EAST LANSING, Mich. – Indiana hadn’t dropped back-to-back games all season before its loss at Northwestern.
Then when the Hoosiers arrived in East Lansing, they were staring the possibility of a three-game losing streak in the face — and No. 17 Michigan State was, too.
“We both wanted to win,” Race Thompson said. “When you lose two in a row, you get a little frustrated.”
An abundance of foul calls and a hostile environment only added to that frustration. The result was a 76-61 loss at the Breslin Center.
The tone was set from the opening possession.