MSU takes on Texas in the “Championship” game of the Las Vegas whatever-this-thing-is-called.
Game time: 6:30pm (EST)
TV: Fox
Game-plan/scout:
MSU had an awesome showing yesterday in the first half, and a solid showing in the second (less good, but not a wheels-off-the-bus-let’s-hang-on type half). Texas similarly had a very strong performance against UNC, with a better first half, and then doing enough down the stretch to see the game out. UNC got plenty of looks in the end (29 3pt fga), but didn’t knock down enough, and White, though he had an awesome scoring game (he will likely never hit 7-9 from 3 again in his life), couldn’t quite make the right plays down the stretch (for example, he took an awful heat-check, step-back, fade-away 3 in the 90 seconds, with the game in the balance when he had drawn a double off a high ball-screen and Luke Maye standing wide open at the top of the arc.