Michigan State Spartans @ Northwestern Wildcats

74–88Final · Jan 7, 2024

MSU 74 NU 88 Final

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MSU9-6	31	43	74
NU11-3	46	42	88

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Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
3–0
Luke Hunger made Layup. Assisted by Boo Buie.
3–2
Mady Sissoko made Free Throw.
4–2
Ty Berry made Free Throw.
4–3
Ty Berry made Free Throw.
4–4
Mady Sissoko made Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
6–4
Boo Buie made Jumper. Assisted by Luke Hunger.
6–6
Brooks Barnhizer made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Langborg.
6–8
Ryan Langborg made Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
6–10
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
7–10
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
8–10
Jaden Akins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
11–10
Ty Berry made Layup. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer.
11–12
Ty Berry made Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
11–14
Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
14–14
Nick Martinelli made Layup.
14–16
Carson Cooper made Dunk. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
16–16
Carson Cooper made Free Throw.
17–16
Luke Hunger made Layup.
17–18
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
18–18
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
19–18
Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
22–18
Luke Hunger made Layup.
22–20
Nick Martinelli made Layup.
22–22
Tyson Walker made Jumper.
24–22
Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper. Assisted by Ty Berry.
24–24
Boo Buie made Jumper.
24–26
Jaden Akins made Layup.
26–26
Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
26–29
Ryan Langborg made Jumper.
26–31
Jaden Akins made Layup. Assisted by Mady Sissoko.
28–31
Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Berry.
28–34
Nick Martinelli made Layup. Assisted by Boo Buie.
28–36
Luke Hunger made Layup. Assisted by Nick Martinelli.
28–38
A.J. Hoggard made Layup.
30–38
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
31–38
Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
31–41
Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Langborg.
31–44
Boo Buie made Layup.
31–46
Mady Sissoko made Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Akins.
33–46
Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
35–46
Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
35–49
Mady Sissoko made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
37–49
Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
37–52
Carson Cooper made Layup.
39–52
Carson Cooper made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Akins.
41–52
Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper.
41–54
Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
41–57
Boo Buie made Free Throw.
41–58
Boo Buie made Free Throw.
41–59
Carson Cooper made Free Throw.
42–59
Nick Martinelli made Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
42–61
Jaden Akins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coen Carr.
45–61
Tre Holloman made Free Throw.
46–61
Tre Holloman made Free Throw.
47–61
Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Martinelli.
47–64
Luke Hunger made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Langborg.
47–66
Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
49–66
A.J. Hoggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
52–66
A.J. Hoggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tre Holloman.
55–66
Ryan Langborg made Layup. Assisted by Matthew Nicholson.
55–68
Tyson Walker made Jumper.
57–68
Ty Berry made Free Throw.
57–69
Ty Berry made Free Throw.
57–70
Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Langborg.
57–73
Carson Cooper made Free Throw.
58–73
Carson Cooper made Free Throw.
59–73
Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
59–74
Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
59–75
Jaden Akins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
62–75
Boo Buie made Jumper.
62–77
Tyson Walker made Jumper.
64–77
Tyson Walker made Free Throw.
65–77
Boo Buie made Jumper.
65–79
Boo Buie made Free Throw.
65–80
Boo Buie made Free Throw.
65–81
Tyson Walker made Layup.
67–81
Ty Berry made Dunk. Assisted by Nick Martinelli.
67–83
Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper.
70–83
Tyson Walker made Free Throw.
71–83
Tyson Walker made Free Throw.
72–83
Nick Martinelli made Free Throw.
72–84
Boo Buie made Free Throw.
72–85
Boo Buie made Free Throw.
72–86
Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
72–87
Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
72–88
Tre Holloman made Layup.
74–88

