Northwestern Wildcats @ Michigan State Spartans

49–53Final · Mar 6, 2024

NU 49 MSU 53 Final

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NU20-10	25	24	49
MSU18-12	20	33	53

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

Mady Sissoko made Free Throw.
0–1
Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer.
3–1
Nick Martinelli made Layup.
5–1
Tyson Walker made Jumper. Assisted by Malik Hall.
5–3
Tyson Walker made Layup.
5–5
Nick Martinelli made Jumper. Assisted by Blake Preston.
7–5
Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper.
9–5
Malik Hall made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
9–7
Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Martinelli.
12–7
Nick Martinelli made Layup.
14–7
Malik Hall made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
14–9
Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Preston.
17–9
Malik Hall made Free Throw.
17–10
Malik Hall made Free Throw.
17–11
Tyson Walker made Layup.
17–13
Tre Holloman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
17–16
Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer.
20–16
Tre Holloman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
20–19
Nick Martinelli made Jumper.
22–19
Tyson Walker made Free Throw.
22–20
Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie.
25–20
A.J. Hoggard made Layup.
25–22
Malik Hall made Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
25–24
Nick Martinelli made Jumper.
27–24
Malik Hall made Jumper.
27–26
Malik Hall made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
27–28
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
27–29
Tre Holloman made Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
27–31
Blake Smith made Layup. Assisted by Nick Martinelli.
29–31
Malik Hall made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Walker.
29–33
Tyson Walker made Layup.
29–35
Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Langborg.
32–35
A.J. Hoggard made Layup.
32–37
Boo Buie made Jumper.
34–37
Luke Hunger made Free Throw.
35–37
Luke Hunger made Free Throw.
36–37
Boo Buie made Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer.
38–37
Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by Malik Hall.
38–39
A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw.
38–40
Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard.
38–42
Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper.
40–42
Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw.
41–42
Boo Buie made Layup.
43–42
Nick Martinelli made Free Throw.
44–42
Nick Martinelli made Free Throw.
45–42
Malik Hall made Free Throw.
45–43
Tyson Walker made Free Throw.
45–44
Tyson Walker made Free Throw.
45–45
Ryan Langborg made Free Throw.
46–45
Tre Holloman made Free Throw.
46–46
Tre Holloman made Free Throw.
46–47
Tyson Walker made Layup.
46–49
Tyson Walker made Layup.
46–51
Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper.
49–51
Tre Holloman made Free Throw.
49–52
Tre Holloman made Free Throw.
49–53

