East Lansing — Halftime on Tuesday night was a crossroads for Michigan State.
The Spartans had just labored through another uninspiring first half and trailed No. 18 Iowa by six points. Xavier Tillman played less than five minutes because of foul trouble and Cassius Winston had one point.
That’s right. The Big Ten’s best player a year ago, the “straw that stirs the drink,” as Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has said many times throughout Winston’s marvelous career, had a single point.