Michigan Wolverines vs Michigan St. Spartans Match Player Stats On Mar 09, 2019

Cassius Winston overcame a poor shooting night to score 23 points and lead No. 9 Michigan State to a 75-63 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Saturday in East Lansing, Mich.

Host Michigan State (25-6, 16-4 Big Ten) clinched a share of the Big Ten championship with Purdue while locking up the No. 1 seed in next week's conference tournament. Michigan (26-5, 15-5) finishes a game out of first place and will be the third seed in the conference tournament.

Winston also handed out seven assists for the Spartans while Xavier Tillman scored 17 and Kenny Goins had nine points and 16 rebounds.

For Michigan, it was a crushing defeat. The Wolverines controlled the game early, but when Michigan State started its decisive 25-4 surge in the second half, Michigan had no answer.

Ignas Brazdeikis scored 20 for the Wolverines, but he fouled out with 5:10 left in the game. Jordan Poole added 15 points.

It was all Michigan for the better part of the first half as the Wolverines made seven of their first nine shots and were 10-for-15 to build a nine-point lead midway thought the half. That advantage grew to 35-23 with just more than three minutes to play in the half before Michigan State started to show some life.

The Spartans got a dunk from Thomas Kithier, a drive and layup from Kyle Ahrens in transition and a Tillman dunk to cut the deficit to 35-29 at halftime.

Michigan State built off the late first-half energy in the second half, slowly chipping away at Michigan's advantage.

After a Brazdeikis 3 gave the Wolverines a 48-40 lead, the Spartans went on a 10-2 surge to tie the game at 50 on a pair of free throws from Tillman with 10:47 to play.

The run got to 19-4 as Winston continued to take over, scoring on a drive and layup to give Michigan State a 59-52 lead with 7:55 to play. The lead continued to grow as the surge reached 25-4 after a Winston runner gave Michigan State a 65-52 lead and finally came to an end with two free throws from Brazdeikis.

The Wolverines got within 10 late in the half but couldn't get any closer as the Spartans completed the season sweep of their rival.

--Field Level Media