Michigan State couldn’t relax, because for most of the game it was a one- or two-shot affair. On a night when its pace setter Fears shot 0-for-10, — even missing an uncontested layup at the final buzzer — its offense still found enough to stay close. But winning needed more. It needed perfection on an imperfect night.

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Despite missing eight straight field goals, Michigan State trailed by only a point. Then Coen Carr scored in the paint and Jordan Scott knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers from opposite corners. With the Breslin Center thumping,

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