page_title: Cassius Winston
section_title: College career
hierarchical_section_title: Cassius Winston / College career
caption_attribution_description: English: Cassius Winston of Michigan State
context_page_description: Cassius Winston is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Michigan State Spartans.
context_section_description: He chose to attend college at Michigan State, and in his freshman season averaged 6.7 points and 5.2 assists per game in 35 games. As a sophomore, he became a full-time starter, averaging 12.6 points and 6.9 assists per game for the Spartans, and earning third-team All-Big Ten Conference honors.
  Entering into Winston's junior season, he was selected to the preseason All-Big Ten team. After a strong start to the year, he was named to the midseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award.
  On March 11, 2019, Winston was named the Big Ten Player of the Year. On March 31, 2019, Winston scored 20 points and obtained 10 assists in a 68–67 win against Duke in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
  Prior to the start of the 2019–20 season, Winston was unanimously named a preseason All-American by the Associated Press (AP), the only player so honored. On December 29, Winston missed a game against Western Michigan with a bone bruise in his knee. He scored a career-high 32 points along with nine assists in a 87–69 win over Michigan on January 5, 2020. Winston passed Mateen Cleaves' Big Ten record of 816 assists on January 17, in a win against Wisconsin. At the close of the regular season, Winston was named to the First Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and media. Winston averaged 18.3 points and 5.9 assists per game as a senior.
caption: Winston in February 2020
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