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WATCH: Portland basketball coach has outburst at conclusion of game with MSU

WATCH: Portland head coach Shantay Legans had an outburst towards the officials following the Pilot’s loss to Michigan State on Sunday

Michigan State survived a late scare against Portland on Sunday afternoon to win the fifth place game of the Phil Knight Invitational.

On the final play of the game, there was a contested shot in the lane that appeared to have some contact but went as a no-call, and the Pilots could not secure the win.

Portland’s coach Shantay Legans was not happy with the officiating during the contest, having an outburst after Mady Sissoko was flagarantly fouled and he concluded the game with an outburst prior to the handshake line.

You can watch his outburst via Twitter:

Total fouls in the game favored the Pilots 14-13.

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Michigan State basketball: One off the radar player fans need to be aware of amid injuries

There’s one off the radar player on MSU’s roster you should expect to step up amid the injuries to Malik Hall and Jaden Akins

It has been reported that Malik Hall and Jaden Akins are both expected to miss time during the Phil Knight Invitational tournament the Spartans are set to play in over the holiday weekend.

Now, the Spartans find themselves down to 8 scholarship players, and a serious depth problem on their roster.

Who should fans expect to step up with the increase of minutes available?

Well, the obvious answer is Pierre Brooks and Tre Holloman, two players who already are featured in the rotation and get quality minutes. But there is one player on Tom Izzo’s bench I expect to see more of this week.

Jason Whitens.

Whitens is a walk-on transfer from Western Michigan. He transferred into MSU for the 2021-22 season, before a torn ACL ended his season in the first exhibition game.

Now, Whitens is back for another year and he may get thrusted into action amid injuries. At Western Michigan, he played in 67 games, while starting 47 of those games, so he is a guy with experience at the division one level. In his WMU career, Whitens averaged 4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in an average of 19.7 minutes per game.

Michigan State has a plethora of minutes available, and will need several guys to step up to fill the void and I am expecting Jason Whitens will be a part of that group.

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