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Michigan State Basketball: 5 bold predictions for February 2019

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - JANUARY 02: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans during game action against the Northwestern Wildcats at Breslin Center on January 2, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - JANUARY 02: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans during game action against the Northwestern Wildcats at Breslin Center on January 2, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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Michigan State basketball is facing a critical month of February but can the Spartans stay atop the Big Ten without Josh Langford?

The Spartans have overcome their toughest stretch of the season with a 9-1 start to the Big Ten season, beating teams like Nebraska, Ohio State and Iowa on the road while downing Purdue and Maryland at home.

Michigan State is coming off its first loss of the conference season at Purdue and its hoping for a bounce-back in the month of February — in a big way. If the Spartans can go 6-1, they will stay in prime shape to bring home the conference title.

The month of February should be a good one for the green and white, but it’s time to get bold.

5. Gabe Brown, Aaron Henry combine to average 15-plus

The news of Josh Langford’s season-ending stress injury has rocked the team, but two guys in particular know that the weight of replacing him falls on them. Aaron Henry and Gabe Brown have realized that they are the two guys in charge of making up for the loss of Langford and they’re going to have some serious growing to do.

In the month of February, they’re going to make the loss of Langford seem like a distant memory and they’ll even help Spartan fans forget they even lost their third-leading scorer.

Henry averages 5.1 points per game and Brown is around 2.7 this season but they will step up to combine for about 15-plus — around what Langford averaged on his own. On top of that, they will shoot about 40 percent from 3-point land, giving Michigan State that boost from long-range.

As long as Henry can play under control and Brown steps up on the defensive end, they’ll see plenty of action. We are going to see them combine to make up for the loss of Langford — no more doom and gloom from the fans.

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