No one could have imagined Michigan State leading for 38 minutes against Indiana on the road and then losing in the fashion that it did. The Spartans were up by 6-10 points for a majority of the game and the Hoosiers just stuck around because of the 3-ball and it worked in their favor for a one-point upset.
With the loss, the Spartans dropped one game back of Purdue in the Big Ten standings with the hope that the Boilermakers lose one of their final two games against either Northwestern or Minnesota on the road.
Now that Michigan State no longer controls its own destiny, it will just need to look for a momentum-gainer against a team like Nebraska before it faces Michigan in East Lansing to end the regular season.