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Michigan State basketball vs. Rutgers: Scouting report, prediction

Nick Ward and his Michigan State teammates discuss Ward's injured left hand, and the impact it will have on the 10th-ranked Spartans, Feb. 18, 2019. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — It is another crossroads moment for Michigan State.

First it was playing without guard Joshua Langford, and then adjusting to his season-ending foot injury

Now, the Spartans must overcome the indefinite sidelining of forward Nick Ward, leaving No. 10 MSU without two of its top three scorers Wednesday night against Rutgers (6:30 p.m./BTN) and perhaps for the rest of its final two months.