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Blog: Spartans shows poise, win Big Ten title

Follow the action from the MSU-Purdue game here with live updates by Geoff Robinson of The Detroit News.

Spartans pull off another great escape, win Big Ten championship

Coming out of the timeout with 26.1 seconds remaining and 14 seconds on the shot clock, Denzel Valentine drew a ticky-tack foul on Purdue, which was forced to foul Matt Costello for a 1-and-1 with 19.5 seconds left to play. Costello missed the free throw and Johnny Hill got rejected by Costello on the other end of the floor. That put Bryn Forbes at the line with 8.