The Spartans have won 16 of the last 19 in the series.
The Spartans (20-4, 10-2 Big Ten) have won three straight to open a 2.5 game lead over Illinois and Ohio State, moving closer to their first conference championship since 2001.
Michigan State held its third straight opponent to fewer than 50 points for the first time since the 1951-52 season.
Michigan State is 7-0 in true road games, joining Connecticut, Louisville and Utah State as the only undefeated Division I teams on opponents’ home courts.
The Spartans are 6-0 in the Big Ten on the road and are a win away from matching their school record set in 1978, Magic Johnson’s freshman season, and 1999, when they won their second of four straight conference titles.
MSU is 10-2 in the Big Ten; everybody else in the league has at least four losses.
Michigan State has a week to prepare for its toughest remaining game, at Purdue. No matter what happens in that one, the Spartans will be in sole possession of first place with five games left. Three of those five will be in East Lansing. One of the road games is against Indiana, the worst team in the league.
It is hard to imagine the Spartans losing three more games. And even if they do, somebody else would have to run the table to knock MSU out of first place.
Kalin Lucas made 13 of his 15 points after halftime.
The Spartans were without second-leading scorer Raymar Morgan.
Travis Walton, with some help from his friends, shut down Harris. Harris had just two points in the first half and finished with seven total on 2-of-10 shooting after entering as the Big Ten’s second-leading scorer. U-M forward DeShawn Sims made nine of 14 shots. The rest of the Wolverines were seven for 32.
Michigan made 32 percent of its shots in the first half, made just two 3-pointers on 10 attempts and gave up nine points off eight turnovers.
The Wolverines made 35 percent of their shots overall and missed 20 of 24 3-pointers.
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