No. 16 Michigan State Falls to Michigan, 77-68 MSUSpartans.com
Cassius Winston, who scored 32 points in Michigan State’s 87-69 win over the Wolverines last month, scored 20 in the rematch but shot just 5 of 18 from the field.
Michigan State fizzles against Michigan: Here’s what went wrong Detroit Free Press
MSU opened the game making 1 of 8 shots and committed six of its seven turnovers in the game during the first 8:15. The only thing that kept it close was they held U-M to just 3 of 15 shooting in that stretch. The Spartans’ only lead came at 1-0. They pulled back within 14-11, but the Wolverines went on an 11-4 run to go ahead by 10 with 5:36 left in the first half.
MSU falls at Michigan in another poor road performance Spartan Tailgate
Not the passion of a rivalry nor the urgency of a two-game losing streak was enough to prevent another ugly road performance from No. 16 Michigan State. As they tend to be away from Breslin Center, the Spartans were sluggish Saturday afternoon in a 77-68 loss at Michigan, dropping them to 2-4 in Big Ten road games. MSU now has lost three in a row and had its four-game winning streak against its in-state rival snapped.
Michigan State loses on the road to Michigan 77-68 Spartans Wire
The losses to that team in Ann Arbor always sting a little more. This was yet another Big Ten game for MSU Basketball where they kept fighting from behind and never fully were out of the game, but just couldn’t get it done at the end of the day. Michigan State ultimately dropped this one against Michigan 77-68.