Michigan State players and Willie Burton, a Detroit native and St. Martin de Porres and Minnesota star, remember Kobe Bryant, Jan. 26, 2020. Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — A little more lineup tinkering, a return of Kyle Ahrens, some home energy and a thorough dismantling of Northwestern.
No. 14 Michigan State basketball took care of business Wednesday night with perhaps its most balanced performance of the season in a 79-50 win over the last-place Wildcats, moving back into first place in the Big Ten by a half-game over idle Illinois.
Cassius Winston scored 18 points, including four 3-pointers, as nine of the Spartans’ 10 rotation players scored.