Michigan State Basketball: 3 takeaways from ugly win over Nebraska

1. Joshua Langford, Aaron Henry carried the offense

Once again, Michigan State’s offense was bad. Like really bad. OK, so the Spartans played well against Iowa, scoring 78 points and making 40 percent of their threes, but it was a complete 180 on Saturday night against Nebraska.

In fact, the Spartans shot just 39 percent from the floor and only 6-for-23 from 3-point range — and Joshua Langford and Aaron Henry accounted for five of those threes on 10 attempts. Spartans not named Henry or Langford shot 1-for-13 from deep. Yikes.

The offense was so bad in the second half that there was a point in the final minutes in which Michigan State had 23 total points and Henry and Langford had 17 of them. On the night, the two combined for 34 points on 13-for-26 shooting from the floor. If that doesn’t prove that they carried the team, I don’t know what would.

They had over half of the total points scored by the Spartans and shot 50 percent while the rest of the team combined to shoot a mere 30 percent.

Michigan State needs more than just these two to step up every game. Calling on you, Rocket Watts and Joey Hauser.