Michigan State knocked off in overtime by Indiana Spartan Tailgate
A slumping Hoosier squad strolled into a packed Breslin Center — amped up from the presence of ESPN’s “College GameDay” show earlier in the day — and took advantage of a sluggish Spartan effort. Despite losing standout big man Juwan Morgan to an early injury and freshman stud Romeo Langford shooting poorly, the Hoosiers frustrated MSU enough to snap their seven-game losing streak with a 79-75 overtime victory in East Lansing.
Michigan State stunned by slumping Indiana in OT, 79-75 Detroit Free Press
Michigan State basketball was in a dogfight Saturday night against what Tom Izzo said earlier this week was a “wounded” Indiana team that had lost seven in a row. The Spartans needed all of the mental toughness they built up over the course of the season just to force overtime against the desperate Hoosiers. They turned to Cassius Winston in overtime. And for the first time, he came up short.
Indiana comes back in second half to stun No. 6 Michigan State at home MLive
Cassius Winston willed Michigan State to an improbable 13-game winning streak, as he turned into a Big Ten Player of the Year candidate and lifted the Spartans to first place in the Big Ten. But for the second time this week, he wasn’t able to bail his team out in the second half against an upset-minded opponent.
Indiana upsets No. 6 Michigan State in OT Detroit News
Michigan State played well for eight games without guard Joshua Langford. In its first game after learning the junior guard would be lost for the season, the Spartans failed to find any offensive flow, were terrible from the free-throw line and watched as Indiana hit four 3-pointers late in the second half to upset No. 6 Michigan State, 79-75, in overtime Saturday at the Breslin Center.
No. 6 MSU by Indiana for first home loss State News
It was the biggest shot of the night for Kenny Goins. The senior forward made the catch-and-shoot 3-pointer from the right wing, giving Michigan State a 65-64 lead with more than a minute to play. However, an even bigger 3-pointer from Romeo Langford at the beginning of overtime set the tone for the rest of the period, allowing the Hoosiers to seal a 79-75 upset win against the sixth-ranked Spartans at the Breslin Center on Saturday.
Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State basketball’s overtime loss to Indiana Lansing State Journal
1. Hold off on crowing this MSU team – issues are arising…
2. MSU isn’t good enough to lose the hustle plays and win
3. Freshman thoughts – the Indiana (Aaron Henry) edition
Free-throw shooting, rebounding betray Michigan State in defeat to Indiana Detroit News
Michigan State wasn’t itself on Saturday, at least in two very specific ways. The Spartans entered its matchup at home with Indiana as the second-best in the Big Ten in rebounding margin and shooting 77.4 percent from the free-throw line.
Here’s why Michigan State basketball struggled to rebound vs. Indiana Detroit Free Press
Giving up offensive rebounds is still a problem for Michigan State. Even worse, it’s beginning to hamper the Spartans’ previously fearsome fast break. Indiana had 20 offensive rebounds during No. 6 MSU’s 79-75 overtime loss Saturday at Breslin Center; the Hoosiers are the fifth straight opponent to grab double-digit offensive boards.
Michigan State basketball’s loss to Indiana began with bad practices Detroit Free Press
Tom Izzo blamed himself. Not his team’s bevy of missed free throws. Not his big men’s continued struggles on the boards. Not even the inconsistently blown whistles from the referees. No. 6 Michigan State basketball’s 79-75 overtime home loss to Indiana on Saturday, Izzo felt, started during practice this week, with five days off after falling at Purdue. And he said he didn’t do a good job of getting his team ready to play. “That should fall on me,” an uncharacteristically somber Izzo said, “not them.”