Tre Holloman scored 17 factors, together with two free throws within the ultimate seconds, Coen Carr and Frankie Fidler every scored 11 factors and No. 12 Michigan State held on to beat No. 19 Illinois on Sunday, 80-78.
The Spartans (16-2, 7-0 Big Ten) prolonged their profitable streak to 11 video games, their longest streak for the reason that 2018-19 season that ended with the Hall of Fame coach’s eighth journey Tom Izzo on the Final Four.
The Fighting Illini (13-5, 6-2) took a 10-point halftime lead and trailed by one and had possession when Kylan Boswell turned the ball over with 5.9 seconds left.
Holloman made two free throws on the subsequent possession.
Izzo informed his gamers to foul Boswell as a substitute of giving up a 3-pointer. Boswell made the primary free throw, and after deliberately lacking the second, he received to the ball and shot it from the baseline over the backboard and the officers waved it away.
Illini star Kasparas Jakucionis was held to season lows in factors (three) and minutes (9) because of foul hassle.
Fellow freshman Will Riley got here off the bench to select up the slack within the first half, scoring 16 factors in eight minutes and ending with 19.
Takeaway
Illinois: Coach Brad Underwood’s group put collectively a powerful efficiency with Jakucionis, a 2025 NBA Draft lottery prospect, on the bench for many of the recreation.
Michigan State: The hard-to-please Izzo must give credit score to his gamers for rallying from a double-digit halftime deficit towards one of many Big Ten’s finest groups.
Key second
The Illinois bench was referred to as a technical foul for arguing a name with 3:18 left and Fidler made two free throws to offer Michigan State a six-point lead.
Key statistic
Jakucionis was 1-of-3, an absence of manufacturing because of foul play.
Next
Michigan State performs at Rutgers on Saturday and Illinois hosts Maryland on Thursday evening.
Associated Press reporting.
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