EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cassius Winston scored 27 points and No. 16 Michigan State beat No. 19 Ohio State 80-69 to win a third straight Big Ten championship.
The Spartans shared the conference title with No. 9 Maryland and No. 24 Wisconsin.
Michigan State was in control of much of the game and pulled away with a late 16-4 run.
Ohio State’s Kaleb Wesson was held to eight points.
The Buckeyes had won four straight and six of their previous seven games.
OSU is the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament and will play 10th seed Purdue Thursday (6:30 p.m./BTN)
Michigan State will be the second-seeded team at the Big Ten Tournament, behind Wisconsin.