What Tom Izzo had to say following wild win for Michigan State basketball over Maryland

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It was a wild night in College Park, as No. 8 Michigan State basketball managed to shut down one of the best starting five units in the country to get a huge road win over No. 16 Maryland on Wednesday night. Of course, it took a last second heave from Tre Holloman for the Spartans to escape with a win against a very tough Terrapins squad.

After the game, Tom Izzo spoke to the media to praise his team for a tough-fought victory. You can see what he had to say below.

Tom Izzo’s opening statement on the win

‘Well if any of you ever saw a rock fight, or if you didn’t see a rock fight, you saw one tonight. I’m not sure either coach was happy about the performance in the first half. I know I wasn’t happy with the nine turnovers. I give a lot of credit to them, I give some of the blame to us… I felt we deserved to win the game. I don’t think it was a lucky shot at the end. I thought we played inspired basketball, good defensively, we moved the ball, we got Jase Richardson going. Give Kevin credit, they went back to the zone and took him out of it a little bit, and he started cramping up, so we had to get him in and out, and all-in-all, ugly game, but for us a pretty win is better than an ugly loss. And it was an ugly game because both teams played so hard… I don’t even know what to say about my team, we’re gritty, we keep on fighting, but we need to get better offensively in some areas if we’re gonna make some noise.’

Tom Izzo on Tre Holloman’s final shot

‘The night before a game, that last practice, we have the guys go around and everyone gets a shot at a half-court shot. And the last two games, Tre has made two of them, he’s made one each game… I mean I thought that thing was in when it left, I really did.’

On Maryland

‘I said it, I’ll still say it, I think that’s the best starting five. I think they’re very difficult to guard… If you come up on those guards, you’ve got the short roll for those guys, which they’re very good at… That is a difficult team to prepare for,…

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Author : Spartans Wire

Publish date : 2025-02-27 16:54:00

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