After suffering its first loss of the season to No. 4 Duke a week earlier, Michigan State basketball held on for what happened to be a thrilled in Happy Valley against an 8-2 Penn State team.
The Spartans needed all 40 minutes to hang on against the Nittany Lions on the road, and that was because the defense just wasn’t up to par. Tom Izzo also wasn’t pleased with all of the missed layups as someone brought up in his post-game presser that his team as 6-for-18 on bunnies.
Still, a win’s a win and Izzo can’t be too upset with a 9-1 start to the year and a top-10 ranking after being tabbed as the sixth-best team in the Big Ten before the season tipped off.