Los Angeles – History will have to wait.
With a chance for Tom Izzo to link the record for most of the Big Ten victories by a coach, basketball n ° 7 of Michigan State fell on the opening point and dug a hole too deep for Return to the USC on Saturday.
The Spartans have lagged behind by up to 15 points in the first half, and the horses of Troy never dragged on the way to a 70-64 victory at the Galen Center.
This broke a sequence of 13 consecutive victories and presented the first loss of the season on the road and the conference against MSU (18-3, 9-1 Big Ten). And that kept Izzo a shy victory to link Bob Knight for most conference victories by a coach in the history of the League.
“We wanted him definitely for him,” said first -year leader Redshirt, Jeremy, said Jr. “I think the start really hurt us, and I would say that it is on me, be a leader And try to direct the team and take control.
Need a break? Play the USA Today Dailyword Puzzle.
The USC (13-8, 5-5) released the Spartans from their transitional game while hitting them simultaneously in the mouth from the inside and the outside. The Trojan horses went before with an early advantage in painting while draining seven 3 points points, and MSU also granted 10 offensive rebounds and 13 second chance points which proved to be expensive in the delay.
Shawn Windsor:Michigan state basketball is better connected than it has been for years; The proof is in court
The fears collected 12 points and six assists without having committed turnover, but he drew 3 for 7 and went 5-in-8 on the free throw line. Jaden Akins had 11 points and Coen Carr scored new, while Jase Richardson added eight. The 10 MSU players marked or caught a rebound, but the balance was not enough against the USC held in depth.
The Spartans committed 13 reversals which led to 12 points for the Trojan horses. They also did only 11 of the 19 frank launch attempts, the first bad line shooting game for a team that arrived on average the third best rate in the country (82.1%). And despite his entry into the match at the top of the nation at Fastbreak points per game at 18.5, MSU only managed nine while the USC cut their transitional attack.
“We are fighting. We have no one, but ourselves,” said Carr, who had three reversals with three assists. “Everyone knew it in a way. But also, we have to keep the head.
Desmond Claude collected 19 points, Wesley Yates III scored 15 and Chibuzo Agbo added 12 for the horses of Trojy (12-8, 4-5), which during their first season at Big Ten had lost four of their first five Home championship matches in advance in Saturday.
Refused tie
At more than 2,000 miles from East Lansing, the Spartans could not have felt more comfortable than they did on Saturday afternoon. It was a resolutely audible and visible crowd green and white – including the legend Magic Johnson – for the first MSU major sporting event in Los Angeles since the victory of Rose Bowl after the 2013 football season.
They came with the hope of seeing Big Ten’s Big Ten victory record of Knight 353. They became noisy, singing “Defense!” And “Green! Pale!” on every occasion. They have become stronger every chance to huer the referees.
They left deflated. And Izzo – who was 70 years old Thursday – left with 352 championship victories and 725 victories in total while the USC equaled the 4-4 series of all time by capturing the first conference match.
“I didn’t talk about it at all two days ago, when people asked (the players) and they brought it to me. It was one of the things when we breakfast (Saturday) morning. I told them that, “it’s your team,” said Izzo. “I had a million guys who helped me reach the number of victories we got. And all I want is that I want them to put their mark on something. I think That winning 13 in a row was a bit of a brand, without losing a match in December and January.
“But I don’t think it’s a pressure. The pressure doesn’t make you play as we played today.”
Big Ten has still not had an unbeaten Big Ten champion since Knight and Indiana in 1975-76 went 32-0 in total (the last season of the perfect national championships) and 18-0 in the League.
The next chance for Izzo to link Knight is delivered with a visit to Crosstown Tuesday at the historic Pauley Pavilion, where the Spartans will face the UCLA (16-6, 7-4). This Tipoff at 10 pm will be the third consecutive game of MSU only broadcast on the peacock service of NBC.
“We just have to achieve the things we have done wrong and accept it, but not let him linger in our next games,” said Akins. “It’s just a little learning from this game and going from there.”
If MSU suddenly broke the Bruins that suddenly increase and give Izzo the tie, he could break the Knight record at home next Saturday against Oregon 18. The Spartans then welcomed Indiana on February 11.
Mixtures of the west coast
The USC has won MSU from the start by crushing the glass and preventing Spartans from getting there, while attacking the interior of Izzo’s defense. The Trojans took an advance of 22-7 a little more than 7 minutes in the match, Claude and Agbo combining for 13 of them.
“In a way, we beat our beat tonight,” said Richardson. “The little things we did not hurt us. It caused big races for them.”
MSU has dismissed, including a strong section of Frankie Fidler who included a block on the defense and a three -point game after being released. After Coen Carr has reduced consecutive layups, the top scorer in the USC, Claude, fell with an apparent knee injury. He would come back after five minutes, which was enough for Spartans to retreat to him.
The 3-point pointer from the Holloman on a Drive-And-Kick reduced the Trojans’ advance with 4:39 before half-time, but the Spartans could not get closer and entered the break , 35-32.
This trend continued in the second half, with the USC thwarting each race that MSU would do. The Trojan horses scored the first five points after the intermission, but the Spartans were countered with a 7-2 response which included a 3 fears pointer. He added a flight and a dunk, but the USC obtained four consecutive points from Wesley Yates III, including a 3 -point pointer to extend his advance to eight. He once again inflated to 10 on triple from Saint Thomas and Yates with 13:23 to play.
“We understand that the only way for us to win is to be ultra-concentrated,” said USC’s first year coach Eric Musselman. “We can sometimes be talented, there can be deeper benches that we play. Just play for 40 minutes and see where he comes out.”
MSU again withdrew with 55-52 on a 7-0 race over the next 2½ minutes, Akins hitting a lay-up and a 3-point pointer in this section. But the Spartans could not get closer when the points and the goods began to evaporate while the defenses have strengthened.
The fears withdrew MSU for less than five with 1:36 after having made three of the four free throws. But Akins committed a violation of a clock with 39.3 seconds to play, Yates launched a dunk of escaped after a complete incoming pass, and Carr left the limits to put an end to MSU’s final hope to give In Izzo a late birthday present of a record – attach the victory.
“I was waiting to see how we react under a certain adversity,” said Izzo. “And today we have not answered very well. So we will have to repair this quickly, because we have another game to come.”
Contact Chris Solari: [email protected]. Follow him @chrissolari.
Subscribe to the “Spartan Speak” podcast for new episodes every week Apple podcasts,, Spotify Or wherever you listen to podcasts. And catch all our podcasts and briefing of the daily voice to FreeP.com/podcasts.
