James Madison delivered an early disillusioned at the first day of the 2023-24 season via knocking off No. 4 Michigan State 79-76 in extra time on Monday in East Lansing, Michigan. The victory vs. MSU is solely the second Top 25 win in program historical past after knocking off then-No. 19 Cal on Dec. 29, 1992.
JMU ahead Raekwon Horton knocked down a 3-pointer with 8.6 seconds left in extra time and T.J. Bickerstaff knocked down certainly one of his two loose throws at the following ownership to seal the win.
Bickerstaff hit a brief jumper with 30 seconds final in legislation to pressure extra time. Bickerstaff completed with 21 issues and Terrence Edwards Jr. scored a team-high 24 issues.
The Dukes had been ready to carry off a famous person efficiency from MSU guard Tyson Walker, who scored a game-high 35 issues. Walker had the ball stolen close to the 3-point line on the finish of legislation. Michigan State completed the sport 1 of 20 from deep.
JMU completed final season 22-1, falling to South Alabama within the semifinals Sun Belt Conference Tournament to finish its season.
Michigan State hosts Southern Indiana on Thursday ahead of dealing with No. 2 Duke on Nov. 14 within the Champions Classic. As for JMU, it’ll glance to construct off its disillusioned win over the Spartans towards Kent State on Thursday.
Uncharted territory for Tom Izzo
The final time an AP top-five team misplaced their season-opener towards an unranked opponent used to be you guessed it… Michigan State in 2005. In that season, the Spartans misplaced their opening recreation towards Hawaii and Monday marked Izzo’s first November house loss at Michigan State in his 29-year training profession. The final time the Spartans misplaced a house recreation in November used to be in 1986. The Spartans have performed maximum in their marquee nonconference video games at impartial websites, however however, an unbelievable streak got here to a shut with the loss to the Dukes.
Walker used to be superior, however Sparty wishes extra
Walker isn’t just one of the crucial peak scorers within the nation, however he additionally so occurs to be one of the vital snatch avid gamers in America. Walker made a layup with 1:26 left in legislation to present his team a four-point benefit, however they could not shut it out. Walker used to be certainly one of best two MSU avid gamers (Coen Carr) who scored in double figures. MSU ignored 19 of 20 3-point makes an attempt and different skilled avid gamers reminiscent of Malik Hall, Mady Sissoko, Jaden Akins and AJ Hoggard did not give a contribution sufficient at the offensive finish to assist Walker.
MSU has a distinctive mix of enjoy and veteran management that are supposed to let them win these types of video games in blowout model. That indisputably wasn’t the case on Monday. Shooting 5% from past the arc is not going to win MSU many video games when the gauntlet of the time table begins.