The Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball team was back at the Breslin Center on Saturday afternoon, and easily took care of business against the Penn State Nittany Lions. MSU defeated PSU by a final score of 80 to 64.
Michigan State improves to 9-2 overall on the year, including 2-0 in Big Ten Conference play. Meanwhile, the Nittany Lions fall to 5-5 overall on the season, and 0-2 in the conference. Michigan State has now won four games in a row, and nine of the past 10 games.
Penn State got off to a strong start, forcing some early turnovers, and scoring the first four points of the game off of a jumper from guard Jalen Pickett and a layup from center John Harrar.