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Updated Jan 31, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Michigan State guard A.J. Hoggard (11) calls for an adjustment in the second half of their Big Ten basketball game against Purdue at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, on Friday, January 8, 2021. Purdue won the game, 55-54. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com
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Tom Izzo likely didn’t have a very happy birthday.
The Michigan State head coach turned 66 on Saturday. This year, that date fell two days after the Spartans suffered one of the worst losses of his career: a 30-point defeat to Rutgers in which they managed just 37 points, the second-lowest mark in the shot clock era of the program.
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Aaron Henry drives down the court during the Spartans win over Rutgers on Jan. 5, 2021, at the Breslin Center. Henry scored 20 points in the game and scored 27 in the Spartans previous win over Nebraska.
Head Coach Tom Izzo said that junior forward and captain Aaron Henry said it best in the huddle.
“There’s no excuse.”
No excuse for the team high 21 turnovers the Spartans committed against Rutgers. No, not even a 20-day break from game play following several positive COVID-19 cases could muster up an explanation for that.