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Long-distance connection as Cassius Winston's heave helps Michigan State basketball

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari break down MSU's win at Maryland Lansing State Journal

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — It was nothing new for Cassius Winston, but it couldn’t have come at a bigger moment for Michigan State in its biggest game of the season so far.

The senior point guard swished a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from at least 60 feet away to give the 24th-ranked Spartans an 11-point halftime lead en route to a 78-66 win at No. 8 Maryland on Saturday.

“It was an unbelievable design — a 75-foot play that we put in just last week,” MSU coach Tom Izzo joked.