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

It's the Big Ten in mid-February, so there's a lot at stake on Saturday when Indiana and Michigan State square off in the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Here is our live blog straight from press row, with all your news and views in real time.

Tom Brew

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

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Welcome to the Breslin Center, where Indiana and Michigan State are both desperate to snap two-game losing streaks on Saturday. So it's safe to assume this should be a hard-fought mid-February Big Ten game.

Welcome to our live blog, where we'll keep you updated on all the news and views from the game in real time. Here's the view from today's office:

The most recent items are at the top, so just continue to refresh and we'll keep you updated on everything that happens here. We'll add opinion and highlights as they come available, too.

The game starts at 3:30 p.m. ET and is on FOX today. Here's all the pregame details on how to watch. CLICK HERE

Enjoy. the game!

5:53 p.m. — The Michigan State students have started the ''NIT'' chant behind the Indiana bench. They've also been given it to Parker Stewart with a "Let down the whole team'' chant. 

5:50 p.m. — Spartans get an offensive. rebound and Tyson Walker hits another three. Michigan State's point guards have killed Indiana today. Walker has nine points and Hoggard left with 14.

5:48 p.m. — Mike Woodson still yapping at the officials. He's as angry as I've seen him all year with these men in stripes. A.J. Hoggard gets his second technical for MSU, and he's ejected. Tamar Bates makes both free throws to make it 68-57, 

5:43 p.m. — We've reached the final media timeout of the game, and Michigan State leads by 13, up 68-55 now with 4:00 to go. Nice stat line for Race Thompson, 13 points and 14 rebounds. 

5:40 p.m. — Free throws so far: Michigan State 23-for-25 (92 percent). Indiana 12-for-20 (60 percent)

5:35 p.m. — Indiana ''shooters'' so far today: Parker Stewart 1-8, Miller Kopp 1-3, Trey Galloway 0-for-6. Michigan State now leads 62-51 with 5:43 to go. 

5:28 p.m. — Indiana in the bonus at the 9:30 mark. That might not always be a good thing, but they have made six free throws in a row now. Xavier Johnson back in for Indiana with four fouls. There's 7:37 to go.

5:21 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis dunks and was fouled. We got to the under-12 timeout with Michigan State leading 54-46. Free throw pending. He makes it, then makes two more on the next trip. 54-49.

5:20 p.m. — Tyson Walker hits a three for MSU after a lot of great ball movement, and the lead is up to 10 points again, at 54-44, after he gets a steal and score. There's 12:12 to go.

5:17 p.m. — These free throw issues get old with Indiana. They're 5-for-12 from the line. 

5:14 p.m. — Xavier Johnson gets called for a ticky-tack foul after getting hammered on the offensive end. That's four now. Mike Woodson goes nuts and gets a technical foul. Trey Galloway back at the point.

5:07 p.m. — Just prior to the first media timeout, Indiana's Xavier Johnson picks up his third foul on an A.J. Hoggard drive. He scores to put MSU up 42-41, with a free throw to come. Johnson stays in the game out of the timeout. Something to watch.

5:02 p.m. — And just like that, Indiana goes ahead. Xavier Johnson scores on a drive, and then Race Thompson gets a steal and goes the length of the court. Indiana ahead 38-37, and Tom Izzo calls a timeout. There's 17:20 to go. A much-needed 8-0 run.

4:58 p.m. — Xavier Johnson gets the Hoosiers off to a good start with a bucket, and then Race Thompson dunks on a nice pass from Trayce Jackson-Davis. Michigan State lead down to 37-34 now. 

MORE STATS: Trey Galloway's second start hasn't gone as well as his first. He was 0-for-3 from the field, including two missed three-pointers, and just 1-for-3 from the line, missing the front end of a one-and-one.

STATS: Trayce Jackson-Davis leads Indiana with eight points, but he's just 3-for-9 shooting. Freshman Tamar Bates, who was one of the five suspended players on Tuesday, had seven points off the bench on 3-for-6 shooting.

HALFTIME — We're at the turn and Michigan State leads 37-30. Indiana did a nice job of getting back in the game, but then the Spartans scored on four straight possessions. Indiana just 31.4 percent from the field and a pathetic 4-for-10 from the foul line.

