EAST LANSING — Aside from two late 3-pointers in the first half, No. 2 Michigan State held Division II Hillsdale to 17.9% shooting from the field Friday night, as the Spartans demolished the Chargers, 75-44, at the Breslin Center for MSU’s final exhibition game of the season.
MSU started the game on a 10-2 run and never looked back. The Spartans finished the first half with a 12-2 run to enter halftime with a 37-20 lead. Hillsdale scored 8 of its 20 points in the first half from the free throw line.
MSU extended its lead at one point to 30 points on back-to-back scores from Cassius Winston with just over eight minutes to play and held it there for the majority of the match.