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Opening Tip
• Indiana University continues Big Ten Conference play in its 125th season of competition in men’s basketball at No. 11/11 Michigan State at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich. The game will be streamed on Peacock with Paul Burmeister (pxp) and Austin Rivers (analyst) on the call.
• The Spartans enter the game with a record of 19-4 (10-2 Big Ten) under Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo. Michigan State has seven players that score 7.5 points per game or more and are led by 13.4 points per night from senior guard Jaden Akins. MSU is tied for 11th nationally (second in the Big Ten) with an average of 40.7 rebounds per game. They outrebound their opponents by 10.2 boards per night, the third-best figure in the country.
Game Information
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 • 9 p.m. ET
Breslin Center (14,797) • East Lansing, Mich.
TV: Peacock (Paul Burmeister, Austin Rivers)
Radio: IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Errek Suhr, John Herrick)
Series History: Indiana leads, 73-59
Last Meeting: IU 65, MSU 64 on March 10, 2024, in Bloomington
https://iuhoosiers.com/documents/2025/2/10/24-25_GM25_Michigan_State.pdf
Series History
• Indiana holds 73-59 advantage in the series history between the two programs. The Hoosiers last secured a win at the Breslin Center on Feb. 2, 2019, in a 79-75 overtime game. IU was led by 19 points from future NBA Lottery pick Romeo Langford.
• Last season, Indiana claimed a 65-64 victory in the lone meeting between the teams on March 10, 2024. Kel’el Ware, the NBA’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in January, provided 28 points, 12 rebounds, and two blocked shots in the Senior Day win. Malik Reneau added 16 points, five rebounds, and five assists, while Mackenzie Mgbako tallied 13 points and six boards.
Last Time Out
• Indiana dropped its fifth-straight game with a 70-67 result against No. 24/22 Michigan on Feb. 8 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers trailed by as many as 18 points in the first half before mounting a furious comeback to tie the game at 59-59 with 4:02 to play.
• Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako collected his second career double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Junior forward Malik Reneau posted team highs in both points (16) and assists (5) in 30 minutes of run. Fifth-year senior guard Anthony Leal added a season-high 12 points on 3-of-3 shooting from the 3-point line, including a 65-footer as time expired.
Mack on the Attack
• Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako scored a career-high 31 points on 13-of-17 shooting from the floor and 4-of-5 shots from behind the arc in Indiana’s victory over SIUE on Nov. 6 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
• The 31 points scored marked the most in a season debut for a Hoosier since 17-year NBA veteran Eric Gordon dropped 33 points in his debut against Chattanooga on Nov. 12, 2007.
• Mgbako has put together 40 double-figure scoring games in his two-year, 57-game career with the Cream ‘n Crimson. He has topped 20 points eight times, with six such games against Big Ten opponents.
• Over his last five starts, Mgbako has averaged a team-high 18.2 points per game on 52.2% (35-of-67) shooting from the floor. He has also grabbed 6.0 rebounds per contest.
Reneau for Two
• Junior forward Malik Reneau has averaged 12.1 points and 5.5 rebounds per game across 18 contests. He has shot 54.8% (85-of-155) from the floor and 73.8% (45-of-61) from the free throw line in 22.3 minutes per game.
• The Miami, Fla., native missed five games (at Penn State, Jan. 5; vs. USC, Jan. 8; at Iowa, Jan. 11; vs. Illinois, Jan. 14; at Ohio State, Jan. 17) with a lower body injury. He returned to the lineup in a bench role at Northwestern (Jan. 22).
• Reneau has tallied 15-plus points 27 times in his career, including eight games this season, and topped the 20-point threshold nine times. IU holds a record of 18-9 in games Reneau scores at least 15 points throughout his career.
Indiana Drops Nailbiter at Archrival Purdue
• Indiana took No. 10 Purdue down to the wire in an 81-76 loss at Mackey Arena on Friday, Jan. 31. Sophomore forward Mackenzie Mgbako scored a game-high 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting from the floor. The game marked his third 25-plus point game of the season.
• The Hoosier bench, led by fifth-year senior guard Trey Galloway (15 points, 5 assists) and senior forward Luke Goode (13 points) outscored the Boilermakers 28-14.
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