Michigan State basketball has seen a major 3-point shooting turnaround

Now that is an absurd stat. Michigan State basketball started the season ranked No. 324 in the country in 3-point percentage at 27.5%. However, in their last six games, the Spartans are No. 8 in the country at 44.5%.

MSU as a team likely should be somewhere in between those percentages. We aren’t as bad as 27.5% and we likely aren’t going to keep up this 44.5% shooting pace either. But I’d like to think we are closer to the latter than the former.

In the last two seasons, Michigan State finished above 37 percent from 3-point range as a team. Just think for a second if the Spartans shot that percentage for the entire season. Their record might only be slightly better, but they would’ve beaten James Madison and everyone would’ve felt a whole lot better about the season overall.

MSU 3-point shooting this season

As a team this year, MSU is 35.1% from beyond the arc which puts it at No. 114 in the country. That’s not great, but not bad either. The way things are trending, however, I imagine the Spartans will slowly inch their way up toward the top 50.

Leading the way for Michigan State from 3-point range is Tre Holloman at 42.1%. He is the only player above 40 percent on the season, but he takes a lot fewer attempts than others.

Tyson Walker has the most makes with 27 this season while also shooting an efficient 39.7% from 3-point range. Walker can be extremely streaky, but I would bet he finishes the season above 40 percent.

Michigan State’s much-improved 3-point shooting has a lot to do with the current winning streak. I wouldn’t panic if the Spartans start shooting it a little worse, 44.5% is hard to keep up. But if they can hang around 38-39 percent as a team, then they’re going to be in really good shape.