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FAU’s Tre Carroll, who led the Owls with 17 points, drives to the basket while being guarded by Jacksonville’s Kendall Munson during Dec. 10’s game in Boca Raton. Carroll is one of two Owls bench players averaging double figures in scoring.
• What: Michigan State vs. Florida Atlantic
• When: 2 p.m. Saturday
• Where: Breslin Center
• TV/Radio: FS1/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; Sirius/XM Ch. 384 (MSU broadcast)
• Records/Rankings: MSU is 9-2 and ranked No. 19 in the Coaches Poll, No. 20 in The Associated Press poll and is No. 17 on the college basketball analytics site Kenpom.com. Florida Atlantic is 7-5 and unranked in either major poll. The Owls are No. 91 on Kenpom.com.
• Projected betting line: MSU -13
• Coaches: Michigan State — Tom Izzo is 716-297 in his 30th season as a head coach, all with the Spartans. Florida Atlantic — John Jakus is 7-5 in his first season as a collegiate head coach, after spending the last seven seasons as an assistant at Baylor.
• Series: MSU won the only previous meeting, 82-55, in November of 2015. The two teams nearly met in the NCAA tournament’s Elite Eight two years ago, but MSU lost to Kansas State in overtime, preventing the matchup. FAU then beat Kansas State to reach the Final Four.
Kalen Glenn, who leads FAU in scoring, averaging 13.9 points per game coming off the bench, dunks late in a game at Central Florida in November.
Projected lineups
MSU
C (10) Szymon Zapala (7-0) 5.4
F (0) Jaxon Kohler (6-9) 8.9
G (3) Jaden Akins (6-4) 13.4
G (5) Tre Holloman (6-2) 7.4
PG (1) Jeremy Fears Jr. (6-2) 7.3
FAU
C (8) Matas Vokietaitis (7-0) 10.0
PF (18) Baba Miller (6-11) 10.9
SF (0) Ken Evans (6-5) 8.8
G (2) Leland Walker (6-1) 11.0
PG (24) KyKy Tandy (6-2) 9.3
• MSU update: The Spartans are coming off a 77-58 win over Oakland on Tuesday night in Detroit, their fourth win in a row. After the game against FAU, they’ll have one more game — Dec. 30 at home against Dwayne Stephens and Western Michigan…
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Author : Lansing State Journal
Publish date : 2024-12-20 14:02:00
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