Well, you could definitely see the difference that Kalin Lucas makes to the team in last night's 78-73 loss at Illinois. With Lucas, Michigan State would have cut down on the senseless turnovers and had the clutch shot at the end.

Give Illinois credit, they hit lots of big shots. Draymond Green (17 pts, 16 rebs) had the best game of his career... but Summers and particularly Raymar Morgan need to show up for MSU to win. But, there was MSU hanging in to the end.

Next up: the biggest game of the season, welcoming 7-3 Purdue into town on Tuesday, 9 pm. The Spartans lead is now down to one game.... time to get Lucas back onto the court and win baby!