The next challenge will be a lot different with a buy game against the Titans, who are coming off a 72-62 loss against Eastern Michigan. Detroit Mercy is led by second-year coach Mark Montgomery, a former standout player for the Spartans and assistant coach under Izzo.

Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State’s season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans remained undefeated by beating No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 at Madison Square Garden in the annual Champions Classic.

Tuesday night revealed that no ceiling needs to be put on Michigan State basketball this year, at least not yet. The 17th-ranked Spartans dominated No. 12 Kentu

Michigan State unleashes a first-half three-point explosion, dominating Kentucky on the glass and seizing a commanding lead.

Michigan State's breakout 3-point-shooting performance was so surprising to Tom Izzo that the Hall of Fame coach wondered aloud if the Spartans made more while beating Kentucky than in their first three games of the season combined.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/kentucky as Jimmy Dykes got brutally honest about Kentucky after the Michigan State loss. The ugly loss the Kentucky Wildcats suffered at the hands of Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans has Big Blue Nation concerned about this basketball team.

Both provided a spark in Michigan State’s win, with McCulloch hitting all three shots he took, including a pair of 3s, as a floor-stretching spark off the bench. And Ward bullied the paint for eight points and four rebounds.

Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope owned up after loss to Michigan State, revealing what set Spartans apart from Wildcats