Play-by-play

P1 Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 3–0
P1 Luke Hunger made Layup. Assisted by Boo Buie. 3–2
P1 Mady Sissoko missed Layup.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Akins missed Layup.
P1 Mady Sissoko Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Luke Hunger.
P1 Mady Sissoko missed Free Throw.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mady Sissoko made Free Throw. 4–2
P1 Foul on A.J. Hoggard.
P1 Ty Berry made Free Throw. 4–3
P1 Ty Berry made Free Throw. 4–4
P1 Foul on Brooks Barnhizer.
P1 Mady Sissoko made Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 6–4
P1 Boo Buie made Jumper. Assisted by Luke Hunger. 6–6
P1 Foul on Malik Hall.
P1 Malik Hall Turnover.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Langborg. 6–8
P1 Jaden Akins Turnover.
P1 Ryan Langborg made Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 6–10
P1 Foul on Matthew Nicholson.
P1 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 7–10
P1 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 8–10
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Matthew Nicholson.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Jaden Akins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 11–10
P1 Ty Berry made Layup. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer. 11–12
P1 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Carson Cooper.
P1 Foul on Tre Holloman.
P1 Ty Berry made Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 11–14
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jaden Akins.
P1 Boo Buie missed Jumper.
P1 Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.
P1 Blake Preston missed Layup.
P1 Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tre Holloman missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 14–14
P1 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Blake Preston Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Layup. 14–16
P1 Carson Cooper made Dunk. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 16–16
P1 Ty Berry missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Hoggard missed Jumper.
P1 Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Blake Preston.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Carson Cooper made Free Throw. 17–16
P1 Carson Cooper missed Free Throw.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Luke Hunger Offensive Rebound.
P1 Luke Hunger made Layup. 17–18
P1 Foul on Ryan Langborg.
P1 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 18–18
P1 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 19–18
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P1 Luke Hunger Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 22–18
P1 Foul on Tyson Walker.
P1 Ty Berry missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Hall Turnover.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Steal.
P1 Boo Buie missed Layup.
P1 Luke Hunger Offensive Rebound.
P1 Luke Hunger made Layup. 22–20
P1 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P1 Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Layup.
P1 Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Layup. 22–22
P1 Tyson Walker made Jumper. 24–22
P1 Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper. Assisted by Ty Berry. 24–24
P1 Tyson Walker Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Boo Buie made Jumper. 24–26
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Jaden Akins Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Akins missed Layup.
P1 Jaden Akins Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Akins made Layup. 26–26
P1 Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 26–29
P1 Foul on Matthew Nicholson.
P1 Tyson Walker missed Free Throw.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg made Jumper. 26–31
P1 Jaden Akins made Layup. Assisted by Mady Sissoko. 28–31
P1 Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ty Berry. 28–34
P1 Foul on Blake Preston.
P1 Coen Carr missed Free Throw.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Coen Carr missed Free Throw.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
P1 Coen Carr Block.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Turnover.
P1 Luke Hunger Steal.
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Layup.
P1 Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tre Holloman missed Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Hoggard missed Layup.
P1 Luke Hunger Block.
P1 Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
P1 Carson Cooper Turnover.
P1 Foul on Nick Martinelli.
P1 Nick Martinelli Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Tre Holloman Turnover.
P1 Boo Buie Steal.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Layup. Assisted by Boo Buie. 28–36
P1 Carson Cooper Turnover.
P1 Boo Buie Steal.
P1 Luke Hunger made Layup. Assisted by Nick Martinelli. 28–38
P1 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
P1 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Hoggard made Layup. 30–38
P1 Foul on Ty Berry.
P1 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 31–38
P1 Ty Berry Turnover.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Steal.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Turnover.
P1 Ty Berry Steal.
P1 Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 31–41
P1 Tyson Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Langborg. 31–44
P1 Michigan State Timeout
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Boo Buie Block.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Mady Sissoko.
P1 Mady Sissoko Turnover.
P1 Northwestern Timeout
P1 Boo Buie made Layup. 31–46
P2 Mady Sissoko made Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Akins. 33–46
P2 Luke Hunger missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jaden Akins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ryan Langborg.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P2 Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Mady Sissoko.
P2 Ryan Langborg missed Jumper.
P2 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 35–46
P2 Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 35–49
P2 Mady Sissoko made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 37–49
P2 Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 37–52
P2 Foul on Boo Buie.
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
P2 Carson Cooper made Layup. 39–52
P2 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tyson Walker Defensive Rebound.
P2 Carson Cooper made Layup. Assisted by Jaden Akins. 41–52
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper. 41–54
P2 Malik Hall missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Matthew Nicholson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ty Berry made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 41–57
P2 Foul on Ryan Langborg.
P2 Technical Foul on Tyson Walker.
P2 Tyson Walker Turnover.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Boo Buie made Free Throw. 41–58
P2 Boo Buie made Free Throw. 41–59
P2 Foul on Brooks Barnhizer.
P2 Carson Cooper missed Free Throw.
P2 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Carson Cooper made Free Throw. 42–59
P2 Ty Berry missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tyson Walker Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nick Martinelli.
P2 Jaden Akins Turnover.
P2 Ty Berry Steal.
P2 Nick Martinelli made Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 42–61
P2 Tyson Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Akins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coen Carr. 45–61
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Turnover.
P2 Carson Cooper Steal.
P2 Foul on Ty Berry.
P2 Tre Holloman made Free Throw. 46–61
P2 Tre Holloman made Free Throw. 47–61
P2 Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Martinelli. 47–64
P2 Jaxon Kohler missed Jumper.
P2 Luke Hunger Defensive Rebound.
P2 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jaden Akins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Luke Hunger made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Langborg. 47–66
P2 A.J. Hoggard Turnover.
P2 Boo Buie Steal.
P2 Boo Buie missed Layup.
P2 Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Coen Carr.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 49–66
P2 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P2 Tyson Walker Defensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Hoggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 52–66
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Boo Buie missed Layup.
P2 Tre Holloman Block.
P2 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P2 Ryan Langborg Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ty Berry missed Layup.
P2 Tyson Walker Block.
P2 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Hoggard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tre Holloman. 55–66
P2 Foul on Mady Sissoko.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ryan Langborg made Layup. Assisted by Matthew Nicholson. 55–68
P2 Tyson Walker made Jumper. 57–68
P2 Foul on Mady Sissoko.
P2 Ty Berry made Free Throw. 57–69
P2 Ty Berry made Free Throw. 57–70
P2 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P2 Matthew Nicholson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ryan Langborg Turnover.
P2 Carson Cooper Steal.
P2 Foul on Matthew Nicholson.
P2 Malik Hall missed Free Throw.
P2 Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Langborg. 57–73
P2 Foul on Luke Hunger.
P2 Carson Cooper made Free Throw. 58–73
P2 Carson Cooper made Free Throw. 59–73
P2 Foul on Xavier Booker.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw. 59–74
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw. 59–75
P2 Jaden Akins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 62–75
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Boo Buie made Jumper. 62–77
P2 Tyson Walker made Jumper. 64–77
P2 Foul on Ty Berry.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Tyson Walker made Free Throw. 65–77
P2 Boo Buie made Jumper. 65–79
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Layup.
P2 Matthew Nicholson Block.
P2 Boo Buie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on A.J. Hoggard.
P2 Boo Buie made Free Throw. 65–80
P2 Boo Buie made Free Throw. 65–81
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. 67–81
P2 Ty Berry made Dunk. Assisted by Nick Martinelli. 67–83
P2 Tyson Walker made Three Point Jumper. 70–83
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Foul on Tyson Walker.
P2 Nick Martinelli missed Free Throw.
P2 Tre Holloman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Boo Buie.
P2 Tyson Walker made Free Throw. 71–83
P2 Tyson Walker made Free Throw. 72–83
P2 Foul on Jaden Akins.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer missed Free Throw.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P2 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on A.J. Hoggard.
P2 Nick Martinelli made Free Throw. 72–84
P2 Nick Martinelli missed Free Throw.
P2 Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jaden Akins.
P2 Boo Buie made Free Throw. 72–85
P2 Boo Buie made Free Throw. 72–86
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Coen Carr.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw. 72–87
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw. 72–88
P2 Tre Holloman made Layup. 74–88
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Northwestern Turnover.
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Jumper.
P2 Ty Berry Defensive Rebound.

