MINNEAPOLIS — Cassius Winston swished a 3-pointer. And then another. And another.
Jaren Jackson Jr. drained a 3-pointer. And then another.
No. 1 Michigan State kept making one after another from deep, hitting 10 3-pointers in the first half and coasting to an 87-57 victory over Minnesota on Tuesday night at Williams Arena.
Jackson and Winston combined for eight of those as the Spartans missed twice in the first 20 minutes. MSU made 14 3-pointers for the game, shot 53.3 percent overall and outrebounded the Gophers 49-23 en route to winning its ninth straight game.
Jackson scored a career-high 27 points as the Spartans (25-3, 13-2 Big Ten) now own the school’s best 28-game start in program history, surpassing the 2000-01 team that went to the Final Four in Minneapolis.