12/18/2019 Northwestern v. Michigan State Game Preview

Michigan State Spartans (8-3, 3-1 away)
Northwestern Wildcats (5-5, 3-3 home)
December 18, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Welsh-Ryan Arena
Evanston, Illinois

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2019-2020 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Michigan State3140.075.927.359.1.4617.722.2.34813.718.2.75010.629.039.617.75.15.012.516.9
Northwestern3140.364.924.057.6.4166.119.5.31210.914.9.7317.125.232.313.74.03.310.516.7
MCHST Opponents3140.064.722.960.4.3796.522.8.28712.517.7.7039.622.231.812.76.03.410.917.1
NWU Opponents3140.370.124.859.1.4208.525.1.34011.916.9.70610.326.637.015.55.53.410.515.1


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 2, 2019
Northwestern
Michigan State		 55 - 81
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Feb 17, 2018
Michigan State
Northwestern		 65 - 60
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Allstate Arena
Dec 30, 2016
Northwestern
Michigan State		 52 - 61
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 28, 2016
Michigan State
Northwestern		 76 - 45
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 10, 2015
Michigan State
Northwestern		 68 - 44
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 11, 2015
Northwestern
Michigan State		 77 - 84
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Mar 14, 2014
Northwestern
Michigan State		 51 - 67
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 13, 2014
Northwestern
Michigan State		 70 - 85
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 15, 2014
Michigan State
Northwestern		 54 - 40
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 10, 2013
Northwestern
Michigan State		 61 - 71
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 14, 2012
Michigan State
Northwestern		 74 - 81
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 15, 2011
Northwestern
Michigan State		 67 - 71
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 3, 2011
Michigan State
Northwestern		 65 - 62
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 30, 2010
Northwestern
Michigan State		 70 - 79
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 2, 2010
Michigan State
Northwestern		 91 - 70
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 21, 2009
Northwestern
Michigan State		 70 - 63
Northwestern		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 3, 2009
Michigan State
Northwestern		 77 - 66
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 9, 2008
Northwestern
Michigan State		 55 - 70
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 24, 2008
Michigan State
Northwestern		 78 - 62
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 8, 2007
Northwestern
Michigan State		 57 - 62
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament United Center
Jan 10, 2007
Northwestern
Michigan State		 45 - 66
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Feb 4, 2006
Michigan State
Northwestern		 77 - 66
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Mar 2, 2005
Michigan State
Northwestern		 69 - 58
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Jan 8, 2005
Northwestern
Michigan State		 58 - 87
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Mar 12, 2004
Northwestern
Michigan State		 55 - 68
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Feb 21, 2004
Northwestern
Michigan State		 56 - 66
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center
Jan 21, 2004
Michigan State
Northwestern		 73 - 61
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Welsh-Ryan Arena
Feb 15, 2003
Northwestern
Michigan State		 51 - 64
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Center

2019-2020 Michigan State Spartans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Winston R. Watts, Jr. A. Henry M. Hall X. Tillman, Sr.
Rotation   K. Ahrens G. Brown    
Lim PT F. Loyer C. George   M. Bingham, Jr. T. Kithier
Lim PT J. Hoiberg J. Langford   J. Marble II B. Burke
Lim PT S. Izzo B. Washington      

2019-2020 Northwestern Wildcats Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters B. Buie P. Spencer M. Kopp R. Beran R. Young
Rotation     A. Turner P. Nance  
Rotation       J. Jones  
Lim PT   R. Greer      
Lim PT   T. Malnati      
Lim PT   C. Audige      
Lim PT   A. Gaines      

