East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State returns home for two of its final three Big Ten regular season games, hosting No. 11/12 Wisconsin at the Breslin Center on Sunday, March 2 (1:30 p.m., CBS). The Spartans, winners of four-straight and five of the last six overall, are coming off a 58-55 win at No. 16 Maryland Wednesday night.

The game will air live on CBS, with Spero Dedes and Jim Spanarkel 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 channels 195 or 210 on SiriusXM and on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

• Michigan State enters Sunday’s game with a 23-5 overall record (14-3 B1G) and are No. 8 in the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches polls.
• The Spartans are ranked No. 13 in the NCAA Net Rankings, No. 10 per KenPom.com and No. 12 in the ESPN BPI.
• The Spartans, winners of four-straight games and five of the last six games, are coming off a 58-55 win at No. 16 Maryland on Wednesday night.
• Michigan State beat Illinois, 79-65, on Feb. 15 on the road, 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 18 of its last 21 games.
• Senior guard Jaden Akins leads the Spartans in scoring with 12.7 points per game and Michigan State is one of two teams in the country (Vanderbilt) to have just two players averaging double-digit points while playing under 26.3 minutes per game (Jase Richardson, 11.0 ppg).
• MSU is also just one of three teams in the AP Top 25 with at least 7 players averaging at least 7.0 ppg (Alabama, Arizona).
• MSU has five players averaging at least 7.8 ppg and 10 scoring at least 5.0 ppg.
• MSU has relied on its depth, with six 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 14.6 minutes per game.
• Akins leads the team with 12.7 ppg and is fourth with 3.5 rpg, while Richardson is averaging 11.0 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists, junior guard Tre Holloman is third on the team, averaging 8.8 ppg and 4.0 assists (13th B1G), sophomore forward Coen Carr is averaging 7.9 ppg and junior forward Jaxon Kohler, who has six double-doubles this year, is scoring 7.8 ppg and leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per game, T7th in the Big Ten (9th in B1G games only with 7.4 rpg).
• Senior forward Frankie Fidler is sixth on the team with 7.4 ppg and redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. is averaging 7.0 points and a team-leading 5.6 assists per game, which ranks 3rd in the Big Ten.
• MSU is averaging 22.1 FT attempts per game (No. 39 in the country) after going to the line 17.2 times per game in 2023-24 and the Spartans rank No. 5 in the country in free throw percentage (80.0%) and No. 9 in free throws made per game (17.7).
• The Spartans are No. 4 in the country in fast break points per game (16.64 ppg) and No. 5 in bench points (35.21 ppg).
• MSU also ranks No. 4 in the country in rebound margin (+9.5), No. 16 in defensive rebounds per game (27.79/g) and No. 19 in rebounds per game (39.82).

About the Badgers

• Wisconsin enters the game on Sunday with a 22-6 overall record, including a 12-5 mark in the Big Ten, and are ranked No. 11 in the Associated Press poll and No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches poll.
• The Badgers, coming off an 88-62 win against Washington, have won five of their last six game.
• Wisconsin is 5-3 on the road in the Big Ten, winning its last three road games (at Northwestern, at Iowa and at Purdue).
• Wisconsin ranks 4th in the league scoring offense (81.9 ppg) and is 7th in scoring defense (70.5 ppg) … In Big Ten games, they are 2nd in the league in scoring offense (81.1 ppg) and 4th in scoring defense (70.9 ppg).

Series History

• Sunday’s game will be the 156th meeting all-time between Michigan State and Wisconsin.
• Michigan State leads the all-time series with Wisconsin, 86-69.
• The Badgers won the first meeting of the year, 70-57, in East Lansing on Dec. 5.
• The Spartans are 50-17 all-time at home against the Badgers, but Wisconsin has won the last three games at the Breslin Center.
• Tom Izzo is 35-25 in his career against Wisconsin.