4:33 p.m. — What was a double-foul has been changed after review, and it turns into a Flagrant-1 foul on Indiana's Jordan Geronimo instead. Michigan State makes both free throws to take its biggest lead of the game at 36-29. Michael Durr and Trayce Jackson-Davis on the floor at the same time now.

4:26 p.m. — Trey Galloway misses the front end of a one-and-one badly, but the Hoosiers get the rebound and Tamar Bates hits a three-pointer to tie it at 27-27. Then he hits another shot.

4:23 p.m. — And just after I say that, Parker Stewart hits a three-pointer, and then draws an offensive foul on the other end. It's 25-24 Michigan State now, with 3:21 to go. Lots of woofing going on here.

4:20 p.m. — An intentional foul gets called on Michigan State for stopping a breakaway. Parker Stewart goes to the line — and missed both free throws. His head is clearly not in this game. He's missed both three-pointers too, and now misses a fadeaway. 

4:16 p.m. — A Trayce Jackson-Davis floater bounces off — he's 2-for-6 so far —and Parker Stewart tosses up an air ball. Trayce scores on the next trip.

4:13 p.m. — Xavier Johnson picks up his second foul, and heads to the bench. Trey Galloway back in. Johnson is 1-for-3 so far, with three assists. 

4:10 p.m. — Michigan State always brings it defensively, and Indiana is struggling to get much going. The Hoosiers are just 6-for-20 shooting (30 percent) and they've had to force up a lot of bad shots as the shot clock was expiring. MSU leads 21-15 with 7:31 to go.

4:04 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis back in for Indiana. Xavier Johnson gets a rest, so Trey Galloway moves to point guard.

4:00 p.m. — Second media timeout and Michigan State leads 12-11. As is often the case, Indiana's offense stagnates a bit when the starters come out. 

3:55 p.m. — A little shoving after that last foul, so Indiana's Miller Kopp nd Michigan State guard A.J. Hoggard are both assessed technical fouls. Parker Stewart, Tamar Bates and Jordan Geronimo enter the game for Indiana after the timeout.

3:50 p.m. — We're at the first media timeout and, as expected, it's intense here in the Breslin Center. We're tied 9-9 with 14:37 to go. Clean game so far, just one turnover total, a dropped ball out of bounds by Indiana's Miller Kopp. 

3:40 p.m. — Trayce Jackson-Davis gets Indiana on the board first with a nice right-hand move, and then Xavier Johnson and Miller Kopp follow with three-pointers, a much-needed boost for the Hoosiers, who haven't been good from distance lately.

3:20 p.m. — Trey Galloway stays in the starting lineup for Indiana, with Parker Stewart sitting to start. Here's the full story on the lineup changes. CLICK HERE

3:10 p.m. — Michigan State opened as a 4-point favorite this morning, but the line has crept up a bit with more money coming on the Spartans. The line is 4.5 now on most sites, including SISportsbook.com. There's the full rundown on what the two teams have done against the number all season. CLICK HERE

3:05 p.m. — Sophomore guard Trey Galloway got his first start of the year at point guard on Tuesday, and played well, tying his career-high with 13 points and five rebounds in 37 minutes before fouling out. It's going to be interesting to see if he starts again today.

3 p.m. — Trayce Jackson Davis had 13 points against Indiana on Saturday, and now sits at 1,353 career points, good for 27th place all-time. He passed Verdell Jones on Tuesday and Uwe Blab is at No. 26 with 1,357 points. For the complete list of 1,000-point scorers, CLICK HERE

2:55 p.m. — Indiana is first in the Big Ten and sixth in country in field goal percentage defense (37.4%). The Hoosiers also lead the league in scoring defense (63.3) overall and in conference play (64.2). IU is second in the league in blocked shots per game (5.5).

2:50 p.m. —  Former Indiana star and current assistant coach Dane Fife spent 11 years as an assistant to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo. This is his first trip back to East Lansing since coming back to Bloomington in the spring. He's responsible for the scouting report for this year. Here's the story on that. CLICK HERE

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Tom Brew
TOM BREW

Tom Brew is an award-winning journalist who has worked at some of America's finest newspapers as a reporter and editor, including the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times, the Indianapolis Star and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered college sports in the digital platform for the past six years, including the last five years as publisher of HoosiersNow on the FanNation/Sports Illustrated network.

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