Wisconsin Upsets Michigan State On Game-Winning Layup By Ethan Happ

The Badgers then caught a huge break when they trapped Eron Harris on the ensuing inbound pass and the Michigan State guard turned the ball over by stepping on the sideline.

Michigan State and Wisconsin will tip-off at 1:30PM ET today and according to oddsmakers from online sports book RealBet.eu, the Spartans are 6.5-point road favorites.

Sparty is also 6-1 against the spread in their last seven games following a double-digit loss at home and are 8-3 at the betting window in their last 11 games following an ATS loss.

The Spartans appeared to be in position to win late in Sunday’s game.

The Badgers were led by 15 points from Koenig and 12 points and five rebounds from Hayes.

After MSU’s Eron Harris stepped out of bounds with MSU clinging to a one-point lead, Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ scored inside with 10.2 seconds left.

Sessions missed her first attempt before swishing the second to seal the win.

The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team gathered to sing “Varsity” with the crowd after the game and Happ, a redshirt freshman forward, put his hands on his face in disbelief.

The Spartans announced prior to the game that they would be without sophomore point guard Lourawls Nairn Jr. as he lets his nagging plantar fasciitis heal up, forcing head coach Tom Izzo to re-shuffle his starting lineup again.

Valentine, a national player of the year candidate, played his third game since returning from a four-game absence because of a knee injury and looked like his old self.

It was the second straight loss for Michigan State (16-3, 3-3 Big Ten), which got blown out at home by Iowa on Thursday.

Coming off the ugly loss at Northwestern, UW struggled to keep the Spartans out of the lane and off the glass for much of the first half. That season, Bo Ryan’s first at the helm, Wisconsin beat then-No. She had missed one of two free throws moments before allowing the Aggies a chance to tie.

Michigan State hosts Nebraska on Wednesday.

Wisconsin (10-9, 2-4 Big Ten) is now 7-3 in its last 10 games versus top-5 opponents.

Matt Costello scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Spartans while Harris had 14 points and Bryn Forbes scored 12. Happ finished the game with 14 points and eight rebounds.

The Badgers’ string of 17 consecutive seasons with an NCAA tournament appearance, which is tied for the fourth-longest active streak in the country, is nearly certain to end barring a Big Ten tournament title to earn an automatic berth. He went 8-for-13 to set a new career-high for scoring.