The first 13 minutes of Friday’s game between the Northwestern Wildcats (12-3, 1-1) and the Michigan State Spartans (10-5, 2-0) went about as bad for Northwestern as anyone could have imagined. The struggles for Chris Collins’ squad peaked at the 7:02 mark in the first half, when Michigan State guard Cassius Winston glided to the rim for an easy layup late in a possession to increase the Spartans’ lead to 28-9. Down 19 points on the road at one of the most hostile environments in college basketball, it appeared as though Northwestern could be in a for a long day.
What we learned against Michigan State
