East Lansing — Tum Tum Nairn saw open floor, so he kicked it into overdrive.
But he saw something else, too. Purdue’s star, Caleb Swanigan, was jogging back in transition, while Michigan State’s Miles Bridges was running full speed. And with only the Boilermakers’ Spike Albrecht — a familiar face in an unfriendly place — hustling to get back, Nairn knew what to do.
The Spartans’ junior guard drove into the lane and then lofted an alley-oop pass near the rim for Bridges, who slammed it home with his right hand and sent the Breslin Center crowd into a frenzy
Michigan State had the lead early in the second half of a game they needed to have, and the Spartans had Bridges to thank for it.