EAST LANSING — Everything Michigan Statebasketball did at Duke three days earlier Detroit Mercy was doing to the Spartans on Friday.
Home-court advantage didn’t matter, not with a pandemic precluding fans. Not with a Titans team led by budding superstar in Antoine Davis.
Rocket Watts and Gabe Brown saved the day. So did the Spartans’ energy and depth.
Detroit Mercy gave the 12th-ranked Spartans everything they could handle Friday during an 83-78 MSU victory.
Watts, a Detroit native, delivered a clutch scoring spurt, then started setting up his teammates and getting MSU out in transition.