It was an old-fashioned, scrappy Big Ten battle in the Breslin Center on Wednesday night, one that came down to the final minute. But No.

This was the Spartans’ tenth straight win, their best streak since 2018. This streak is exactly what MSU needed, too, as they will have five ranked opponents between Sunday’s match-up with Illinois and the Feb. 21 match-up against Michigan.

An incensed Tom Izzo called Michigan State basketball's second-half defensive issues "a problem" after surviving Penn State for a 10th straight win