EAST LANSING – Everything clicked.
The tenacious defense Michigan State basketball showed almost all last month smothering Brown’s top scorers.
The offensive flow — at times exceptional, at times wanting through the first 10 games — looking as good as it has, both in the half-court and in transition.
The rebounding, the running, the energy … all of the things Tom Izzo demands there in abundance, doing to an Ivy League foe what his program is accustomed to.
And now, finally, a break.
The Spartans sent the Bears into hibernation Saturday with a 68-50 victory at Breslin Center, and now can get some rest themselves after their high-intensity, heavy-travel start to the season.