LIVE BLOG: Follow Indiana's Game With Michigan State in Real Time

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Greetings from INSIDE the Breslin Center, where we are here for Indiana's final out-of-state game of the regular season. Welcome to our live blog, where we deliver the news in real time, and toss in a dash of opinion along the way, too.

Tipoff tonight is at 8 p.m. Here's all the details on how to watch the game. CLICK HERE

If you aren't familiar with the LIVE BLOG, we'll post things every few minutes as the game goes on, with the most recent post at the top. So just keep refreshing and we've got you covered.

So here we go:

FINAL SCORE: Michigan State 64, Indiana 58. Indiana falls below .500 for the first time all season with a 12-13 record, and they are now 7-11 in the Big Ten after their fourth straight loss.

10:10 p.m. -- Indiana comes up empty again, and they're forced to foul. Aaron Henry hits a pair and it's 60-52.

10:02 p.m. -- At the 2:30 mark, Al Durham air-balls a three, and then Aaron Henry hits a three at the other end. Michigan State up four now, 56-52. And now, another Indiana turnover. Michigan State calls timeout with 1:31 to go. Aaron Henry has 18 points now, with 14 coming in the second half. He wants it in crunch time.

9:55 p.m. -- We're at the final media timeout, and Michigan State leads 53-51 with 3:13 to go. Trayce Jackson-Davis will be at the line for two when we return to action. He's had a quiet night. He's just 1-for-5 from the field and has only eight points up to now. He misses the first one, but makes the second.

9:50 p.m. -- We're at the under-8 timeout now, and with 6:15 to go, Michigan State leads 48-47. We're at 37 fouls and 30 made baskets now. Indiana's freshmen are responding here late, with Khristian Lander and Jordan Geronimo both scoring on drives to the basket. And then Indiana takes the lead on a basket by Trey Galloway. It's 49-48 Indiana with 4:43 to go.

9:42 p.m. -- Gabe Brown gets free and hits back-to-back threes for Michigan State. This comes after the Spartans started the game 1-for-13 from deep. Spartans suddenly ahead 42-39.

9:40 p.m. -- Jerome Hunter picks up his fourth foul with 11:05 to go. We are now up to 35 fouls called -- and 22 made baskets. Big Ten basketball at its absolute worst

9:35 p.m. -- Rob Phinisee hits a three for Indiana and he has 12 points now. That's his highest total since he had 18 against Iowa on Jan. 21. We're at the under-12 timeout and Indiana leads 38-35.

9:27 p.m, -- There is 14:55 left in the second half and Indiana is already in the bonus. There's been 31 fouls called already. Trey Galloway makes two free throws, and Indiana leads 35-31.

9:10 p.m. -- Ready to start the second half here and Race Thompson is back out on the floor. That's a good sign. But Trayce Jackson-Davis picks up his third foul just two minutes in. And at the 17:12 mark, Al Durham picks up his third. This officiating crew is calling a lot of ticky-tack stuff. They've called 26 fouls so far.

MY TWO CENTS: Let's not forget that Michigan State only scored 27 points last week against Indiana -- and then exploded for 52 in the second half. Fearful of seeing the same thing, because Indiana is suddenly very short-handed. Armaan Franklin didn't dress, Race Thompson now might be out, and Jordan Geronimo already has three fouls.

HALFTIME-- Khristian Lander missed a free throw, the first time that's happened all season. He was 6-for-6 coming into the game. Joshua Lanford hits a jumper for Michigan State and we go to the half tied at 26. Indiana is 1-for-13 from three, Michigan State 1-for-8. Indiana is shooting 27.6 percent (8-for-29) from the field, but they've been good at the line, going 9-for-12. Trayce Jackson-Davis is 5-for-6. He has seven points and Rob Phinisee leads the way with nine points.

8:45 p.m. -- Race Thompson, who's wearing a mask after taking a blow to the face in practice last week, just took another shot to the face. He's walking off to the locker room.

8:40 p.m. -- Rob Phinisee hits Indiana's first three after eight straight misses to put the Hoosiers up 23-20 here at the final media timeout of the first. Phinisee has been in a major slump lately, but he's playing well tonight. Six points so far.

8:35 p.m. Trayce Jackson-Davis picks up his second foul on a cheap reach-in call and heads to the bench with 6:47 to go. Doubt we see him again this half. It's 18-16, so let's see where we stand at the break. Hoosiers need to hold their own without him in there. Spartans have been sloppy so far, with eight turnovers.

8:30 p.m. -- Aaron Henry, the Ben Davis product from Indianapolis, is starting to heat up for Michigan State. He scores on consecutive trips and Michigan State is back within two at 16-14. We're at the under-8 timeout. Indiana 0-for-7 from threes so far.

8:20 pm -- Points are hard to come by here at Breslin. We've reached the halfway point in the first half and it's still only 12-10 Indiana. There's been six baskets so far and ELEVEN FOULS! At the 9:03 mark, Indiana is already in the bonus.

8:15 p.m. -- Trey Galloway drives to the basket and scores to give Indiana an 11-7 lead. Let's see if he can get a second hoop tonight. He hasn't had multiple field goals in a game since Jan. 10. Indiana leads 11-9 at the second media timeout. Hoosiers 4-for-14 from the field, 0-for-4 from three. It helps that Michigan State is just 2-for-8.

8:10 p.m. -- Indiana has missed its first five shots from the field, and all five starters have missed one each. I guess that's a balanced attack. Trayce Jackson-Davis gets the first basket on an offensive rebound and at the first media timeout, Indiana leads 5-4 with 14:57 to go.

8:05 p.m. - Michigan State giving Trayce Jackson-Davis much more respect tonight than they did in the first game 10 days ago, when he went off for 34 points against mostly single coverage. They've doubled him in the post, and doubled him when he's rolled to the rim after a handoff, too.

7:45 p.m -- Jerome Hunter gets his second career start with Armaan Franklin (foot) out. He's joined in the starting lineup by Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson, Rob Phinisee and Al Durham.

7:35 p.m. - Michigan State is back to being a 3.5-point favorite on the DraftKings site. It started there this morning, dipped to 2.5 as Indiana flowed it, but now has gone back up.

7:30 p.m. ET - This is Michigan State's fifth game in 11 days as they try to make up everything from their COVID pause. They looked like they were out of gas Saturday in that loss at Maryland, so it will be interesting to see what kind of legs they have early. Being home will help, fans or no fans.

7:15 p.m. ET - Indiana guard Armaan Franklin is not playing tonight, which is no surprise. He's in street clothes, sitting on the bench with Parker Stewart while the Hoosiers warm up.

Looks like Indiana will be without second-leading scorer Armaan Franklin tonight vs. MSU. In street clothes during warmups. Foot injury per @DustinDopirak. pic.twitter.com/5TPa6XFtv4
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) March 3, 2021

7 p.m. ET - Both teams are currently on the outside looking in for the NCAA Tournament, and the loser tonight is almost certainly out unless something crazy happens in the Big Ten Tournament. Here's the latest bracketology. CLICK HERE

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— Indiana Basketball (@IndianaMBB) March 2, 2021