Wednesday night’s No. 3 Michigan State vs No. 24 Louisville contest was one of the better games of the young season and the second in which the Spartans pulled away in against a ranked team already this season.
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Down 18-5 early on, it was clear that the fatigue of playing six games in 13 days was catching up with this team. Michigan State’s 7-0 start to the season was in jeopardy of becoming 7-1 with a home loss in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, but Tom Izzo didn’t let his team give up.