CHICAGO — Forget rest, Michigan State basketball has another championship to play for. Cassius Winston and the sixth-ranked Spartans blitzed No. 19 Wisconsin early…
CHICAGO — Forget rest, Michigan State basketball has another championship to play for.
Cassius Winston and the sixth-ranked Spartans blitzed No. 19 Wisconsin early and never trailed en route to a 67-55 victory in Saturday’s Big Ten tournament semifinal matinee at United Center.
The junior point guard scored 21 points with six assists, going 9 of 17 from the floor. Kenny Goins added 13 points and 12 rebounds, hitting four of MSU’s nine 3-pointers. Xavier TIllman added 17 points, and freshman Aaron Henry grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds.
The Spartans (27-6) advance to Sunday’s Big Ten tournament championship game for the first time since winning it all in 2016. They will face the winner of Michigan-Minnesota at 3:30 p.m. (CBS).
Ethan Happ essentially replicated his line from the first game with 20 points on 10 of 20 shooting to lead the Badgers (23-10), but MSU held him to just six rebounds.
After a sluggish and sloppy start against Ohio State on Friday, MSU came out against Wisconsin with one of its best starts of the season.
