Michigan State basketball’s tenets of defense, rebounding and running are well known and loudly touted.
However, those concepts also are among the biggest inconsistencies for Tom Izzo’s team over the past month.
The Spartans continue to lose games in varying fashion, with their latest defeat, 55-54, Friday night against Purdue, coming with an inability to protect the post from Trevion Williams in the second half.
The 6-foot-10, 265-pound forward was the third Big Ten big man this season to have a big game against MSU (8-4, 2-4). That does not bode well going into Thursday’s 9 p.