The Indiana Hoosiers shocked the Eleventh-ranked Michigan State Spartans on Tuesday evening with a 71-67 win.
The win comes after a five-game dropping streak and a stretch of seven losses in an eight-game span for the struggling program. Head coach Mike Woodson is simply days faraway from saying he will probably be stepping down because the group’s coach on the finish of the season.
Indiana was a strong 48% from the ground, however struggled from long-range (3-of-13). Junior ahead Malik Reneau (19 factors, 12 rebounds) carried the load off the bench. Sophomore guard Myles Rice contributed 10 factors off the bench, together with this wild circus shot that even had the announcers in disbelief.
This steal from senior guard Anthony Leal, that led to a dunk on the opposite finish by senior guard Trey Galloway, put Indiana up 59-52 and in glorious place to drag the upset with 3:49 remaining.
This continues a latest slide for the Spartans that has seen them drop three of their final 4 video games. Whereas the free throws (21-of-25) stored them within the recreation, it was poor three-point taking pictures (4-of-23) that prevented them from getting in a rhythm all evening.
Senior guard Jaden Akins led the best way with 14 factors with freshman guard Jase Richardson (13 factors) and senior ahead Frankie Fidler (12 factors) shut behind. Previous to the latest struggles, Michigan State had received 13 in a row.
Now sitting one recreation again of in-state rival Michigan within the Massive Ten standings, the Spartans should generate extra offense than they’ve of their final three losses after failing to attain 70 factors in every of them.
Maybe essentially the most shocking a part of Indiana’s win was its protection. Coming into the sport, the Hoosiers have been 234th within the nation in opponent factors per recreation (73.5 PPG), per NCAA.com.
Sitting at 15-10 and solely 6-8 within the convention, Indiana nonetheless finds itself within the backside half of the Massive Ten standings and desires a powerful defensive efficiency prefer it bought on Tuesday to have any shot of placing extra wins collectively.
