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Here are a few more images from Wednesday’s game — Michigan State beat Minnesota to give Tom Izzo win No. 400.

Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo accepts game ball from his team after the game against the Minnesota Gophers at Jack Breslin Students Events Center. MSU won 68-52. Carter-US PRESSWIRE

Michigan State Spartans student section congratulates Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo on 400th win at Jack Breslin Students Events Center. Mike Carter-US PRESSWIRE

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Michigan State Spartans student section congratulates Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo on 400th win at Jack Breslin Students Events Center. Mike Carter-US PRESSWIRE

It was win No. 400 for long-time Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo as the Spartans rolled to another win Wednesday night.

The No. 10-ranked Spartans (17-4, 6-2 Big Ten) beat the Gophers (15-6, 3-5) 68-52.

Draymond Green led the Spartans with 22 points and 14 rebounds in the win, stopping the Gophers’ three-game winning streak. For MSU, it was their second win in a row after losing by one point to Michigan more than a week ago.

Despite a loss on the road to Michigan last week, Michigan State didn’t slip much in the latest polls, released today.

The Spartans (16-4 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) are ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll, while they are No. 11 in the coaches’ poll.

One thing that stood out in the coaches’ poll was that Murray State was ranked ahead of MSU. No offense to Murray State and its perfect 20-0 record, but we doubt Sparty would have much trouble with the Racers in a head-to-head battle.

The Purdue Boilermakers had a more than difficult time getting to East Lansing for Saturday’s game, but that might not had mattered the way Michigan State played.

Purdue's Lewis Jackson (23) puts up a layup against Michigan State's Travis Trice (20) during the during the first half Saturday in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

The Spartans shot 60 percent on the game en route to a 83-58 win against the Boilermakers.

Purdue’s Robbie Hummel was a non-factor, shooting 0-for-11 on the game.

The Spartans (16-4, 5-2) only led by seven at the break, but the second half was a much different story. MSU got a break out game from freshman Brandon Dawson, who had more than one highlight reel dunk — and some smack talk for Purdue head coach Matt Painter — on his way yo a career-high 14 points.

All 16 MSU players got in the game.

Saturday’s win makes many Spartan fans forget about the one-point loss to Michigan earlier in the week, but now the team looks forward to another home game against Minnesota on Wednesday.

As for Purdue, it got to the game less than two hours before tipoff, after waiting three hours to leave on a plane Friday nights, but finally opting for a bus ride at 4 this morning.

It’s a tough deal for the Boilermakers, but it likely would not have mattered the way the Spartans played.

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If you’re sick to your stomach, you should be. Michigan State had won 15 games in a row prior to Saturday morning and now … well, let’s just say that losing to Michigan was worse than the losing to Northwestern.

rey Burke, Zack Novak and Tim Hardaway Jr. run up courts celebrating their 60-59 win over Michigan State in Ann Arbor on Tuesday.(Detroit Free Press photo)

MSU (15-4, 4-2) came out in Ann Arbor a bit flat, and in the end, ended flat in the 60-59 loss.

So what happened Tuesday night inside Crisler Center?

For starters, there was little inside game outside of Derrick Nix’s 13 points. And that’s another issue. It’s never good to have Nix lead the team in scoring.

The bad

Draymond Green, who was called a Perfect Spartan earlier this week by Tom Izzo had 8 points, missing the final shot that would have won the game.

Keith Appling looked lost at times and was unable to finish near the rim.

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It almost seemed like nobody on the Michigan State basketball team wanted to make a shot in the final four minutes. And when somebody did, it was Draymond Green who bricked a last-second effort to give the Spartans their third straight loss against Michigan.

AP photo

Michigan held on for the 60-59 win.

The Spartans (15-4, 4-2) dug themselves a big hole and trialed by double-digits in the second half, and in the end, were simply unable to hold of the Wolverines (15-4, 4-2) despite leading in the final minutes.

The team’s top scorers, Green and Keith Appling, combined for 17 points. Derrick Nix led the Spartans with 13 points.

Up next for Michigan State is a home game against Purdue.

Tom Izzo respects Michigan, but he does not like them. (AP photo)

It’s been nearly 14 years since the last time Michigan State and Michigan were ranked at the same time and played each other. In fact, the last time it happen was Feb. 17, 1998 — the great Mateen Cleaves was only a sophomore.

Tonight, No. 9 Michigan State (15-3 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) heads to Ann Arbor to face Michigan (14-4, 4-2) in what is sure to be a heated game.

That’s an understatement, folks!

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