Five Keys to Michigan State basketball’s huge 61-59 road victory over Maryland

Only three teams have beaten Maryland in College Park the past two years. Here’s how MSU became one of them:

Michigan State basketball finally got their first Big Ten road win of the season on Sunday with a 61-59 road win over Maryland.

They definitely had to work for it though, as you’d expect, as only two other teams have managed to beat Maryland in College Park in the past two season.

After going into the half up 12, the Terrapins stormed back and outscored the Spartans by 10 in the second half and put the pressure on MSU, but some late game heroics by a few of the MSU guards sealed this win for MSU.

Below, we put together a list of five important keys to this one and what led to this important road win.