Play-by-play

P1 Foul on Luke Hunger.
P1 Mady Sissoko missed Free Throw.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Mady Sissoko made Free Throw. 0–1
P1 Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer. 3–1
P1 A.J. Hoggard Turnover.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Steal.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Layup.
P1 Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Layup. 5–1
P1 Foul on Malik Hall.
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Free Throw.
P1 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Hoggard missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P1 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P1 Mady Sissoko Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Luke Hunger.
P1 Tyson Walker made Jumper. Assisted by Malik Hall. 5–3
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
P1 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker made Layup. 5–5
P1 Boo Buie Turnover.
P1 Tyson Walker Steal.
P1 Foul on Jaxon Kohler.
P1 Jaxon Kohler Turnover.
P1 Ryan Langborg Turnover.
P1 Tre Holloman Steal.
P1 Jaden Akins missed Layup.
P1 Ryan Langborg Block.
P1 Ryan Langborg Defensive Rebound.
P1 Boo Buie missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Ryan Langborg Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Jumper. Assisted by Blake Preston. 7–5
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Boo Buie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper. 9–5
P1 Tyson Walker missed Layup.
P1 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Hall made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 9–7
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Nick Martinelli. 12–7
P1 Xavier Booker missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
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 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P1 Xavier Booker Block.
P1 Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tre Holloman Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tre Holloman missed Layup.
P1 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli Turnover.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Foul on Blake Smith.
P1 Jaden Akins missed Layup.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Boo Buie Turnover.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Steal.
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Turnover.
P1 A.J. Hoggard missed Layup.
P1 Nick Martinelli Block.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Layup. 14–7
P1 Foul on Boo Buie.
P1 Foul on Justin Mullins.
P1 Malik Hall made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 14–9
P1 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Boo Buie Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tyson Walker.
P1 Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Blake Preston. 17–9
P1 A.J. Hoggard missed Layup.
P1 Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
P1 Carson Cooper missed Layup.
P1 Justin Mullins Block.
P1 Boo Buie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
P1 Carson Cooper missed Layup.
P1 Blake Preston Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P1 Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Akins missed Jumper.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Jaden Akins.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Layup.
P1 Mady Sissoko Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Nick Martinelli.
P1 Malik Hall made Free Throw. 17–10
P1 Malik Hall made Free Throw. 17–11
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Jumper.
P1 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker made Layup. 17–13
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
P1 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jaxon Kohler Turnover.
P1 Blake Smith Steal.
P1 Blake Smith Turnover.
P1 Tre Holloman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 17–16
P1 Boo Buie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer. 20–16
P1 Tre Holloman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 20–19
P1 Foul on Tre Holloman.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Nick Martinelli missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tyson Walker Defensive Rebound.
P1 Malik Hall missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P1 Malik Hall Block.
P1 Ryan Langborg Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Langborg missed Jumper.
P1 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P1 A.J. Hoggard missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ryan Langborg Defensive Rebound.
P1 Nick Martinelli made Jumper. 22–19
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Nick Martinelli Block.
P1 Tyson Walker Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tre Holloman missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 A.J. Hoggard Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Nick Martinelli.
P1 Tyson Walker missed Free Throw.
P1 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tyson Walker made Free Throw. 22–20
P1 Northwestern Timeout
P1 Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Boo Buie. 25–20
P1 Michigan State Timeout
P1 Tyson Walker missed Jumper.
P1 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Hoggard made Layup. 25–22
P2 Brooks Barnhizer missed Jumper.
P2 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall made Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 25–24
P2 Boo Buie missed Layup.
P2 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Layup.
P2 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
P2 Nick Martinelli Offensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Martinelli made Jumper. 27–24
P2 Malik Hall made Jumper. 27–26
P2 Luke Hunger missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall made Jumper. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 27–28
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Nick Martinelli missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Blake Preston Defensive Rebound.
P2 Boo Buie Turnover.
P2 Tyson Walker Steal.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Layup.
P2 Tyson Walker Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Blake Preston.
P2 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 27–29
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Free Throw.
P2 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall missed Dunk.
P2 Jaden Akins Offensive Rebound.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Turnover.
P2 Nick Martinelli Steal.
P2 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Blake Smith.
P2 Tre Holloman made Jumper. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 27–31
P2 Blake Smith made Layup. Assisted by Nick Martinelli. 29–31
P2 Malik Hall made Layup. Assisted by Tyson Walker. 29–33
P2 Foul on A.J. Hoggard.
P2 Northwestern Turnover.
P2 Tre Holloman missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tyson Walker Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. 29–35
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Langborg. 32–35
P2 A.J. Hoggard made Layup. 32–37
P2 Foul on A.J. Hoggard.
P2 Boo Buie made Jumper. 34–37
P2 Foul on Brooks Barnhizer.
P2 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Block.
P2 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Luke Hunger Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Xavier Booker.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Luke Hunger made Free Throw. 35–37
P2 Luke Hunger made Free Throw. 36–37
P2 Jaden Akins Turnover.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Steal.
P2 Boo Buie made Jumper. Assisted by Brooks Barnhizer. 38–37
P2 Tre Holloman missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tyson Walker Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Brooks Barnhizer.
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by Malik Hall. 38–39
P2 Northwestern Turnover.
P2 Tre Holloman missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Luke Hunger Turnover.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Steal.
P2 Foul on Luke Hunger.
P2 A.J. Hoggard made Free Throw. 38–40
P2 A.J. Hoggard missed Free Throw.
P2 Northwestern Defensive Rebound.
P2 Blake Smith Turnover.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Steal.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. Assisted by A.J. Hoggard. 38–42
P2 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Offensive Rebound.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Jumper. 40–42
P2 Foul on Malik Hall.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Brooks Barnhizer made Free Throw. 41–42
P2 Jaden Akins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Boo Buie made Layup. 43–42
P2 Tyson Walker Turnover.
P2 Ryan Langborg missed Layup.
P2 Jaden Akins Block.
P2 Northwestern Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Malik Hall.
P2 Nick Martinelli made Free Throw. 44–42
P2 Nick Martinelli made Free Throw. 45–42
P2 Foul on Blake Smith.
P2 Malik Hall missed Free Throw.
P2 Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall made Free Throw. 45–43
P2 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Nick Martinelli.
P2 Tyson Walker made Free Throw. 45–44
P2 Tyson Walker made Free Throw. 45–45
P2 Foul on Tyson Walker.
P2 Boo Buie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tre Holloman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall missed Jumper.
P2 Nick Martinelli Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on A.J. Hoggard.
P2 Ryan Langborg made Free Throw. 46–45
P2 Ryan Langborg missed Free Throw.
P2 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer Defensive Rebound.
P2 Nick Martinelli missed Jumper.
P2 Luke Hunger Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jaxon Kohler.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Luke Hunger missed Free Throw.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Boo Buie.
P2 Tre Holloman made Free Throw. 46–46
P2 Tre Holloman made Free Throw. 46–47
P2 Luke Hunger missed Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Block.
P2 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall Turnover.
P2 Boo Buie Turnover.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. 46–49
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Boo Buie missed Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tyson Walker made Layup. 46–51
P2 Foul on Malik Hall.
P2 Brooks Barnhizer missed Free Throw.
P2 A.J. Hoggard Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaxon Kohler missed Jumper.
P2 Malik Hall Offensive Rebound.
P2 Malik Hall Turnover.
P2 Boo Buie Steal.
P2 Ryan Langborg made Three Point Jumper. 49–51
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Tyson Walker missed Layup.
P2 Blake Smith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Northwestern Timeout
P2 Michigan State Timeout
P2 Ryan Langborg missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tre Holloman Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Luke Hunger.
P2 Tre Holloman made Free Throw. 49–52
P2 Tre Holloman made Free Throw. 49–53
P2 Boo Buie missed Layup.
P2 Tre Holloman Defensive Rebound.

