Choice to defend instead of foul late bites MSU again

EAST LANSING – The last time MSU faced a “foul or defend” situation, Denzel Valentine and associate head coach Dwayne Stephens talked Tom Izzo into fouling Ohio State – a turnover on the inbounds pass made that a moot point.

But on Thursday, there were no such discussions with Minnesota inbounding down 78-75 and 12.8 seconds left in regulation. - Read more at Freep.com