No. 14 Michigan State men's basketball gets ready to host No. 13 ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns home for one game in a stretch of three of four on the road, hosting No. 13/14 Purdue at the Breslin Center on Tuesday, Feb. 18 (7 p.m., Peacock).

The game will air live on Peacock, with Noah Eagle, Robbie Hummel and Caroline Pineda 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 85 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

• Michigan State enters Tuesday’s game with a 20-5 overall record (11-3 B1G) and are No. 14 in the Associated Press and No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches polls.
• The Spartans are ranked No. 21 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 17 per KenPom.com and No. 14 in the ESPN BPI.
• The Spartans are coming off a79-65 win at Illinois on Saturday, a win that gave MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo his 354th Big Ten Conference win, moving him past former Indiana coach Bob Knight for the all-time Big Ten lead.
• Michigan State has won 15 of its last 18 games.
• Senior guard Jaden Akins leads the Spartans in scoring with 13.2 points per game and Michigan State is the only team in the country to have just two players averaging double-digit points while playing under 26.3 minutes per game (Jase Richardson, 10.3 ppg).
• MSU is also just one of two teams in the AP Top 25 with at least 7 players averaging at least 7.3 ppg (Arizona).
• MSU has five players averaging at least 8.0 ppg and 10 scoring at least 5.0 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.
• The Spartans are the only team in the country with 10 players averaging at least 15.0 minutes per game.
• Akins leads the team with 13.2 ppg and is fourth with 3.6 rpg, while Richardson is averaging 10.3 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists, junior guard Tre Holloman is third on the team, averaging 8.5 ppg and 3.9 assists (13th B1G), sophomore forward Coen Carr is averaging 8.2 ppg and junior forward Jaxon Kohler, who has six double-doubles this year, is scoring 8.2 ppg and leads the team with 7.8 rebounds per game, 7th in the Big Ten (8th in B1G games only with 7.9 rpg).
• Senior forward Frankie Fidler is sixth on the team with 7.7 ppg and redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 7.3 points and a team-leading 6.0 assists per game, which ranks 3rd in the Big Ten.
• MSU is averaging 22.9 FT attempts per game (No. 25 in the country) after going to the line 17.2 times per game in 2023-24 and the Spartans rank No. 4 in the country in free throw percentage (80.6%) and No. 9 in free throws made per game (18.4).
• The Spartans are No. 6 in the country in fast break points per game (16.96 ppg) and No. 5 in bench points (35.88 ppg).
• MSU also ranks No. 3 in the country in rebound margin (+9.8), No. 10 in defensive rebounds per game (28.32/g) and No. 13 in rebounds per game (40.52).

About the Boilermakers

• Purdue enters Tuesday night’s game with a 19-7 overall record, including an 11-4 mark in the Big Ten, and is ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press poll and No. 14 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
• The Boilermakers have dropped their last two games, losing 75-73 at Michigan on Feb. 11 and falling at home to Wisconsin on Feb. 15, 94-84.
• Purdue is 5-2 away from home in league play, losing at Michigan and at Penn State, 81-70 in December.
• Purdue ranks 9th in the league scoring offense (78.7 ppg) and is 5th in scoring defense (69.9 ppg) ... In Big Ten games, they are 3rd in the league in scoring offense (78.9 ppg) and 2nd in scoring defense (70.0 ppg) ... The Boilermakers are 3rd in the league in 3-point percentage (37.7%) and average 8.0 3-pointers per game.

Series History

• When Michigan State and Purdue play on Tuesday, it will be the 133rd meeting in program history.
• Purdue leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 76-57, and has won the last five games and nine of the last 10 overall.
• The Spartans are 35-27 at home against the Boilermakers, including an 18-10 mark at the Breslin Center.
• MSU has won six of the last nine games in the series at home.
• Tom Izzo is 28-24 in his career against Purdue.

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