It’s the fourth straight win for the Spartans (23-5, 14-3 Big Ten) and third in a row against a ranked team. That lifted them back into a half-game lead over Michigan in the conference standings with three games remaining in the regular season.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo will certainly take it. "Look, that was a lucky shot. But nobody can say we didn't deserve to win this game," Izzo told Big Ten Network's Andy Katz a