No. 13 Ohio State vs. Michigan State: First Half Notebook


Halftime Score: Ohio State 42, Michigan State 30 Michigan State is coming off its worst loss in about 12 years. Tom Izzo is one of the all-time great coaches in college basketball history and I expect his group to play hard and put the bad mid-week loss behind them, after they fell to Rutgers 67-37. They’re certainly doing that, but the offense went cold late in the first half and they’ve dug themselves a hole against a very confident Ohio State team. Michigan State turns the ball over more than any team in the Big Ten – and the Buckeyes have been trying to play into that. Their on-ball pressure really ramped up over the final 10 minutes of the first half. MSU turned it over six times. E.J. Liddell got off to a great start, but came out for a breather after a nearly 7-minute stretch of play to…

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