Game Thread: Michigan State Spartans vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

The No. 9 Michigan State Spartans look to end a two-game skid, as the basketball squad travels to Champaign to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini.

After a 9-0 start in conference play, MSU dropped a road game to the Purdue Boilermakers, and then news broke that Joshua Langford would miss the remainder of the season, and then MSU lost a home game to an Indiana Hoosiers team that was struggling mightily. But the sky isn’t falling, yet.

Illinois should be a good bounce-back opportunity for the Spartans. All road games in the Big Ten are tough, but the Fighting Illini have had a rough go this year. The team is just 7-15 overall, and 3-8 in conference play. However, Illinois has won two of its…