LIVE BLOG: Updates From Indiana Basketball Game At Michigan State

EAST LANSING, Mich. – We've made it to the Breslin Center for Tuesday's game between Indiana (14-10, 5-8) and No. 11 Michigan State (19-4, 10-2). The Hoosiers are looking to snap their five-game losing streak, while the Spartans hope to stay in the Big Ten title race.

This game comes with an opportunity for Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo to pass former Indiana Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight for the most Big Ten wins of all time, 354. It's also the second game since Indiana announced coach Mike Woodson will step down after the season and will not return for a fifth season in 2025-26.

Welcome to our live blog, where we'll share updates, highlights, stats and thoughts on the game live from press row at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.

Final: Indiana 71, Michigan State 67. Hoosiers stun the Spartans at the Breslin Center. Michigan State needed that one for the Big Ten title race, and it delays Tom Izzo breaking Bob Knight's record for at least one more game. Indiana (15-10, 6-8) hosts UCLA Friday.

2H 0:04 – Holloman makes the first free throw, then intentionally missed the second, but Indiana got the rebound. Leal made both free throws to ice the game.

2H 0:04 – MSU fans upset with a foul called on Fears. Officials say he pushed Mgbako, who caught the in-bounds pass out of bounds. I'm not sure he was staying in bounds without a shove. Hoosiers up 69-66 after Mgbako's free throws.

2H 0:09 – Foul called on Michigan State as Mgbako caught the in-bounds pass out of bounds. Officials say he was pushed out of bounds mid-air. Mgbako makes both free throws, giving Indiana a 69-66 lead with 9.4 to play.

2H 0:13 – Timeout MSU after two Mgbako free throws give IU a 67-64 lead with 13.3 to play. Hoosiers keeping the Spartans alive with missed free throws earlier, though.

2H 0:14 – Reneau goes 1 for 2 at the line. Michigan State had a chance to tie game with a 3, but Leal was smart to foul Fidler before a 3-point attempt. Fidler makes both free throws. Indiana leads 65-64.

2H 0:23 – Rice made both free throws. Fidler drove right at Ballo and drew a foul, Ballo's fifth. His night is over. Fidler goes 2 for 2 at the line. Indiana leads 64-62.

2H 0:32 – Mgbako goes 1 for 2 at the line. Then Richardson turned it over after his pass was tipped by Goode. Michigan State sends Rice to the line, and he missed the front end of the one and one. Akins grabbed an offensive rebound and made the put-back layup. Indiana leads 62-60.

2H 1:45 – Mgbako made a tough 8-foot bank shot after spinning past the Michigan State defense, but it's waved off after review. The ball was still on Mgbako's fingertips as the shot clock expired. Indiana leads 61-56.

2H 2:22 – Galloway misses the front end of the one-and-one. Holloman missed a 3 on the other end but grabbed the offensive rebound and found Richardson for the layup. Michigan State's defense is ramping up the pressure on Indiana. Hoosiers lead 61-56.

2H 3:12 – Timeout Michigan State, trailing 61-52 after another Reneau pick-and-roll layup. Reneau has 15 points on 7 for 10 shooting in the second half. Carson Cooper has fouled out. Kohler has three fouls, and Zapala has two. The Spartans haven't had a defensive solution in the paint against Reneau and Ballo tonight. They have combined for 32 points.

2H 4:20 – Michigan State has started to attack Indiana's zone defense the right way over the last few minutes. The Spartans are working the ball into Frankie Fidler at the high post, and letting him take mid-range shots or facilitate. The Spartans' ball movement has been much better lately. But it still can't stop Indiana inside, as Reneau gives Indiana a 55-50 lead with an and-one.

2H 7:22 – Fourth foul on Ballo with 8:04 to play. That could be really costly for Indiana, whose best player has been Ballo tonight with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Richardson hits a 3, cutting Indiana's lead down to 48-44. It's starting to get loud at the Breslin Center.

2H 9:50 – All of Michigan State's defense seemed to be focused on Ballo, so he flipped a quick pass over his shoulder to a cutting Trey Galloway for a layup. Ballo's improved that area of his game this year, averaging a career-high 2.4 assists per game. Hoosiers lead 44-39.

2H 11:34 – Indiana leads Michigan State 42-35 at the under-12 timeout. Spartans look totally out of sorts offensively, shooting 31.6% with three turnovers in the last 2:41 and nine total. Ballo and Reneau continue to play well in the second half.

2H 13:00 – Tough shot from Luke Goode, floating one over the Michigan State defese as the shot clock wound down. Michigan State then committed its eighth turnover of the game against Indiana's zone defense. Hoosiers lead 40-35.

2H 17:18 – Hoosiers open the second half on a 6-0 run, with two layups from Reneau and one from Ballo. Michigan State's bigs are in foul trouble and have had a tough time stopping the Reneau-Ballo duo inside. Indiana leads 38-29.

