Michigan State Basketball: 5 reasons Spartans will beat UCLA in Vegas Invitational
3. The shots will eventually start falling
What would you say if I told you Michigan State had struggled to make 3-point shots in each of their last two games and still won by 21 and 68 points, respectively? You probably would have said that the team must have avoided the deep shot, but that they have not.
In fact, Michigan State was 6-for-29 against UL-Monroe from deep and 14-for-33 against Tennessee Tech. That’s a combined 20-for-62 from deep which is just about 30 percent — that’s not going to win you many games.
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That, however, is a trend that won’t continue. The Spartans have shooters littered across the roster in Matt McQuaid, Josh Langford, Cassius Winston, Foster Loyer and others who can hit the deep shot like Marcus Bingham Jr., Kenny Goins, Aaron Henry and even Xavier Tillman showed some range against Tennessee Tech.
Michigan State’s shots are going to fall eventually and why not on Thursday evening. This team is too talented to shoot under 30 percent from long-range yet again, so even an average shooting night will be enough to make life difficult for the Bruins.