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No. 6 seed Louisville entered its second-round matchup against No. 3 Michigan State Saturday at a significant disadvantage without injured All-ACC guard Mikel Brown Jr.
That disadvantage proved too much to overcome against a tough and tournament-tested Michigan State team as the Spartans pulled away for a 77-69 win to advance to the Sweet 16.
All Big Ten point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. guided the MSU victory while tallying 12 points and 16 assists against a Louisville team that was clearly missing its own floor leader. Fears’ 16 assists matched the total produced by the entire Louisville roster. His 16 assists were the most ever by an MSU player in an NCAA tournament game.
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Michigan State opened up a 22-12 early lead that it never relinquished. Louisville managed to keep things close and cut MSU’s lead to as close as 55-50 with 8:20 remaining. But without their star guard, the Cardinals weren’t able to mount a challenge to the Spartans.
A veteran team with significant NCAA tournament experience and a championship-winning head coach in Tom Izzo, Michigan State advances to a regional semifinal matchup against either UCLA or UConn and will be a threat to make it to the Final Four and beyond.
Freshman forward Jordan Scott has been elevated to the starting lineup for Michigan State. But he’s surrounded in the starting lineup by veterans Fears, Jaxon Kohler, Coen Carr and Carson Cooper, each of whom have three-plus years of NCAA experience and played on last season’s team that advanced to the Elite Eight.
Guided by a Hall of Fame coach in Izzo, Michigan State will enter the second weekend of tournament play with as much poise and experience as any team in the field.
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That disadvantage proved too much to overcome against a tough and tournament-tested Michigan State team as the Spartans pulled away for a 77-69 win to advance to the Sweet 16.
All Big Ten point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. guided the MSU victory while tallying 12 points and 16 assists against a Louisville team that was clearly missing its own floor leader. Fears’ 16 assists matched the total produced by the entire Louisville roster. His 16 assists were the most ever by an MSU player in an NCAA tournament game.
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Michigan State opened up a 22-12 early lead that it never relinquished. Louisville managed to keep things close and cut MSU’s lead to as close as 55-50 with 8:20 remaining. But without their star guard, the Cardinals weren’t able to mount a challenge to the Spartans.
A veteran team with significant NCAA tournament experience and a championship-winning head coach in Tom Izzo, Michigan State advances to a regional semifinal matchup against either UCLA or UConn and will be a threat to make it to the Final Four and beyond.
Freshman forward Jordan Scott has been elevated to the starting lineup for Michigan State. But he’s surrounded in the starting lineup by veterans Fears, Jaxon Kohler, Coen Carr and Carson Cooper, each of whom have three-plus years of NCAA experience and played on last season’s team that advanced to the Elite Eight.
Guided by a Hall of Fame coach in Izzo, Michigan State will enter the second weekend of tournament play with as much poise and experience as any team in the field.
This story will be updated.
Continue reading...
