Northwestern Wildcats at Michigan State Spartans

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Northwestern Wildcats

8-17, 1-9 Away

Michigan State Spartans

20-6, 10-3 Home

Blair leads No. 18 Michigan State against Northwestern after 21-point outing

Northwestern Wildcats (8-17, 2-12 Big Ten) at Michigan State Spartans (20-6, 9-6 Big Ten)

East Lansing, Michigan; Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: No. 18 Michigan State plays Northwestern after Kennedy Blair scored 21 points in Michigan State's 86-65 loss to the Michigan Wolverines.

The Spartans have gone 10-3 in home games. Michigan State has a 1-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

The Wildcats are 2-12 in conference games. Northwestern allows 74.4 points to opponents while being outscored by 8.6 points per game.

Michigan State's average of 7.6 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.7 more made shots on average than the 6.9 per game Northwestern allows. Northwestern has shot at a 42.0% clip from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points fewer than the 42.5% shooting opponents of Michigan State have averaged.

The Spartans and Wildcats square off Wednesday for the first time in Big Ten play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Grace Vanslooten is shooting 49.5% and averaging 15.0 points for the Spartans. Emma Shumate is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Xamiya Walton averages 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, scoring 7.2 points while shooting 38.6% from beyond the arc. Grace Sullivan is averaging 19.9 points and 5.1 rebounds over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Spartans: 5-5, averaging 75.6 points, 29.7 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 10.5 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 44.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 78.2 points per game.

Wildcats: 2-8, averaging 64.5 points, 26.3 rebounds, 16.5 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 40.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 77.0 points.

TV Channel: Wildcats vs Spartans 2021 College Basketball, week 16, is broadcasted on B1G+.
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Statistics

NU		MSU
L7	Streak	L2
74.4	Points Against	65.0
65.8	Points Per Game	83.7
42	Field Goal %	48
30	Three Point %	36
33.5	Rebounds Per Game	35.8
17.5	Assists Per Game	18.0
3.9	Blocks Per Game	4.0
6.0	Steals Per Game	11.7
0.4	Team Turnovers Per Game	0.3
15.8	Total Turnovers Per Game	13.4
74.4	Points Against	65.0

Game Information

Breslin Center

Location: East Lansing, MI
Capacity:

2025-26 Big Ten Conference Standings

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVER
UCLA	15-0	-	25-1
Michigan	13-2	2	22-4
Ohio State	11-3	3.5	22-4
Iowa	11-3	3.5	20-5
Minnesota	11-4	4	20-6
Maryland	9-6	6	21-6
Michigan State	9-6	6	20-6
Washington	9-6	6	19-7
USC	8-6	6.5	16-9
Illinois	8-7	7	18-8
Oregon	6-8	8.5	18-9
Nebraska	5-10	10	16-10
Wisconsin	5-10	10	13-13
Purdue	4-10	10.5	12-13
Indiana	3-12	12	14-13
Northwestern	2-12	12.5	8-17
Penn State	2-13	13	9-17
Rutgers	1-14	14	9-17