Without Owen Freeman, Drew Thelwell and Riley Mulvey, the Hawkeyes put on an inspired first-half performance. Seydou Traore scored 14 points. Pryce Sandfort had 13 off the bench. At halftime, the Hawkeyes led by four against a Maryland team with only one loss at home all season.

After losing to Maryland, Michigan is now 22-8 on the season and 14-5 in Big Ten play. Regardless of what happens against Michigan State and in the Big Ten Tournament, the Wolverines will likely get a top-five seed in the NCAA Tournament. However, they aren't going to win anything if they keep playing like this.

Izzo, in his 30th season leading Michigan State, now has 11 Big Ten regular-season titles. That ties him for the record with Bob Knight and Ward “Piggy” Lambert. Izzo last month picked up his 354th Big Ten win to top Knight for the all-time career mark.