West Lafayette, Ind. — When the game was on the line Tuesday night, Purdue had a budding star to lean on while Michigan State fell down a familiar hole.
While Trevion Williams was scoring 28 points on 13-for-21 shooting, the Spartans were fumbling away the ball and making just one shot in the final 3:30 as Purdue pulled away for a 75-65 victory at Mackey Arena.
“We find ways to lose games instead of finding ways to win games,” said Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, whose team was coming off a 30-point loss at home to Iowa on Saturday.