Philadelphia — Three days earlier, Tom Izzo walked away from a 28-point victory worried about the energy his team played with.
By Saturday afternoon, he had all sorts of adjectives for Michigan State’s performance against Penn State at The Palestra, a 72-63 victory for the Nittany Lions, the first Big Ten loss for Michigan State and the first victory over the Spartans after seven straight losses for Penn State coach Pat Chambers.
“I’m embarrassed in a city where basketball is like this and my team played like they did in the first half,” Izzo said.