On a short turnaround after playing Butler on Friday night, Michigan State was back on the hardcourt two nights later to host Alcorn State. For those of you who are unfamiliar, Alcorn State is in southwest Mississippi close to the Louisiana border. They are an HBCU playing in the SWAC. This was not one of the tougher games on MSU’s schedule.
It was announced just before the game started that Michigan State would be playing without leading scorer Tyson Walker, and Tre Holloman would be getting his first career start in his place. From the get-go, it was clear that MSU was going to use this game to shoot itself out of its three-point shooting woes.