McQuaid, a senior captain, said he hopes to be closer to 100 percent Sunday when the Spartans host Wisconsin-Green Bay at Breslin Center (5 p.m./BTN). But he, Ahrens and fifth-year senior Goins are enjoying the opportunities to play significant roles and significant minutes for the Spartans after significant injuries between them over their careers. Knees and legs. Feet and ankles. Broken noses and abdominal repair. Games missed. Summers lost.
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Spartans big men Nick Ward, Kenny Goins and Xavier TIllman posted career highs against Iowa thanks to Tom Izzo’s high-low offensive sets
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Kenny Goins is making the most of his final season as a Spartan. The former walk-on has put up numbers that aren’t just important for Tom Izzo – if he keeps it up, he’ll be playing basketball beyond his time in East Lansing.
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The Spartans have been busy on the hardwood since leaving for Las Vegas over the Thanksgiving holiday. This has been one of the toughest stretches for the MSU basketball team over the last few seasons, based upon the travel and how many games were stuffed into such a tight window.
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There have always been signs Goins could be that type of player, one Tom Izzo has referred to many times this season as Michigan State’s “glue guy.”
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Michigan State was already up by 27 points when Nick Ward took a feed in the center of the lane from Kenny Goins and went up for a shot with five minutes left. Ward was fouled, and after it bounced off the rim, the ball fell to the side. The Spartans big man looked as disappointed as he had all game over a miss that had essentially no bearing on the result.
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Michigan State flashes dominance in blowout win over Iowa Spartan Avenue
If you were expecting a good game on Monday night in East Lansing between two top-20 Big Ten opponents, you were sorely let down. Michigan State took it to No. 18 Iowa in dominant fashion, 90-68.
Michigan State basketball has another complete game, easily beats Iowa Detroit Free Press
Michigan State made its Big Ten home opener look ho-hum. Another game with minimal turnovers. Another stifling defensive performance. Another blowout victory. This time, it was against another ranked team. Nick Ward and Kenny Goins paced a balanced performance for the 10th-ranked Spartans en route to a 90-68 victory over No. 18 Iowa on Monday night at Breslin Center.
Spartans humble Hawkeyes, 90-68 Detroit News
Michigan State had four players score in double figures on Monday night against Iowa, but the offense was hardly the story for the Spartans. Back on its home court for the first time in two weeks, No. 10 Michigan State frustrated No. 18 Iowa from beginning to end, limiting the Hawkeyes to 32.8 percent shooting on its way to a 90-68 victory at the Breslin Center to open Big Ten play with back-to-back victories.
No. 10 MSU steamrolls No. 18 Iowa out of Breslin The Only Colors
We’ll start with Nick Ward, who had arguably his best game as a Spartan in a historic outing. Not only did he have a career high of 26 points, but he was also a perfect 10/10 from the field. The last Spartan to shoot 10/10 from the field in a game? Alan Anderson back in 2005.
Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State’s 90-68 bludgeoning of Iowa Lansing State Journal
1. Kenny Goins is quietly putting together a season worth noticing
2. Freshman thoughts: Iowa edition
3. MSU played terrific, but Iowa’s response was pitiful
Nick Ward’s career game helps Michigan State pound Iowa MLive.com
Big Ten basketball got underway at the Breslin Center on Monday night with a top-20 matchup, but the Spartans treated the game like it was another December non-conference game against a low-level opponent. No. 10 Michigan State beat No. 18 Iowa, 90-68, at Breslin Center as it dismantled a one-loss Iowa team and finished its early Big Ten games with two wins.
Michigan State dominates Iowa in post, runs away in second half Spartan Tailgate
After being bludgeoned in the post by a series of dump-ins and drives to the basket in the opening half, Iowa couldn’t come up with a counter to stop the bleeding in the paint. As Monday’s game wore on, though, it became a secondary issue for the visiting Hawkeyes.
