East Lansing — Michigan State is one of five unbeaten teams in Division I college basketball, though the Spartans flirted with that first loss on Tuesday.
That’s when No. 1 Michigan State rallied from a 15-point first-half deficit to knock off Oakland at The Palace and win its 13th straight and mark the best start in school history.
They needed a career-high 32 points from Bryn Forbes and 27 from Eron Harris as Denzel Valentine sat out after undergoing knee surgery on Monday morning. And it was Valentine who implored his team before the game to stand alone.