Michigan State senior guard Jaden Akins tied a career-high 23 points while adding nine rebounds in the Spartans' win over Monmouth on Monday.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- After what was an underwhelming preseason, Michigan State senior guard Jaden Akins shined as the best player on the floor in the Spartans' win over Monmouth on Monday night.
Akins finished with a career-high 23 points in the victory. He also added nine boards and five assists.You can watch below: Below is a partial transcript from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo's opening statement from his postgame press conference: Izzo: "A year ago, we were 0-1, and now, we're 1-0, so I guess there's some positive things here. And actually, a lot of them I am reminded by my good friend Doug Herner who always says ' the ball doesn't go in the hole, nothing looks good.' I mean, the ball didn't go in the hold, and we had 23 assists and we shot 49%. So, there were some positives.
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