1/31/2021 Ohio State v. Michigan State Game Preview

Michigan State Spartans (8-6, 2-4 away)
Ohio State Buckeyes (14-4, 10-1 home)
January 31, 2021 at 1:00 PM ET
Conference Regular Season

Value City Arena
Columbus, Ohio

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2020-2021 Team Stats

GPMPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TOVPFORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGPPG
Michigan State2240.025.659.2.4326.920.7.33313.217.9.73613.519.910.726.537.117.04.54.771.3
Ohio State2439.926.256.6.4648.222.5.36617.322.3.77610.318.09.425.635.013.04.73.378.0
MSU Opponents2239.925.058.8.4266.219.8.31415.221.5.70610.617.79.424.433.713.67.13.271.5
OSU Opponents2439.924.257.4.4237.522.1.34113.619.2.71111.019.58.822.531.313.24.62.469.7


Head to Head Since 2002-2003

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 8, 2020
Ohio State
Michigan State		 69 - 80
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Mar 15, 2019
Ohio State
Michigan State		 70 - 77
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament United Center
Feb 17, 2019
Ohio State
Michigan State		 44 - 62
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Jan 5, 2019
Michigan State
Ohio State		 86 - 77
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 7, 2018
Michigan State
Ohio State		 64 - 80
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 14, 2017
Ohio State
Michigan State		 66 - 74
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Jan 15, 2017
Michigan State
Ohio State		 67 - 72
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 11, 2016
Ohio State
Michigan State		 54 - 81
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Mar 5, 2016
Ohio State
Michigan State		 76 - 91
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Feb 23, 2016
Michigan State
Ohio State		 81 - 62
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 13, 2015
Ohio State
Michigan State		 67 - 76
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament United Center
Feb 14, 2015
Ohio State
Michigan State		 56 - 59
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Mar 9, 2014
Michigan State
Ohio State		 67 - 69
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 7, 2014
Ohio State
Michigan State		 68 - 72
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Mar 16, 2013
Michigan State
Ohio State		 58 - 61
Ohio State		 Conference Tournament United Center
Feb 24, 2013
Michigan State
Ohio State		 60 - 68
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 19, 2013
Ohio State
Michigan State		 56 - 59
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Mar 11, 2012
Ohio State
Michigan State		 64 - 68
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Mar 4, 2012
Ohio State
Michigan State		 72 - 70
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Feb 11, 2012
Michigan State
Ohio State		 58 - 48
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 15, 2011
Michigan State
Ohio State		 61 - 71
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 21, 2010
Ohio State
Michigan State		 74 - 67
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Mar 14, 2009
Ohio State
Michigan State		 82 - 70
Ohio State		 Conference Tournament Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Jan 25, 2009
Michigan State
Ohio State		 78 - 67
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 6, 2009
Ohio State
Michigan State		 58 - 67
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Mar 14, 2008
Ohio State
Michigan State		 60 - 67
Michigan State		 Conference Tournament Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Mar 9, 2008
Michigan State
Ohio State		 54 - 63
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 15, 2008
Ohio State
Michigan State		 60 - 66
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Feb 3, 2007
Ohio State
Michigan State		 63 - 54
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Jan 27, 2007
Michigan State
Ohio State		 64 - 66
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 22, 2006
Ohio State
Michigan State		 79 - 68
Ohio State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Jan 15, 2006
Michigan State
Ohio State		 62 - 59
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Feb 9, 2005
Ohio State
Michigan State		 69 - 83
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center
Feb 7, 2004
Michigan State
Ohio State		 84 - 70
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Mar 15, 2003
Ohio State
Michigan State		 55 - 54
Ohio State		 Conference Tournament United Center
Mar 8, 2003
Michigan State
Ohio State		 72 - 58
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Value City Arena
Jan 9, 2003
Ohio State
Michigan State		 55 - 66
Michigan State		 Conference Regular Season Breslin Student Events Center

2020-2021 Michigan State Spartans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters A. Hoggard J. Langford A. Henry M. Hall J. Marble II
Rotation R. Watts, Jr.   G. Brown J. Hauser M. Bingham, Jr.
Rotation F. Loyer        
Lim PT J. Hoiberg     M. Sissoko T. Kithier
Lim PT D. Smith        
Lim PT S. Izzo        

2020-2021 Ohio State Buckeyes Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters D. Washington, Jr. J. Ahrens J. Sueing E. Liddell K. Young
Rotation C. Walker   M. Jallow    
Lim PT M. Johnson, Jr. J. Sotos S. Towns Z. Key I. Diallo
Lim PT   A. Porter E. Brown III    
Lim PT   J. Davidson H. Hookfin    

