Both offenses in the first half of yesterday’s game between Northwestern and Michigan State were, to put it lightly, really, really bad.
The two squads combined to post a ghastly 43.9 true shooting percentage, were averaging right around 13 points per quarter and seemed completely stymied in everything that they tried to do.
However, things changed quickly in the second half for the home team in East Lansing. Michigan State came out of the break rolling and went on an immediate 9-0 run to push its lead to 36-25 early in the second half, and from that hole Northwestern struggled to ever climb out, eventually getting steamrolled in 65-46 road defeat.