Michigan State basketball: 3 takeaways from close win over Iowa

Michigan State basketball picked up an important win against Iowa on Thursday night to improve to 14-7 on the season and 6-4 in Big Ten play.

The Hawkeyes, on the other hand, dropped to 12-8 on the year and are now one game under .500 in the conference. This was an important win heading into Sunday’s game at No. 1 Purdue.

Here’s what we learned from Michigan State’s win over Iowa.

3. Mady Sissoko had his best game in a while

Although it didn’t start very well for Mady Sissoko, he really came into his own throughout and pieced together one of his best games since the beginning of the year.

Sissoko’s defense was shaky early on as he picked up a really bad and-one foul but then he stood tall after taking a seat on the bench and talking with Tom Izzo. He came out and looked like a different player for the rest of the game.

Mady finished with his first career double-double, scoring 10 points with 10 rebounds and he swatted two shots. He was 4-for-6 from the floor, but he has to learn to ditch that 3-foot jump shot and actually develop some post moves.

This game was a good sign for Mady.