Michigan State plays better but loses on the road to Iowa, 84-78

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Michigan State comes up short vs. Iowa in fourth straight loss MLive.com
The latest defeat in a four-game Michigan State losing streak proved the most heartbreaking. The Spartans came back from nine points down to pull within two points of a top-10 Iowa team on the road the final minute, but Joshua Langford couldn’t hit an open game-tying jumper with 30 seconds left. That allowed No. 8 Iowa to hit free throws down the stretch and pull out a 84-78 win on Tuesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Michigan State drops close game on the road to No. 8 Iowa Spartans Wire
Michigan State Basketball dropped a close game on Tuesday night to Iowa and has now lost four straight games in conference play. That is the longest losing streak in Big Ten play for the Spartans since 2006. The final score was 84-78 in Iowa City.

Michigan State comes up a little short vs. Luka Garza, Iowa, 84-78 Detroit Free Press
Things could not have not started any better for Michigan State basketball. Aaron Henry. Then Joshua Langford. Then Foster Loyer. Then Henry again, Joey Hauser and Rocket Watts. The Spartans made their first six 3-point attempts, nine of their first 13 shots and went up 11 to stagger No. 8 Iowa in the first 7 1/2 minutes Tuesday. Then their shots stopped falling. The Hawkeyes took advantage of every miss and every mistake.

Scuffling Spartans battle, come up short to No. 8 Hawkeyes 84-78 Detroit News
Michigan State played one of its best games in weeks on Tuesday night at Iowa, but it still headed home from a three-game road trip with its fourth straight loss as the eighth-ranked Hawkeyes took the Spartans’ best shots and held on for an 84-78 victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

MSU men’s hoops has glimmers of hope but falls to No. 8 Iowa, 84-78 State News
After his best night of the season, graduate student guard Joshua Langford had the look to tie it against the No. 8 Iowa Hawkeyes. The clock went down with one minute remaining, but in a similar 2020-21 MSU offense fashion, it didn’t connect. MSU dropped their fourth straight Big Ten matchup on Tuesday, falling to Iowa 84-78. The Spartans are now 2-7 in conference play.