EAST LANSING – Despite missing eight straight field goals, Michigan State trailed by only a point.

Then Coen Carr scored in the paint and Jordan Scott knocked down back-to-back 3-pointers from opposite corners.

With the Breslin Center thumping, Duke burned a timeout while trailing the Spartans 45-40 with less than 13 minutes to play.

No. 7 Michigan State had a chance to secure another marquee win to extend its longest unbeaten start in a decade but couldn’t finish. The No. 4 Blue Devils made the winning plays down the stretch while closing on a 26-15 run for a 66-60 win on Saturday afternoon .

“I just didn’t think we had it in that little stretch,” coach Tom Izzo said, “and that stretch when you’re five up, if you get one more bucket, the crowd really gets into it and (the Blue Dev

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