Michigan State (17-2, 8-0) is looking to extend its longest winning streak in six years while Minnesota (11-9, 3-6) is coming off three straight victories – top-25 home wins against Michigan and Oregon sandwiching one at Iowa. Standout senior forward Dawson Garcia averaged 26 points and eight rebounds per game over the winning streak.

No. 7 Michigan State clamped down defensively while rolling to a 73-51 victory against Minnesota on Tuesday night at the Breslin Center to extend its winning streak to 13. This is the first time in Tom Izzo’s 30 seasons coaching the Spartans they went undefeated in both December and January.

MSU sits second behind Boston College in the national pairwise rankings and the Spartans now have a five-point lead over Minnesota in the Big Ten standings.

Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo was fist-pumping on the sideline. Tre Holloman was having an incredible first-half shooting barrage against his hometown team. Michigan State was fired up to stay undefeated in Big Ten play in front of a rowdy home crowd.

Tre Holloman scored all 12 of his points in the first half, Jaden Akins had 10 of his 12 after halftime and No. 7 Michigan State routed Minnesota 73-51 on Tuesday night.

Not surprisingly, the standards are different for K-12 and college students. MSU has closed its campus just seven times in its history. Jan. 27, 1967: It took MSU 110 years to call its first snow day following 26 inches of snowfall. The university has only canceled class a handful of times since.

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The exhibit will showcase the artwork of 20 Mid-Michigan artists who are still in high school at the MSUFCU Headquarters in East Lansing.

Junior forwards Isaac Howard and Daniel Russell scored in the shootout to give MSU the extra point in the Big Ten standings after tying in regulation.

The Big Ten men’s basketball season continues tonight with the spotlight on the Golden Gophers of Minnesota (3-6, 11-9) and the 7 th-ranked Michigan State Spartans (8-0, 17-2) who square off in East Lansing.

Frankie Fidler had a season-high 18 points and Jaden Akins scored 16, leading No. 12 Michigan State to a 90-85 victory over Penn State.