Michigan State Beats Michigan, 65-60, to Win Big Ten Championship

CHICAGO - Top-seeded Michigan State mounted a furious comeback in the second half and junior guard Cassius Winston (Detroit, Mich./University of Detroit Jesuit) hit a go-ahead layup to give the Spartans the lead and redshirt senior Kenny Goins (Troy, Mich./Warren Mott) hit free throws to seal a 65-60 win in the Big Ten Championship game at the United Center Sunday afternoon.

Michigan State claims its league-best sixth Big Ten Tournament Championship.

Senior guard Matt McQuaid (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville) scored a career-high 27 points, connecting on a career-best seven 3-pointers to lead MSU, while Winston had 14 points (11 in the second half) and 11 assists.
Winston was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

Records
Michigan State, winners of five-straight games and 10 of its last 11 games, improves to 28-6 overall, while Michigan falls to 28-6.

Up Next
Michigan State is a No. 2 seed in the East Region of the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 15 seed Bradley on Thursday, March 21 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Michigan State Beats Michigan, 65-60, to Win Big Ten Championship

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Team Stats

Matt McQuaid

Cassius Winston

Xavier Tillman Sr.

Aaron Henry

Players Mentioned

Kenny Goins

Matt McQuaid

Cassius Winston

Players Mentioned

Kenny Goins

Matt McQuaid

Cassius Winston