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WATCH: Highlights from MSU basketball’s win over Indiana State

Watch the highlights from MSU’s win over Indiana State

In a game against a very good Indiana State basketball team, Michigan State was able to grind out a gritty 12-point victory, defeating the Sycamores 87-75 in front of a sell out crowd at the Breslin Center.

Michigan State was led by their veteran leadership, getting outstanding performances from Tyson Walker, AJ Hoggard and Malik Hall.

In a game Coach Izzo dubbed as, “a big-time win” MSU showed fans that they are starting to come together as the team everyone expected.

Check out highlights from the big win on Saturday afternoon:

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Quotes: Tom Izzo talks about Michigan State basketball’s gritty win over Indiana State

Tom Izzo was happy when he spoke to the media on Saturday after MSU’s win …

Michigan State pulled out a gritty win over Indiana State on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Sycamores 87-75 at the Breslin Center.

Despite trailing by 5 with just over ten minutes to go in the game, an outstanding ten minute stretch to close out the game commenced for the Spartans, outscoring the opposition 28-12, and taking the double digit win.

Even though the name on the jersey said Indiana State, this felt like a big time game and a big time win for Michigan State.

Check out what Tom Izzo had to say after the game:

Michigan State basketball holds off pesky Indiana State, wins fourth straight

MSU holds off a pesky Indiana State team, 87-75:

Michigan State welcomed in Indiana State on Saturday afternoon for a game at the Breslin Center. The Sycamores came into the game as a scary opponent for the Spartans, sitting at 11-1 and one of the nations best offenses, ISU was going to give MSU all that they could handle, and they did.

Behind two outstanding performances from Tyson Walker (22 points) and AJ Hoggard (17 points), the Spartans were able to hold off the visiting Sycamores, winning 87-75.

The name of the game for Indiana State was the three ball, taking 35 three pointers in the game and making 14, keeping them in the game.

Michigan State took a 10 point lead into the halftime break, leading 44-34.

Indiana State came out firing in the second half, and outscored Michigan State by 15, culminating in a 64-59 Sycamores lead with 10:36 remaining in the game.

From that point on, Michigan State showed their mental toughness, and showed that this is the team fans expected to see this season, outscoring ISU 28-12 over the final ten minutes to close out a victory.

Aiding the guard play was a strong performance by Malik Hall, who finished with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the game. Mady Sissoko also had a solid game, securing 12 rebounds for the Spartans.

MSU will be back in action on Thursday, at home, in search of their first Big Ten win of the season against Penn State.