West Lafayette, Ind. – Not many folks assumed a Big Ten team was going to go through the season unbeaten, but the longer it lasted for Michigan State, the scenarios started to become at least worth looking at.
That all came crashing down at Purdue on Sunday as the Boilermakers jumped out early, took a huge second-half lead then held off a furious Spartans rally on their way to a 73-63 victory over No. 6 Michigan State, handing the Spartans their first conference loss and ending a pair of streaks. Entering the game, Michigan State had won 13 straight and were on a run of 21 consecutive Big Ten regular-season games without a loss.