EAST LANSING — Malik Hall returned at the start, and things seemed on the uptick for Michigan State basketball.
Tyson Walker left late, and things started to look bleak.
Both made significant plays to deliver the Spartans a back-and-forth, sometimes physical, sometimes sloppy, in-the-end thrilling 63-61 home win Thursday night against Iowa.
Walker left the game with 3:48 to play after appearing to twist his right ankle on a fall and drive. The senior guard returned with 1:50 to play, hitting the go-ahead jumper 28 seconds later, dove for a steal on a disruption in the paint with 1:13 to play, then assisted on Jaden Akins’s baseline jumper with 47.