Keith Appling scored 16 points and the seventh ranked Michigan State Spartans outlasted No. 15 Iowa 71-69 in overtime Tuesday night. It was the Hawkeyes first home loss.
“I was concerned coming in whether we could get back up off the can. Not physically, we were going to be beat up. I was worried about mentally,” said Izzo, whose team fell to Michigan 80-75 on Saturday. “We didn’t have time to be tired.”
Matt Costello had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Spartans (19-2, 8-1 Big Ten), who avoided consecutive defeats despite the absence of injured starters Adreian Payne and Branden Dawson.
But it took 5 extra minutes — and an Iowa shooting drought that lasted nearly 15 minutes — to pull it off.
Costello’s tip-in with 1:14 left gave Michigan State a 67-64 lead, and Russell Byrd’s 3 with 34 seconds put Michigan State up by six.
Iowa still had a chance to force a second overtime, but Mike Gesell missed a driving layup at the buzzer.
Devyn Marble had 21 points for Iowa (16-5, 5-3), including a layup with 6 seconds left in overtime that snapped the Hawkeyes’ streak of 14:50 without a field goal.
