Tom Izzo didn't call a time-out late to get a good shot and said that, in part, was a factor in the overtime loss Tuesday. Video by Joe Rexrode/DFP
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – That’s three one-point losses for Michigan State in a Big Ten race that has waved good-bye to the Spartans, and one strange ending they couldn’t fully analyze right after it happened Tuesday night at Purdue’s Mackey Arena.
No. 8 MSU fought back from an 18-point deficit in the first half, let a four-point lead slip away in the final 1:46 of regulation, clawed back again in overtime on a flurry of Denzel Valentine plays, then lost on a foul call 30 feet from the basket.