Michigan State Basketball: 3 takeaways from huge win over No. 2 Michigan

Michigan State basketball picked up a mammoth win over No. 2 Michigan, notching the Spartans’ third top-five win in the past two weeks.

If fans were in attendance, Sunday’s game against Michigan would have had the Breslin Center rocking. East Lansing was a little quieter this year because of COVID-19, but that didn’t stop the Spartans from picking up a huge win to close out the regular season over their biggest rivals.

Michigan State took the lead from the get-go and held on until halftime, going into the locker room with a 30-26 advantage.

The Spartans came out with energy and answered all of Michigan’s early makes, holding onto a 5-6 point advantage for a majority of the half. The Wolverines cut it to two late, but a huge 3-pointer from Joshua Langford pretty much put the game on ice.

What’d we learn form a huge senior night win over No. 2 Michigan?

3. The senior came up big

Joshua Langford was the lone senior celebrating his (potential) final game in East Lansing on Sunday evening and he knew he had to go out with a bang.

He hit a couple of mid-range jumpers throughout the game and was relatively quiet before a crucial turnover led to an and-one on the other end, cutting Michigan State’s five-point lead to just two with a little over a minute remaining.

Not fazed by the mistake, Langford caught a pass on the wing on the next possession, realized he had some room and fired off a long-range jumper. It dropped.

That 3-pointer with just over a minute left wasn’t just gutsy, but it was probably the most clutch shot of the senior’s career and a great way to say goodbye to the Breslin Center. He may not have had his best game, but he had the biggest play of the day.