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Michigan State was minutes away from a redemptive week before everything came crashing down. The Spartans came back from 15 points down with a strong second-half but blew a seven-point lead in the final four minutes at home in a 67-60 loss to No. 9 Maryland on Saturday night at the Breslin Center.
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Kyle Ahrens and Cassius Winston helped lead a frenetic comeback as Michigan State basketball rallied from a 15-point deficit to take the lead. The defense recovered. So did the rebounding. Then No. 9 Maryland found its rhythm. And the Spartans had the air sucked out of them – and their quest for a third straight Big Ten title. The league-leading Terrapins scored 14 straight points in the final 3 minutes, 4 seconds, including four 3-pointers, to come back from a seven-point hole and knock off No. 25 MSU on Saturday night, 67-60, at Breslin Center.
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Michigan State came storming back Saturday night at Breslin Center, poised to win on a huge night and thrust itself back into the Big Ten race. Instead, holding a seven-point lead with just more than three minutes to play, the Spartans collapsed as No. 9 Maryland closed the game on a 14-0 run to earn the 67-60 victory and seize control of the conference race.
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After missing its first 10 3-pointers of the second half, Maryland got back in rhythm at the perfect time — or the worst, from Michigan State’s perspective. The Spartans had regained control in their home building after falling behind by 15, but Maryland scored the final 14 points, going 4-for-4 from 3-point range, to take a 67-60 win that keeps it in first place in the Big Ten standings. MSU, now at 9-6 in league play, put its conference title hopes on razor-thin ice.
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The atmosphere was at a fever pitch at Breslin Center on Saturday night, even if things didn’t end the way Michigan State hoped it would. With the 2000 national championship team on hand to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Spartans were on the verge of pulling off a huge comeback win over No. 9 Maryland only to get outscored 14-0 in the final three minutes of a 67-60 loss to the Terrapins.
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This was the type of performance Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson delivered for Michigan State in 2000. Smothering defense, punishing rebounding and game-changing scoring runs that would drive the Breslin Center crowd into a cacophonous frenzy. Refusing to lose. Cassius Winston and his Spartans conjured up that memory for nearly 20 minutes. Another slow start be damned, they would not let No. 9 Maryland’s 15-point lead late in the first half do them in.