Special to Detroit Free Press
EAST LANSING — Down four players, including two starters, No. 10 Michigan State basketball needed a late run to pull away from High Point on Wednesday afternoon.
Gabe Brown was scorching hot from 3-point range and A.J. Hoggard helped direct a second-half run to help the Spartans (11-2) past the Panthers, 81-68 at Breslin Center.
Brown scored a career-high 24 points (6-for-13 from 3-point range) and Hoggard scored 10 points and dished eight assists off the bench. Joey Hauser added 17 points and 11 rebounds.