Goins, Ward Lead Michigan State Past Iowa, 90-68
Redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) scored a career-high 19 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and handed out seven assists and junior forward Nick Ward (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) had a career-high 26 points as No. 10 Michigan State used a big second half en route to an 88-63 win over No. 16 Iowa at the Breslin Center on Monday night.
Spartans Nearly Perfect In Win Over Iowa Spartans Wire
#10 Michigan State jumped out to a 2-0 start in Big Ten play and is now 7-2 overall after a scintillating performance in all phases of the game in a 90-68 win over #18 Iowa.
At 22 years old, Kenny Goins already wears progressive lenses. So, it’s not like he’s been blessed with the best eyesight. But the fifth-year senior, who wears contacts when he plays basketball, was at an even greater disadvantage late in No. 9 Michigan State’s overtime loss to Louisville on Tuesday night. He could only see clearly out of his right eye.
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Goins had just been poked in the eye and was bleeding when he stepped to the free throw line. He missed the front end of a one-and-one with the game tied at 67 with 9.4 seconds remaining in the second half and Michigan State went on to lose 82-78 in overtime at Louisville on Tuesday night. “I couldn’t really see stepping up to the line. … I went up to the line and tried to keep it straight and tried my best,” Goins recalled after practice Wednesday night.
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Recap of Tennessee Tech and Preview of UCLA. Student Athlete: Senior Forward Kenny Goins
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Nick Ward isn’t expected to miss an extended period of for what the team is calling a non-severe low ankle sprain suffered on Wednesday night in Michigan State’s win over Louisiana-Monroe. But he did miss 32 minutes of gameplay on Wednesday after suffering the injury. And without him, the rest of the Michigan State frontcourt rotation players — Kenny Goins, Xavier Tillman, Marcus Bingham, and Thomas Kithier — got what could be some much-needed experience down the road should Ward have to sit due to foul trouble.
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Goins was a bright spot for the Spartans in their 92-87 loss to Kansas on Tuesday night in Indianapolis, as he posted 17 points, 11 rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes.
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Redshirt senior forward Kenny Goins enjoys talking about the memories of making a Final Four run. He is the only player on this season’s Michigan State basketball roster that has that honor. Goins redshirted in 2014, when the Spartans maneuvered through the NCAA Tournament to get to the National Semi-Final in Indianapolis.
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He went from a walk-on role to a scholarship position to a steady spot in the rotation — and even for a stretch, a starting job. He’s been through three knee injuries, surgeries, and two different facial injuries that have caused him to wear a mask on his face. Nearly four years after first coming to Michigan State as a little-known recruit with an uncertain future ahead, Kenny Goins has persevered and carved out a solid career in East Lansing.
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Michigan State was a very young team led by four sophomores and a freshman. However, two juniors made an impact in 2018 and will need to improve heading into their senior seasons. Here are the grades for Kenny Goins and Matt McQuaid.
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Review of the Senior Night win over Illinois and Preview of the Regular Season Wrap-Up at Wisconsin. Special Guest: Redshirt Junior Forward Kenny Goins
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This episode features Spartan freshmen Xavier Tillman, a Breslin Tour with RS Junior Kenny Goins, and looks back at Spartan wins against Indiana and Northwestern.
After sweeping the field in Portland this weekend and putting together a historic defensive performance in its championship game win over North Carolina, Michigan State could be adding another player to its rotation before another top-five matchup. Spartans forward Kenny Goins could return on Thursday night when Michigan State takes on No. 5 Notre Dame at the Breslin Center, Tom Izzo said on Tuesday.
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Goins absence will require a new face in the role of primary backup at power forward to freshman Jaren Jackson. Senior Ben Carter is the most obvious choice, as the team’s other true power forward. The question is how many of those newly open minutes can Carter physically handle, given he’s only six weeks out from being cleared following rehab from his second major knee injury, which cost him all of last season.
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Kenny Goins, a Michigan State basketball forward, is out for “a couple weeks” with a sprained left knee, the team announced Thursday.
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