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Michigan State basketball vs. Northwestern: Scouting report, prediction

Michigan State Spartans basketball coach Tom Izzo speaks to the media on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, in East Lansing. Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — It is a short stay home for No. 14 Michigan State basketball this week. But enough time for a visit from Northwestern before hitting the road again.

After splitting a pair of away games last week, losing at Indiana and winning at Minnesota, the Spartans get a brief break at the midpoint of Big Ten play Wednesday. MSU, in a first-place tie with Illinois, hosts last-place Northwestern at Breslin Center (6:30 p.