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Michigan State Basketball: Game-by-game predictions for December 2018

By Connor Muldowney

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DALLAS, TX – MARCH 17: Jalen Hudson #3 of the Florida Gators attempts a shot past Zhaire Smith #2 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the first half during the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament at the American Airlines Center on March 17, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
DALLAS, TX – MARCH 17: Jalen Hudson #3 of the Florida Gators attempts a shot past Zhaire Smith #2 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the first half during the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament at the American Airlines Center on March 17, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

The Florida Gators are off to a rough start to their 2018-19 season at 4-3, but they are never an easy win in Gainesville and could build off two blowout wins in their last three games. Mike White is turning this program around, ever so slightly, and they even made the NCAA Tournament before losing to Texas Tech in the second round last year.

This team doesn’t have a go-to scorer, and that will be a problem against the Spartans. In fact, Deaundrae Ballard is the only Gator who is averaging in double figures and he’s only putting up 10.9 points per game. The scoring is quite balanced, though, as eight players are averaging at least 6.0 points per contest.

Still, that won’t be enough to keep up with the red-hot offense of the Spartans.

Michigan State is going to race out to a 10-point lead in the first half and extend it to 15 before the game is over. They won’t win by 15, but that will be the team’s biggest lead as Cassius Winston dominates and Josh Langford gets back on track with 23 points.

Final Score: Michigan State 78, Florida 66 (8-2)

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