National Basketball Association
Michigan St. 87, Indiana St. 75
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 30, 2023
Where: Jack Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan
Officials:
# Bill Ek, # Brian Dorsey, # Edwin Young
Attendance:
14797
By Field Level Media
Tyson Walker had 22 points and Michigan State stretched its winning streak to four games by pulling away from Indiana State 87-75 on Saturday in East Lansing, Mich.
Malik Hall supplied 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Spartans (8-5). A.J. Hoggard had 17 points and Jaden Akins chipped in 13 for Michigan State.
Isaiah Swope's 26 points led the Sycamores (11-2), who had their 10-game winning streak snapped. Ryan Conwell had 16 points and Jayson Kent added 12.
The Spartans outrebounded the Sycamores 41-27 and outscored them in the paint, 46-20.
Walker scored 10 first-half points as the Spartans took a 44-34 halftime lead. The Sycamores made eight 3-pointers before the break but also committed 11 turnovers, leading to 17 Michigan State points.
The Spartans had a 7-0 spurt midway through the first half to take a 26-17 lead. Hall set up Coen Carr for an alley-oop dunk, then grabbed a loose ball after falling to the floor and tossed it to Walker for a 3-pointer.
A 3-pointer by Swope with 6:47 left in the half cut the Spartans' lead to four. Akins hit a 3-pointer less than a minute later to get the advantage up to nine again.
Walker drained a 3-pointer in the final minute to establish the 10-point lead.
Conwell scored eight points in the first four minutes of the second half as Indiana State pulled within three, 49-46. Swope tied the score with a 3-pointer and the Sycamores took a 54-53 lead on Julian Larry's 3-pointer.
Swope's 3-pointer with 10:38 left gave Indiana State a 59-54 advantage. Michigan State regained the lead, 66-64, on a three-point play from Hoggard.
Indiana State was within a point at 69-68 but the Spartans then went on a 13-2 run.
Hall got it going with a layup. Walker scored Michigan State's next four points and Hall added a jumper, a dunk and two free throws.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Indiana St. |
|
Michigan St. |
Isaiah Swope 26 |
Scoring |
Tyson Walker 22 |
Xavier Bledson 5 |
Assists |
Malik Hall 5 |
Robbie Avila 6 |
Rebounds |
Mady Sissoko 12 |
Aaron Gray 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Tyson Walker 10 |
Julian Larry 3 |
Steals |
Tre Holloman 3 |
N/A |
Blocks |
A.J. Hoggard 2 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Indiana St.
|
75 |
43.9 |
14-35 |
11-17 |
15 |
26 |
0 |
9 |
14 |
Michigan St.
|
87 |
47.5 |
6-17 |
23-27 |
17 |
39 |
6 |
7 |
12 |