INDIANAPOLIS – Another top-5 opponent taken to the wire.
This time, Michigan State took No. 4 Kentucky to overtime. And then another. Punching back every time Oscar Tshiebwe and the Wildcats looked ready to finish it off. The type of high drama that, three games into the season, the Spartans are getting used to.
Tyson Walker and Mady Sissoko made sure Friday’s history didn’t repeat itself. The duo connected on a pair of alley-oop dunks in the second overtime as MSU used an 11-0 takeover run, with Walker adding four free throws to give Tom Izzo’s team an 86-77 victory over Kentucky in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.