![]() He missed his only two shots and did not grab a rebound while getting just 18 total minutes in his final five games as a Spartan. Brooks did not play in the NCAA tournament after getting four minutes in MSU’s Big Ten tournament loss to Ohio State. He averaged just eight minutes a game over the Spartans' final 16 regular-season games, posting 1.3 points and 0.8 rebounds while making just 17.4% of his 3-point attempts and shooting 22.6% overall. In a five-game starting stretch, he played 31 minutes and scored 9.4 points with 4.0 rebounds and an assist, hitting 5 of 11 from beyond the arc.īut after the New Year, with the return of both Hall and Akins, Brooks' minutes and shooting steeply declined. Brooks averaged 6.8 points in 22 minutes over MSU's first 13 games, making 39.2% of his 3-pointers in that span. The 6-foot-6, 225-pound sophomore swingman from Detroit Douglass became an important cog in Tom Izzo’s rotation early in the 2022-23 season, particularly after both Malik Hall and Jaden Akins went down with injuries in mid-November. He finished the season averaging 3.6 points and 1.7 rebounds in 14.3 minutes a game, making 33.3% of his shots overall and 32.4% from 3-point range. ![]() I’ll take the free bucket with Butler in a game I think the Bulldogs win outright.Brooks, the former Detroit Douglass star who was named the state’s top basketball player in 2021, saw his minutes steadily decline in his second season in East Lansing. However, I’m not sold on the Spartans personally and I just think that Hinkle Fieldhouse is a tough place to go on the road and get a win or cover regardless of who you are. I get the case that could be made for Sparty here as they’re always going to get that respect. The under is 4-1-1 in Butler’s last 6 home games. Michigan State is 8-19 ATS in their last 27 games overall and 2-9 ATS in their last 11 road games while the under is 37-17-2 in their last 56 games following a win. As a team, Butler is averaging 70.3 PPG on 48.6% shooting from the field, 40.3% from three and 73.8% from the foul line while allowing 53 PPG on 37.8% shooting from the field and 22.9% from three this season. Bryce Nze also has 8.3 PPG with 7.3 RPG and a team-high 3.3 APG as well this season. Chuck Harris leads the Bulldogs in coring with 15.7 PPG along with 4.7 RPG and 3.3 APG while Jair Bolden has 14.3 PPG and Jayden Taylor has 13.3 PPG with 3.7 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Butler so far this season. The Butler Bulldogs will attempt to build on a 70-59 win over Troy in their last game. As a team, Michigan State is averaging 82 PPG on 48.8% shooting from the field, 28.2% from three and 67.5% from the foul line while allowing 66.5 PPG on 37.1% from the field and 24.4% from three this season. Julius Marble II also has 9 PPG and 6.5 RPG as well this season for the Spartans. has 11 PPG with 7.5 RPG and Joey Hauser’s averaging 10 PPG with a team-high 9.5 RPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for Michigan State so far this season. Hoggard has 12 PPG with a team-high 5.5 APG. Gabe Brown leads the Spartans with 13.5 PPG along with 4.5 RPG while A.J. The Michigan State Spartans will be looking to build on a 90-46 win over Western Michigan in their last game. ![]() The Michigan State Spartans and the Butler Bulldogs meet in college basketball action from Hinkle Fieldhouse on Wednesday night.
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