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Malik HallF	25	0	0-4	0-1	0-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mady SissokoC	16	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	5	1	1	0	0	1	4	4
Jaden AkinsG	32	13	5-10	3-6	0-0	4	2	2	0	0	2	2	3
AJ HoggardG	33	13	3-9	2-4	5-5	4	8	3	1	0	0	4	3
Tyson WalkerG	34	27	10-18	4-7	3-4	3	3	2	0	1	0	3	3
Jaxon KohlerF	3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coen CarrF	12	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2
Xavier BookerF	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Carson CooperC	17	10	3-3	0-0	4-6	6	0	2	2	0	4	2	1
Tre HollomanG	23	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Davis SmithG	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nick SandersG
Gehrig NormandG
Jeremy Fears Jr.G
Steven IzzoG

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Luke HungerF	19	10	5-6	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	1	1	3	1	2
Ty BerryG	35	22	7-11	4-7	4-4	4	2	1	2	0	0	4	3
Brooks BarnhizerG	34	16	5-9	2-3	4-5	7	1	1	1	0	0	7	2
Ryan LangborgG	33	12	5-11	2-6	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	3
Boo BuieG	38	19	6-15	1-6	6-6	1	10	0	3	1	0	1	2
Nick MartinelliF	22	9	4-6	0-0	1-3	6	3	1	0	0	3	3	2
Blake PrestonF	9	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Matthew NicholsonC	10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	4
Jordan ClaytonG	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake BarkleyF
Gus HurlburtF
Parker StraussG
Justin MullinsG
Blake SmithG

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