MSU holds off Penn State.

Michigan State took on Talor Battle... oh and the rest of Penn State actually showed up for once. It was a very exciting game, and little ol Penn State fought their heart out, but it just wasn't enough. But it was surprising how close it was. It was one of those games where you have no idea it's close until you look up at the score board and say "Holy Crap, it's only a three point game." But let's get a recap shall we?

First half was pretty even, MSU had the better half and led going into the locker room. Nothing really of note happened, Lucas threw a beautiful alley-oop (how the hell do ya spell it?) pass to Durrell Summers that got the Izzone going. But other than that... it was a straight forward half. Austin Thorton scored... that was awesome.

Second half was exciting... mostly because it wasn't a blow out yet. Penn State was able to silently rally to get the lead. They led pretty late in the game, but State wasn't about to lose to Penn State. State promptly took the lead back 62-60, eventually winning 67-65, but it was interesting. Draymond got a steal, then provided a nice outlet pass to Raymar Morgan, who got foulded going for the lay-up. He nailed both free throws to go up four with about 13 seconds left. Penn State quickly goes down and makes a three (not Battle, believe it.) Lucas is intentionally fouled with about 6 seconds left. He makes the first, misses the second, but good defensive pressure prevented Battle from getting anywhere, and he couldn't get the half court heave off in time. He missed it anyways.

But I would like to make a point here, yes it was a nice win, yes Kebler played and I went nuts. But we over looked Penn State. It was evident, it shouldn't have been close. MSU has to avoid this in the future if it wants to take care of business when it counts. Or heck, even Sunday MSU has to avoid that. MSU has rival Michigan in town, and you can never over look a rival, no matter how bad they are. But good win for the Spartans, needed to win to stay in the hunt for the Big Ten regular season title.