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Michigan State basketball got blitzed on Friday night, dropping a game to the Badgers, 92-71. As the score indicated, it was not a pretty effort for the Spartans, and Tom Izzo made everyone aware of it. Following the game, Izzo spoke to the media about the effort and game his team played, here is what he said:
Michigan State basketball got demolished by Wisconsin in a 92-71 blowout Friday. The Spartans now have lost three of four, with six games to play.
Tom Izzo watched his Michigan State basketball team absorb a one-sided, start-to-finish throttling at the hands of red-hot Wisconsin. And the 10th-ranked Spartans saw their chances to repeat as Big Ten champions all but vanish with lapses in both their offense and defense.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nick Boyd scored 29 points and shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range as Wisconsin trounced No. 10 Michigan State 92-71 on Friday night, marking the second time in four nights that the Badgers have beaten a top-10 team.
The basketball bounced off the front of the rim, and Wisconsin held on for a 92-90 overtime win over No. 8 Illinois. The Badgers, led by 49 total points from veteran guards Blackwell and Nick Boyd, lingered on the State Farm Center court afterward to celebrate their second top-10 road win this season after beating No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 10.
The Wisconsin Badgers will wrap up their two-game road trip with one of their toughest matchups of the season. The No. 8 Illinois Fighting Illini, coming off a heartbreaking 85-82 overtime loss at Michigan State,