Box score

NU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Luke HungerF	13	2	0-2	0-1	2-3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	4
Nick MartinelliF	38	12	5-12	0-2	2-3	8	2	1	1	2	3	5	3
Brooks BarnhizerG	39	11	4-11	2-4	1-2	12	3	1	3	1	1	11	2
Ryan LangborgG	39	7	2-12	2-8	1-2	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	0
Boo BuieG	39	15	6-13	3-6	0-0	3	1	4	1	0	1	2	2
Blake PrestonF	11	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Justin MullinsG	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Blake SmithG	17	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	3
Blake BarkleyF
Gus HurlburtF
Matthew NicholsonC
Parker StraussG
Jordan ClaytonG
Ty BerryG

MSU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Malik HallF	37	15	6-13	0-1	3-4	17	2	2	0	2	7	10	4
Mady SissokoC	9	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
Jaden AkinsG	24	0	0-7	0-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
AJ HoggardG	32	6	2-7	0-2	2-4	4	4	2	3	0	1	3	3
Tyson WalkerG	38	19	8-21	0-3	3-4	5	5	1	2	0	4	1	2
Jaxon KohlerF	13	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	2
Coen CarrF	4	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Xavier BookerF	10	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Carson CooperC	8	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Tre HollomanG	25	12	3-8	2-6	4-4	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1
Nick SandersG
Gehrig NormandG
Jeremy Fears Jr.G
Davis SmithG
Steven IzzoG

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