Michigan State basketball: 5 bold predictions for December 2022

Nov 30, 2022; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Jason Whitens (43) guard Tyson Walker (2) and guard A.J. Hoggard (11) prepare to start the second half against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Purcell Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-USA TODAY Sports /

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Nov 15, 2022; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Tyson Walker (2) drives the ball around Kentucky Wildcats guard Sahvir Wheeler (2) during the first overtime period at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Spartans defeat the Wildcats 86 to 77 in double overtime. Mandatory Credit: Marc Lebryk-USA TODAY Sports /

2. Tyson Walker averages close to 20 points per game

Tyson Walker has been that guy this season. He’s leading the team with 15.1 points per game and he has 4.3 assists to go along with just 1.4 turnovers. He looks like a completely different player than the one we saw early last season when he was getting adjusted to his new program.

Now that Walker is playing the best basketball of his Spartan career, I think he’s going to carry that over into the month of December and kind of increase his effectiveness.

Walker will average close to 20 points per game for the month, scoring at least 20 in three out of the five December games. He’ll carry the Spartans in the two Big Ten games against Northwestern and Penn State and then he’ll play a more comfortable leading role with Malik Hall and Jaden Akins returning.

This dude has the potential to go off for 20-plus on any given night and I think he does it three times in December as he’ll average about 19 points per game.

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