Michigan State Basketball: 5 takeaways from win over No. 3 Purdue

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EAST LANSING, MI – FEBRUARY 10: Miles Bridges #22 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates his made basket late in the second half against the Purdue Boilermakers at Breslin Center on February 10, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

1. Yes, Miles Bridges has plenty of game

Yes, this one is directed at Dan Dakich. The ESPN broadcaster is now infamously known by Spartan fans for saying that Miles Bridges “has no game.” The sophomore sensation shot down that notion, as he has multiple times since the statement was made, with a 20-point performance against the No. 3 team in college basketball.

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Bridges has scored 20-plus points in six of the last eight games and he’s looking more like the player everyone expected to see at the beginning of the year. When Michigan State struggled shooting the ball early on, Bridges was there making his shots and keeping the Spartans afloat.

This was a game which Nick Ward and Jaren Jackson Jr. weren’t having much of an impact because of foul trouble and Josh Langford couldn’t find his stroke. Bridges took over and was the dominant force he needed to be.

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The sophomore wing also made the biggest shot of his career, draining a 3-pointer from about five feet from behind the arc to win the game. Sure, there were about 2.7 seconds left after the make, but it was the shot that ended it as Purdue wasn’t able to respond.

Yes, Bridges has game, and he showed it all night long.

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