Halftime: Indiana 32, No. 11 Michigan State 29. Hoosiers trailed by 12 early but held Michigan State to just two points in the last five mins. Indiana's zone defense worked well against a poor 3-point shooting Michigan State team. Nice half for Ballo, 12 points, 7 boards. Good call by Mike Woodson to use a zone defense more frequently than (I think) any game this season. Michigan State is not a good 3-point shooting team – 29.3% (348th), 5.7 3PM (349th), 19.3 3PA (325th). Spartans are 2 for 12 tonight.

1H 0:53 – Cooper quickly picks up his third foul. That could become a big issue for Michigan State against Ballo, who already has 12 points and 7 rebounds. Michigan State is not a good 3-point shooting team, so Indiana's best strategy tonight may just be to slow the game down and feed Ballo and Reneau inside.

1H 1:157 – All three Michigan State bigs have two fouls now – Zapala, Cooper and Kohler. The latest foul on Cooper allows Ballo to give Indiana its first lead of the game, 30-29, with a pair of free throws. For as much as some may dislike Indiana's two-big lineup, it's working tonight.

1H 3:22 – Indiana is hanging around after an 8-2 run cuts Michigan State's lead to 29-28. Both teams below 40% from the field and 30% from 3. Indiana just 5 for 9 at the line. Spartans haven't had an answer for Ballo, 10 points.

1H 5:30 – Michigan State continues to control the glass. After a missed jumper by Akins, Cooper was there for the offensive rebound and put-back. Michigan State has an 18-11 rebounding advantage with seven offensive rebounds. Good pass from Anthony Leal in transition, finding Goode wide open on the right wing for his second 3-pointer of the night. Booker answers with a three. Michigan State leads 27-20.

1H 7:47 – Spartans maintain a 22-14 lead at the under-8 timeout. Good to see Bryson Tucker come out aggressive tonight. He'll go to the line for a second time after the break. Not much working offensively, though. IU shooting 26.3% and Michigan State just 36.8%. Combined 2 for 14 from 3.

1H 8:08 – Goode snaps that streak with a 3-pointer from the right wing. He's been by far Indiana's best 3-point shooter in Big Ten play this year, entering tonight's game ay 47.8% from beyond the arc on 67 attempts. No other Hoosier is shooting over 30% from 3-point range in Big Ten play besides Anthony Leal, who's 6 for 12. Strong drive from Jaden Akins keeps Michigna State ahead 22-14.

1H 10:20 – Impressive play by Michigan State freshman Jase Richardson. He drove past the Indiana perimeter defense then perfectly timed a floater over 7-footer Oumar Ballo, one of the Big Ten's best shot-blockers. Richardson had 29 points Saturday against Oregon. Goode missed a 3-pointer on the other end, and Indiana has missed its first six threes tonight. Hoosiers trail 20-10 after two free throws by Bryson Tucker.

1H 11:47 – Tough stretch for Trey Galloway, missing his first three 3-point attempts and throwing a pass that tipped off Reneau's hands and out of bounds. Eight Spartans have scored already. Indiana has not scored in the last 3:01, and Michigan State has gone on an 8-0 run to take an 18-8 lead.

1H 12:41 – Indiana starting to find some success inside with Ballo, who just made a couple quick layups. He's tough to stop when he catches it deep in the lane. Coen Carr draws a foul on Mgbako on the other end and converts the old-fashioned 3-point play. Reneau, Goode, Leal and Mgbako each have one foul early on. Spartans lead 16-8.

1H 15:54 – Tough shot from Mgbako at the end of the shot clock. Michigan State's defense looked like it had him bottled up, but he spun around and hit the fadeaway jumper at the end of the shot clock. Hoosiers trail 10-4 at the under-16 timeout.

1H 17:14 – Zapala grabbed the rebound but threw it right to Malik Reneau as he tried save it from going out of bounds. Reneau went right to the rim for a layup. Jaden Akins responds with a 3-pointer, and Michigan State is out to an early 10-2 lead.

1H 18:52 – Indiana is getting worked on the glass early on. Two offensive rebounds from Michigan State bigs Szymon Zapala and Jaxon Kohler lead to put-back layups. Kohler's was an and-one. That's part of the risk Indiana ran by going with a smaller starting lineup.

8:45 p.m. – Indiana coach Mike Woodson is mixing up the starting lineup tonight: Trey Galloway, Anthony Leal, Luke Goode, Mackenzie Mgbako and Oumar Ballo. That means Myles Rice will come off the bench for the first time this season. It will be Malik Reneau's second time coming off the bench in 20 games.

6 p.m. – No surprise, but Indiana listed guards Gabe Cupps and Jakai Newton out for tonight's game on the Big Ten pregame availability report. The two second-year guards have appeared in just four games this season and remain out indefinitely.

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