LSJ columnist Graham Couch, Freep beat writer Chris Solari and Freep columnist Shawn Windsor analyze MSU's chances against U-M Graham Couch and Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor, Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING — Roles are redefining. All but one.
Cassius Winston remains Michigan State basketball’s leading man.
It took a sluggish first half in which the 10th-ranked Spartans learned to cope in their first game without Nick Ward and some halftime adjustments and admonishments for them to rally past Rutgers to a 71-60 win Wednesday night at Breslin Center.
It also took coach Tom Izzo giving his star point guard a direct order.