker leads the team in scoring with 22.0 points per game, connecting on 50.6 percent of his shots … He is second in the Big Ten in scoring and No. 14 in the country.
Junior guard Jaden Akins is averaging 10.2 points and 5.8 rebounds.
Graduate forward Malik Hall is third on the team with 9.7 points, while adding 5.0 rebounds and 2.2 assists and senior guard A.J. Hoggard is adding 9.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and a team-leading 4.2 assists (fifth in the Big Ten).
About Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern enters the game on Tuesday night with an 0-6 record following a 93-76 loss at Northeastern on Nov. 21.
The Eagles have opened their season with five of six games away from home, the lone game in Statesboro, Ga. a 96-92 loss to Kennesaw State.
Georgia Southern averages 29.6 attempts from 3-point land per game and ranks No. 14 in the country in attempts.
Eagles head coach Charlie Henry is a native of Canton, Mich. and played college basketball at Madonna University … He started his coaching career at Romulus High School in Detroit and attended the Tom Izzo Basketball Camps as a coach following his playing days.
Against Georgia Southern, the Sun Belt Conference
This will be the first meeting between Michigan State and Georgia Southern.
The Spartans have a 9-1 all-time record once morest teams from the Sun Belt, the lone loss an overtime decision to James Madison (79-76) in the season opener.
MSU’s last win once morest a team from the Sun Belt was an 80-59 win over ULM on Nov. 14, 2018.
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