Michigan State Basketball: 5 bold predictions vs. Iowa in Week 14

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EAST LANSING, MI – JANUARY 31: Miles Bridges #22 of the Michigan State Spartans dunks the ball during a game against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Breslin Center on January 31, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

1. Miles Bridges drops at least 25 points

I just can’t see Miles Bridges struggling in back-to-back games. He put together five strong performances in a row before his clunker at Indiana on Saturday night. He looked out of sorts on both sides of the ball and his mental mistakes were uncharacteristic.

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Maybe he’s feeling the team lean too much on him and he played accordingly, but no matter the reason, he’s not going to let it happen again.

Iowa has one of the worst defenses in college basketball and the star sophomore is going to take advantage. He’ll be a matchup nightmare all game for the Hawkeyes and, get this, he’s actually going to succeed when taking the ball to the rack instead of turning it over or forcing a poor shot or ill-advised pass.

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Also, he’s going to do this with the ever-critical Dan Dakich in attendance. It’ll be nice for him to show the ESPN broadcaster that he does, in fact, have game.

Bridges drops 25 en route to a Spartans’ win.

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