Cassius Winston

Milwaukee takes road win streak into matchup with Washington

By The Associated PressNovember 6, 2021 GMT

Milwaukee Bucks (4-5, 10th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (6-3, sixth in the Eastern Conference)

Washington; Sunday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee will try to keep its three-game road win streak intact when the Bucks take on Washington.

Grizzlies to face Wizards on the road

By The Associated PressNovember 4, 2021 GMT

Memphis Grizzlies (5-3, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (5-3, seventh in the Eastern Conference)

Washington; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Wizards take on the Memphis Grizzlies.

Washington takes on Toronto, looks for 4th straight home win

By The Associated PressNovember 2, 2021 GMT

Toronto Raptors (5-3, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (5-2, fourth in the Eastern Conference)

Washington; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Washington will try to keep its three-game home win streak alive when the Wizards face Toronto.

Washington takes on conference foe Atlanta

By The Associated PressOctober 28, 2021 GMT

Atlanta Hawks (3-1, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (3-1, fifth in the Eastern Conference)

Washington visits Boston after Tatum’s 41-point showing

By The Associated PressOctober 26, 2021 GMT

Washington Wizards (2-1, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Boston Celtics (2-2, 11th in the Eastern Conference)

Boston; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Boston hosts the Washington Wizards after Jayson Tatum scored 41 points in the Celtics' 140-129 overtime win against the Charlotte Hornets.

Washington to visit Brooklyn Monday

By The Associated PressOctober 25, 2021 GMT

Washington Wizards (2-0, third in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (1-2, 10th in the Eastern Conference)

Wizards to host Pacers Friday

By The Associated PressOctober 21, 2021 GMT

Indiana Pacers (0-1, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (1-0, third in the Eastern Conference)

Washington; Friday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Wizards host the Indiana Pacers.

Iowa’s Garza, Badgers’ Gard take AP All-Big Ten top honors

By ERIC OLSONMarch 10, 2020 GMT

Iowa's Luka Garza is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and Wisconsin's Greg Gard is its coach of the year...

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Purdue looks for home win vs No. 8 Michigan State

January 10, 2020 GMT

No. 8 Michigan State (13-3, 5-0) vs. Purdue (9-7, 2-3)

Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana; Sunday, 12 p...

No. 3 Spartans, No. 13 Tigers face tough Week 2 challenges

By AARON BEARDNovember 12, 2019 GMT

Memphis and Michigan State face tough matchups amid difficult off-court situations to headline college basketball's second week...

Winston, Howard top AP preseason All-America men’s team

By JOHN MARSHALLOctober 22, 2019 GMT

Cassius Winston had a long list of accomplishments at Michigan State. He led the Spartans to Big Ten regular-season and tournament titles and into the Final Four...

Michigan State opens at No. 1 in AP Top 25 preseason poll

By AARON BEARDOctober 21, 2019 GMT

There isn't much Michigan State has yet to accomplish under Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo, from Big Ten titles and Final Four trips to winning a national championship...

Michigan State star Winston coming back, Ward leaving

April 19, 2019 GMT

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — All-America guard Cassius Winston wants to accomplish more at Michigan State...

Morant, Williamson among finalists for John R. Wooden Award

April 4, 2019 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Duke teammates RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson are among the 10 players named to the John R...

Michigan State’s Winston has chance to join Magic and Mateen

By LARRY LAGEApril 3, 2019 GMT

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cassius Winston is already in elite company.

The crafty point guard is among a handful of Michigan State players to win Big Ten player of the year honors and earn a spot on The Associated Press

Duke freshmen Williamson, Barrett top AP All-America team

By JOHN MARSHALLApril 2, 2019 GMT

The season did not end as Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett intended. The fabulous freshmen came to Duke to win a national championship and their bid came up short with a loss to Michigan State in the Elite Eight...

Duke vs. Michigan State is battle of NCAA Tournament titans

By STEPHEN WHYNOMarch 30, 2019 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Zion Williamson watched in awe in 2015 when Duke and Michigan State met in the Final Four...

Michigan State meets Duke in Elite Eight

March 30, 2019 GMT

No. 2 seed Michigan State (31-6) vs. No. 1 seed Duke (32-5)

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, Capital One Arena, Washington; Sunday, 4:05 p...

NCAA Latest: Day 1 of tournament in the books

By The Associated PressMarch 22, 2019 GMT

The Latest on the first round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

12:25 a.m.

Time to catch your breath after the NCAA Tournament's first real day...

McQuaid, Winston lead Michigan State over Michigan 65-60

By ANDREW SELIGMANMarch 18, 2019 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Michigan State coach Tom Izzo had one simple question for his team. He got the answer he wanted, and the sixth-ranked Spartans picked up their sixth Big Ten Tournament championship...

No. 10 Michigan State knocks off No. 7 Michigan 77-70

By NOAH TRISTERFebruary 25, 2019 GMT

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Underestimate Tom Izzo and Michigan State at your peril.

The Spartans are plenty dangerous — even when they're short-handed and playing on the road against a highly ranked rival...

Joe’s Morning Sports-Fri, Jan 18, 2019

Joe TjadenJanuary 19, 2019 GMT

Cassius Winston scored a career-high 29 points with six assists and Nick Ward added 15 and ten rebounds as sixth-ranked Michigan State pulled away from Nebraska late for a 70-64 win last night. The Spartans relied on tough defense to extend its school-record Big Ten winning streak to 19 games.

No. 8 Michigan State holds off No. 14 Ohio State 86-77

By MITCH STACYJanuary 5, 2019 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Riding a seven-game winning streak, No. 8 Michigan State came to Columbus to play No...

Action Jackson: Freshman’s 27 leads MSU in rout

Matt Charboneau, The Detroit NewsFebruary 14, 2018 GMT

Minneapolis — There's hardly any room for error for Michigan State in the chase for a Big Ten championship, and on Tuesday night at Minnesota, the Spartans showed they're up to the challenge.

Behind a career-high 27 points from freshman Jaren Jackson Jr., No.

MSU off-court news obscures Jackson’s blocks milestone

Matt Charboneau, The Detroit NewsJanuary 27, 2018 GMT

While attention was elsewhere for most on Friday night, Michigan State's basketball team went about its business by beating Wisconsin with four players in double-figures and one putting his name in the record book.

Michigan State pummels Houston Baptist, 107-62

Matt Charboneau, The Detroit NewsDecember 19, 2017 GMT

East Lansing – Call it the dog days of the college basketball season.

With the meat of the nonconference schedule in the rearview mirror and Big Ten play set to resume after the new year, Michigan State took the court against Houston Baptist on Monday night at the Breslin Center and it hardly would have won any awards for putting together a basketball masterpiece.

Winston closes the show in style in homecoming

Matt Charboneau, The Detroit NewsDecember 17, 2017 GMT

Detroit — Cassius Winston was back home on Saturday, playing in front of more family and friends than he could count.

The former UD-Jesuit star was with No. 2 Michigan State as it took on Oakland at Little Caesars Arena, and he was hoping to have a big game.

Spartans’ Winston dialing in from long distance

Matt Charboneau, The Detroit NewsDecember 14, 2017 GMT

East Lansing — While Nick Ward hasn't missed a 3-pointer all season, there's not much argument over who has been Michigan State's best shooter from long distance this season.

That, of course, is only partly because Ward has taken just one all season and might not take another, but it's clearly because sophomore Cassius Winston has hardly missed from 3-point range this season.