On Sunday, Michigan State were in Evanston, IL, to take on a team that has given us struggles the last few years. In the early going, this game felt like it could be another closely contested game between the Spartans and Wildcats. MSU looked like they skipped their pregame warmup and were a bit slow and sloppy in the early going. The Spartans were giving up offensive rebounds and second chance points, turning the ball over, and not hitting the shots they were taking. Five minutes into the game, MSU was down 13-8.
And then something snapped. In the span of about two and a half minutes, right up until the under-12 timeout, the Spartans used a 9-3 run to take a 17-16 lead, a stretch that saw three consecutive three-point plays (two triples and one and-1 play).