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Michigan State hit the floor running in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, and didn’t let up on the Nittany Lions until the game was far out of reach, beating Penn State 78-51 and earning a spot in the quarterfinals against Minnesota on Friday.

She had a point. The Michigan State Spartans have won three of their last five games on neutral sites.

Through all the injuries and scheduling issues and ghosts, Izzo somehow has kept the Spartans on track to do their best work in March – as they nearly always do.

The Spartans out-rebounded Penn State 44-29, scored 18 points on 11 turnovers and made 12 more baskets from the field with two more attempts than Penn State.

Scores and results of Penn State vs Michigan State will be available here, which team will advance?

The Spartans and the Golden Gophers tip off Friday around 2:30pm (25 minutes following the conclusion of the MI vs Purdue quarterfinal).

“What basketball coach doesn’t like March?”

“I just felt like our players did not realize the sense of urgency is needed for 40 minutes when you play in one-and-done time”, Izzo said.

Izzo has been especially successful as of late in the Big Ten Tournament. That includes last season when they edged Purdue for the title. His legacy is completely secure: a national title in 2000, seven Final Four appearances, five Big Ten tournament titles and 543 career wins.

“It’s been an up-and-down year for us”, junior captain Tum Tum Nairn said.

The pivotal play in the game was a blocked field goal by Marcus Allen that Grant Haley picked up and sprinted 60 yards to give Penn State the lead in the fourth quarter. The five newcomers accounted for 54 points.

Lynch was a force at each end of the court against Michigan State (19-14), which can bang and bruise with the best of them. Bridges blossomed into the Big Ten’s Freshman of the Year, and many believe Ward should have been selected to the All-Freshman team. Mike Watkins, who had just broken Penn State’s freshman rebounding record in the Lions’ overtime win over Nebraska the night before, was overwhelmed by the 6-foot-7, 230-pound freshman.

Michigan State: The Spartans went 2-0 against Minnesota, winning in overtime on the road before registering a 65-47 victory on January 11.

“We have a lot of fight in us”, Bridges said.

“We don’t really feel like a secret”, Coffey said. Defensively, they’ve shown both their struggles at IL and improvements at Maryland, getting four late stops before Melo Trimble’s game-winning three-pointer.

Michigan State: Awaits Selection Sunday. The Spartans used a 13-1 run over the next 4:36 to open up a 10-point lead.

According to oddsmakers at BetDSI, Penn State is the slight favorite on the road, as the Nittany Lions are getting odds of -2 points against Nebraska. The Michigan State Spartans are shooting 38.1 percent from beyond the arc and 66.2 percent from the free throw line.

Lamar Stevens and Tony Carr both lead the way for Penn State with 16 points each. While weekend series against other Big Ten opponents were separated by two or three weeks, the Lions and Wolverines haven’t faced each other since early December 2016. Yet, the Spartans always seem to be at their best at this time of year. “We had a great day yesterday”. We played the toughest non-conference schedule in the country.