Michigan State was tested by Samford on Tuesday, having to compete all the way until the final buzzer to earn the victory.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- It was another night where Michigan State needed to be given a wake-up call before ultimately coming away victorious.
The Spartans got off to a slow start, committing four inexcusable turnovers in the first 3 minutes of the contest. That helped Samford jump out to a 7-2 start. Just when the Spartans needed to make something before things got out of hand, sophomore forward Xavier Booker, who came off the bench for the second game in a row, drained Michigan State's first triple of the game to bring the Spartans back within single digits with roughly 7 minutes to play in the half.
Then right after that, Akins added onto his first-half total with a triple of his own, pushing the Spartans' lead to 6.Samford hung around, though, and would eventually trim the lead back down to 6 with a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Lukas Walls with a little under 13 and a half minutes to play in the second. It was his second consecutive triple.
But Akins' epic night continued, as the veteran guard scored 8 straight points, including back-to-back 3-pointers. His takeover would give Michigan State its largest lead of the evening, 13.
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