Ohio State Buckeyes @ Michigan State Spartans

18-6, 12-6 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Ohio State OSU	38	29	67
Michigan St MSU	33	38	71

Michigan State SpartansMichigan StMSU

13-9, 7-9 Big Ten

Michigan St beats No. 4 Ohio St 71-67, improves NCAA resume

— Aaron Henry had 18 points to help Michigan State improve its chances of making the NCAA Tournament with a 71-67 win over No. 4 Ohio State on Thursday night, two days after coach Tom Izzo's team beat No. 5 Illinois by nine points.

Feb 26, 2021, 12:37 am - AP

--OSU

100%

--MSU

According to ESPN Analytics

E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Julius Marble II made Layup. Assisted by Aaron Henry.
Duane Washington Jr. made Layup.
Aaron Henry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
E.J. Liddell missed Layup.
Justice Sueing made Layup.
Joshua Langford missed Layup.
Joshua Langford missed Jumper.
Duane Washington Jr. made Layup.
Gabe Brown made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Aaron Henry made Dunk. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
Aaron Henry made Layup.
Duane Washington Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by Musa Jallow.
Zed Key missed Free Throw.
A.J. Hoggard made Layup.
Duane Washington Jr. made Layup.
Aaron Henry missed Three Point Jumper.
Aaron Henry made Jumper.
Joshua Langford missed Three Point Jumper.
Rocket Watts missed Jumper.
Zed Key made Jumper. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
Rocket Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
CJ Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justice Sueing.
Marcus Bingham Jr. made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
Justice Sueing made Jumper.
Joey Hauser missed Three Point Jumper.
Zed Key made Layup. Assisted by CJ Walker.
Marcus Bingham Jr. missed Layup.
Marcus Bingham Jr. made Layup.
Justice Sueing missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Layup. Assisted by CJ Walker.
Gabe Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
Seth Towns missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Gabe Brown made Free Throw.
Gabe Brown made Free Throw.
Duane Washington Jr. made Free Throw.
Duane Washington Jr. made Free Throw.
Malik Hall made Free Throw.
Malik Hall missed Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
Gabe Brown made Jumper. Assisted by Malik Hall.
Justice Sueing made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by CJ Walker.
A.J. Hoggard missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
Marcus Bingham Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Rocket Watts.
CJ Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
A.J. Hoggard missed Layup.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Jumper.
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Joey Hauser made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
Rocket Watts missed Jumper.
Rocket Watts missed Layup.
Zed Key made Jumper. Assisted by Duane Washington Jr..
Rocket Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Justice Sueing made Free Throw.
Justice Sueing missed Free Throw.
Rocket Watts missed Jumper.
Joey Hauser missed Three Point Jumper.
Gabe Brown missed Jumper.
Aaron Henry missed Three Point Jumper.
Rocket Watts made Free Throw.
Rocket Watts made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Rocket Watts missed Layup.
Duane Washington Jr. made Layup.
Rocket Watts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
E.J. Liddell missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Joshua Langford made Free Throw.
Joshua Langford made Free Throw.
Rocket Watts missed Jumper.
Aaron Henry missed Jumper.
Duane Washington Jr. made Layup. Assisted by E.J. Liddell.
Joshua Langford missed Three Point Jumper.
CJ Walker made Layup.
Justice Sueing missed Layup.
Justice Sueing made Free Throw.
Justice Sueing made Free Throw.
Gabe Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Free Throw.
Rocket Watts missed Three Point Jumper.
CJ Walker made Layup. Assisted by Duane Washington Jr..
Aaron Henry made Jumper.
Justice Sueing missed Jumper.
Zed Key missed Free Throw.
Zed Key missed Free Throw.
Joshua Langford missed Jumper.
CJ Walker missed Layup.
Justin Ahrens missed Layup.
Gabe Brown made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
Seth Towns made Jumper. Assisted by Justin Ahrens.
Joshua Langford made Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Henry.
Seth Towns missed Jumper.
Julius Marble II made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
E.J. Liddell made Layup. Assisted by Musa Jallow.
Aaron Henry made Layup. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
Aaron Henry missed Free Throw.
CJ Walker missed Jumper.
Aaron Henry made Free Throw.
Aaron Henry missed Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
Joey Hauser made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Bingham Jr..
Justice Sueing missed Layup.
Marcus Bingham Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by Joshua Langford.
E.J. Liddell made Layup.
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Layup. Assisted by CJ Walker.
A.J. Hoggard missed Jumper.
Duane Washington Jr. made Jumper. Assisted by CJ Walker.
Joey Hauser made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Henry.
CJ Walker missed Jumper.
CJ Walker made Free Throw.
CJ Walker made Free Throw.
Aaron Henry made Free Throw.
Aaron Henry made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell missed Jumper.
Malik Hall made Free Throw.
Malik Hall made Free Throw.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
Aaron Henry missed Layup.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Layup.
Aaron Henry made Jumper. Assisted by Gabe Brown.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
Joshua Langford made Jumper. Assisted by Aaron Henry.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
CJ Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
E.J. Liddell made Free Throw.
Joey Hauser missed Free Throw.
Joey Hauser made Free Throw.
Duane Washington Jr. missed Layup.
Joshua Langford missed Free Throw.
Joshua Langford made Free Throw.
Joshua Langford made Free Throw.
Joshua Langford missed Free Throw.

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Shot Missed

Shot Made

Shot Missed

Data is currently unavailable.

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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