Michigan State Spartans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
0 Kyle Ahrens SG 27 13.1 3.6 1.1 2.9 .397 0.8 2.1 .393 0.4 0.6 .800 0.4 1.4 1.8 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.8 1.0
30 Marcus Bingham, Jr. PF 31 11.1 3.5 1.2 3.1 .400 0.2 0.9 .179 0.8 1.3 .634 1.0 2.6 3.6 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.5 1.1
44 Gabe Brown SF 31 21.9 6.8 2.3 5.3 .436 1.0 2.9 .341 1.2 1.2 .947 0.9 2.7 3.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.9
40 Braden Burke C 8 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 1.000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4
41 Connor George G 14 3.6 1.1 0.4 1.1 .312 0.1 0.5 .286 0.2 0.4 .500 0.6 1.2 1.8 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4
25 Malik Hall SF 31 16.0 4.6 1.7 3.1 .536 0.2 0.7 .333 1.0 1.4 .727 1.2 2.5 3.7 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 2.4
0 Aaron Henry F 30 29.1 10.0 3.7 8.5 .441 1.0 3.0 .344 1.5 2.1 .703 1.0 3.5 4.6 2.9 0.8 0.6 2.0 1.7
10 Jack Hoiberg G 13 3.2 1.5 0.3 0.9 .333 0.1 0.3 .250 0.8 1.1 .714 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.5
13 Steven Izzo PG 11 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
15 Thomas Kithier C 29 12.5 3.1 1.4 2.1 .672 0.0 0.1 .500 0.2 0.4 .462 1.4 1.8 3.2 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.4 2.2
1 Josh Langford SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
3 Foster Loyer PG 31 7.6 2.9 0.8 1.9 .448 0.6 1.3 .450 0.6 0.7 .909 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.8
34 Julius Marble II FC 27 5.6 1.7 0.7 1.2 .562 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.7 .611 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.7
23 Xavier Tillman, Sr. PF 31 32.1 13.7 5.3 9.7 .550 0.4 1.6 .260 2.6 4.0 .667 2.7 7.6 10.3 3.0 1.2 2.1 2.0 2.6
14 Brock Washington G 8 2.4 0.9 0.2 1.2 .200 0.1 0.6 .200 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0
2 Rocket Watts, Jr. PG 27 22.3 9.0 3.4 8.9 .389 1.3 4.5 .281 0.9 1.1 .800 0.1 2.2 2.3 1.7 0.5 0.0 1.4 1.6
5 Cassius Winston PG 30 32.6 18.6 6.2 13.8 .448 2.4 5.6 .432 3.8 4.5 .852 0.2 2.3 2.5 5.9 1.2 0.0 3.2 2.0

Northwestern Wildcats Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
1 Chase Audige SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
31 Robbie Beran PF 31 19.0 5.0 1.8 4.5 .390 0.6 1.6 .400 0.8 1.3 .650 0.8 2.5 3.4 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.8 2.4
0 Boo Buie G 26 25.0 10.3 3.7 9.8 .376 1.2 4.2 .282 1.8 2.5 .708 0.2 2.0 2.1 2.4 0.7 0.1 1.8 2.3
53 Roy Dixon III G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
11 Anthony Gaines GF 10 26.5 5.9 1.8 4.8 .375 0.5 1.6 .312 1.8 2.2 .818 1.1 2.5 3.6 1.7 1.4 0.1 1.1 1.6
2 Ryan Greer SG 23 8.2 1.0 0.4 1.2 .333 0.1 0.3 .333 0.1 0.2 .750 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.7
4 Jared Jones PF 31 10.2 2.9 1.3 2.8 .448 0.0 0.4 .083 0.4 0.6 .550 0.7 1.4 2.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 2.3
10 Miller Kopp F 31 32.3 13.1 4.5 11.0 .412 2.1 5.3 .396 1.9 2.2 .896 0.8 2.7 3.5 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.2 1.4
33 Tino Malnati G 9 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
22 Pete Nance PF 30 26.2 8.5 3.3 8.3 .400 1.0 3.4 .297 0.8 1.2 .686 0.9 5.1 6.0 1.6 0.3 1.0 1.4 2.6
54 Dylan Sandhu G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Pat Spencer G 31 29.3 10.4 3.9 9.0 .436 0.4 1.6 .235 2.1 2.6 .815 0.7 3.5 4.1 3.9 0.8 0.2 2.3 2.1
21 A.J. Turner SF 30 24.4 5.1 1.9 5.2 .361 0.7 2.4 .274 0.7 1.1 .606 0.1 2.1 2.2 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 1.1
15 Ryan Young PF 31 25.8 9.0 3.5 6.5 .535 0.1 0.7 .143 2.0 3.0 .670 1.9 4.2 6.1 1.5 0.5 0.5 1.4 2.1
55 Eric Zalewski G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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