Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo speaks to the media on Monday, March 11, 2019, in East Lansing. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — Cassius Winston is Michigan State basketball’s ninth Big Ten Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-1 junior point guard received the award Monday afternoon, the seventh to receive the honor in Tom Izzo’s 24 seasons.
A unanimous All-Big Ten first-team pick, Winston ranks fourth in the Big Ten at 19.0 points and first with 7.6 assists per game this season heading into the postseason. Only Maurice Ager in 2005-06 (19.3 points) and Denzel Valentine in 2015-16 (19.