On Friday, Northwestern (12-3, 1-1) saw its nine game winning streak snapped as they fell 61-52 to the Michigan State Spartans (10-5, 2-0) at the Breslin Center. The Wildcats fell behind by as many as 19 points early but were able to battle back throughout the rest of the game and cut the deficit in the second half to as little as four points.

Here’s what Chris Collins and Tom Izzo had to say after the game.

Chris Collins

“Seemed like a good ole fashioned Big Ten game tonight, that was two teams playing really hard.