Michigan State Spartans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TOVPFORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGPPG
30 Marcus Bingham, Jr. PF 22 10.5 1.2 2.5 .500 0.0 0.1 .000 1.0 1.2 .778 0.5 1.5 0.6 2.3 2.9 0.4 0.5 1.4 3.4
44 Gabe Brown SF 19 19.5 2.9 5.7 .514 1.5 3.3 .460 0.3 0.4 .857 0.7 0.8 0.6 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 7.7
25 Malik Hall SF 22 17.0 1.4 3.0 .455 0.2 0.8 .278 1.4 2.1 .674 0.9 1.0 1.5 2.8 4.3 1.4 0.3 0.1 4.4
20 Joey Hauser PF 22 22.2 3.4 7.2 .475 1.3 3.7 .354 2.0 2.7 .750 2.1 2.6 1.2 4.8 6.0 1.5 0.5 0.2 10.2
0 Aaron Henry F 22 31.5 5.8 12.7 .459 0.9 3.0 .292 2.8 3.5 .795 2.8 2.1 1.4 4.0 5.5 3.5 1.3 1.4 15.3
11 A.J. Hoggard SG 20 13.7 0.9 3.0 .311 0.1 0.8 .200 0.8 1.2 .625 1.1 1.2 0.1 1.9 2.1 2.1 0.5 0.2 2.8
10 Jack Hoiberg G 10 2.4 0.2 1.1 .182 0.0 0.5 .000 0.2 0.4 .500 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.6
13 Steven Izzo PG 7 1.4 0.0 0.4 .000 0.0 0.3 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Thomas Kithier C 22 12.1 1.2 1.8 .650 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.4 .778 0.5 2.5 1.4 1.2 2.6 0.8 0.2 0.2 2.7
1 Josh Langford SG 21 26.9 3.6 9.2 .387 1.4 3.9 .366 1.4 1.9 .750 1.4 2.0 1.0 2.3 3.3 1.9 0.5 0.2 10.0
3 Foster Loyer PG 19 16.5 1.1 3.6 .294 0.9 2.7 .327 1.2 1.3 .880 0.6 1.4 0.2 1.4 1.6 2.3 0.2 0.1 4.2
34 Julius Marble II FC 21 9.0 1.7 2.7 .625 0.0 0.0 1.000 0.9 1.3 .679 0.6 2.1 0.9 1.2 2.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.3
22 Mady Sissoko F 20 5.9 0.3 0.7 .538 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.7 .385 0.2 1.1 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9
14 Davis Smith G 5 1.6 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0
2 Rocket Watts, Jr. PG 22 21.7 2.9 8.6 .333 0.9 3.1 .279 1.1 1.5 .781 1.5 1.9 0.2 1.3 1.5 3.0 0.1 0.0 7.7

Ohio State Buckeyes Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TOVPFORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGPPG
10 Justin Ahrens SG 24 18.5 2.1 4.6 .459 2.0 4.5 .458 0.3 0.4 .700 0.5 1.4 0.2 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.1 6.6
3 Eugene Brown III SF 24 7.0 0.5 1.5 .351 0.3 1.0 .280 0.1 0.2 .500 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.1 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.5
40 Jansen Davidson G 2 3.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.0 .750 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
15 Ibrahima Diallo C 4 2.5 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 1.0 .250 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2
42 Harrison Hookfin F 4 3.0 0.8 1.5 .500 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
2 Musa Jallow SF 19 14.9 1.2 2.5 .489 0.1 0.9 .059 0.6 1.1 .571 0.6 1.8 0.4 1.7 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.3 3.1
0 Meechie Johnson, Jr. PG 13 6.0 0.5 1.2 .467 0.5 0.8 .600 0.0 0.2 .000 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.5
23 Zed Key PF 24 12.4 2.2 3.4 .646 0.0 0.0 .000 1.5 2.6 .571 0.8 1.9 1.8 2.0 3.7 0.3 0.1 0.8 5.9
32 E.J. Liddell PF 22 27.6 5.2 10.6 .494 0.8 2.3 .360 4.7 6.1 .769 1.4 3.0 1.7 5.1 6.8 1.4 0.7 1.2 16.0
0 Abel Porter G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1 Jimmy Sotos G 12 9.5 0.5 1.5 .333 0.4 1.2 .333 0.2 0.3 .750 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.7
14 Justice Sueing SF 24 27.2 3.5 7.0 .491 0.6 2.0 .319 2.7 3.6 .756 2.0 2.1 1.6 4.0 5.5 1.8 1.1 0.2 10.2
31 Seth Towns SF 18 9.7 1.5 3.2 .474 0.6 1.8 .344 0.5 0.6 .900 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.3 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 4.1
13 C.J. Walker PG 20 29.6 2.6 7.2 .368 0.6 1.9 .297 3.4 3.5 .957 1.9 2.5 0.4 2.3 2.7 4.2 0.8 0.1 9.2
4 Duane Washington, Jr. G 24 30.8 5.0 12.5 .402 2.8 7.4 .379 2.8 3.1 .892 2.1 1.6 0.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 0.5 0.0 15.6
25 Kyle Young PF 23 26.5 3.3 5.9 .551 0.3 1.0 .348 1.8 2.1 .837 0.3 2.7 1.9 3.8 5.7 1.3 0.4 0.5 8.7

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