EAST LANSING — Louisville came out of the locker room at halftime Wednesday and started taking it to Michigan State basketball.
In a flash, everything changed. And Breslin Center shook with noise for the first time since March 2020.
A.J. Hoggard set the tone by getting out and running and finishing through contact. The Spartans stopped giving up the ball and started moving it, with 3-pointer after 3-pointer starting to rain down from the perimeter. And their defense began to stifle the Cardinals, allowing No. 22 MSU to pull to a 73-64 victory.