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Michigan State's Foster Loyer looked like Mr. Basketball again. Finally

LSJ columnist Graham Couch, Freep beat writer Chris Solari and Freep columnist Shawn Windsor break down MSU's win over OSU. Mike DeFabo and Graham Couch and Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor, Lansing State Journal

CHICAGO — Foster Loyer has heard the criticism. He’s too small. Too slow. Not athletic enough. Not good enough to compete at a basketball school like Michigan State.

And why did Tom Izzo recruit him, anyway?

Sometimes it takes time. Time to find the moment, as Loyer did Friday afternoon at the United Center, his Spartans trailing by four, eight minutes into the first half of MSU’s 77-70 win against Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament.