With Rutgers leading by 7 points at the half, they came out of the break and Montez Mathis scored two baskets driving to the rim in the first minute of the second half. The lead was 11 points and no. 10/11 Michigan State, who entered the game in a three-way tie for first place in the Big Ten, was in serious trouble. Playing its first game without its best frontcourt player in Nick Ward, who was out with a hairline fracture in his left hand, the Spartans were still trying to figure out how to play without him. With legendary head coach Tom Izzo on the bench and Big Ten Player of the Year front runner Cassius Winston on the court, they eventually did.
With Michigan State On The Ropes, Rutgers Suffers Second Half Knockout
