Gainesville, Fla. – Michigan State will take the win, but the Spartans likely were not feeling great about how they played on Saturday at Florida.
Despite turning the ball over 15 times and giving up 15 offensive rebounds, the 10th-ranked Spartans held off the Gators to earn the 63-59 victory at a sold out O’Connell Center.
Junior Kyle Ahrens scored the final seven points for Michigan State (8-2), including a dunk with 9.4 seconds to play to put the game away.
Xavier Tillman scored 14 points to lead Michigan State while Nick Ward and Joshua Langford scored 13 each and Cassius Winston added 10.