Michigan State Secures Big Win Over Purdue in Big Ten

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00:00And a big night in the Big Ten as well. Top 15 tilt in East

00:04Lansing. Number 14 Michigan State playing host to number 13

00:08Purdue. The Boilermakers coming in riding a two game losing

00:12skid, dropping both of their games last week. Purdue losing

00:16back-to-back games in Big Ten play for the first time in two

00:20years. Now making three straight losses for the Boilermakers at

00:24the hands of Michigan State in a huge game with direct

00:27ramifications in the Big Ten title race. It was a game that

00:32was a perfect recipe for MSU based on what they have done all

00:37year long. 75-66, DRS, the final last night in East Lansing.

00:42Yeah, straighten it out, people. Let's get it together here

00:44because you know what I love about Michigan State here is the

00:47fact, Ben, that we said yesterday, I didn't think they

00:50were going to be useful at the three-point line, which they

00:52don't like to do all that much. But the one thing we knew about

00:54Purdue is they're not great defensively inside the arc. And

00:57you look at the final statistics, Michigan State shot

00:5913 three-point shots, only made four of those. That's really

01:02what they do. But 58% overall from the floor, they took

01:05advantage of getting to the rack and making their points there.

01:08Also, from a free throw perspective, even though Purdue

01:10went 9 of 11, which is great, at 82% as a team, they only shot

01:1411 free throws, 21 free throws here for Michigan State

01:17converting 15 of those. So if you take away what they wanted

01:20to do best, which was go inside, you couldn't do that for Purdue.

01:2375-66, it made a lot of sense. And that was the handicap.

01:26Sometimes it's like, hey, you know what, got a little lucky.

01:28The team doesn't shoot three-point shots all that well.

01:30They made nine of them last night. This one went according

01:33to plan. Make your three-point shots when you can just to keep

01:35the offense open, convert it to free throw line, which they did.

01:38And then 58% as a team at home from the floor, that worked out

01:42in a nice victory there for the Michigan State Spartans and a

01:45clean handicap.