It was a irritating night time for the Spartans, as Michigan State basketball but once more suffers a troublesome loss this yr after occurring a pleasant run.
Two steps ahead, one step again appears to be the theme of this yr, and that was very a lot the case on Tuesday night time, when MSU misplaced to Iowa 78-71 after they simply received two straight street video games and beat a very good Illinois staff at residence.
After the sport, MSU head coach Tom Izzo spoke to the media in regards to the loss and his ideas on the sport, and you’ll find the notable quotes from that session under.
Tom Izzo: MSU ‘seemed like we have been in quicksand’
MSU coach Tom Izzo says the Spartans “seemed like we have been in quicksand from the get-go” towards Iowa. Factors to giving up “layup after layup” within the publish and those MSU missed. Field rating says Spartans had 8 missed layups, which does not rely quick jumpers.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) February 21, 2024
Izzo on the poor protection from the facilities
Izzo says “our bigs did not guard.” Provides that MSU “did not should win it.”
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) February 21, 2024
Izzo factors to at least one middle who Iowa ‘killed’
Izzo: Iowa “completely killed each certainly one of our publish guys. I’ve to provide you with one thing higher on that. We’ve not had that occur. And it was simply layup after layup.”
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) February 21, 2024
Izzo on Xavier Booker: “I am not disillusioned in E-book, I simply gotta discover the correct matchup for him.”
— Spartans Illustrated (@SpartansRivals) February 21, 2024
Izzo on the power tonight
Izzo stated that the power stage wasn’t there tonight.
“We flat out did not convey it.”
— Spartans Illustrated (@SpartansRivals) February 21, 2024
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