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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Miles Bridges had 25 points and a crucial steal with five seconds left and fourth-ranked Michigan State rallied past lowly Iowa 96-93 on Tuesday night for its seventh straight win.

Nick Ward added 17 points and Joshua Langford had 15 for the Spartans (23-3, 11-2 Big Ten).

After trailing by as much as eight, Bridges hit a pair of free throws to give Michigan State a 92-91 lead with 1:02 left. He hit two more from the line to make it a 3-point game.

Tyler Cook pulled Iowa within 94-93 - and Bridges missed both of his free throws after his big steal with his team ahead by three. Nicholas Baer could only muster up a half-court shot for the Hawkeyes, and it bounced harmlessly off the rim.

Tyler Cook scored 26 points for Iowa (12-14, 3-10), which was coming off a 24-point loss at Penn State.

Michigan State was only up six, 48-42, at the half despite shooting 59 percent and hitting its first 11 free throws. Moss then gave the Hawkeyes their first lead, 61-60, with 14:16 left. Jordan Bohannon pushed it to 68-64 on a transition 3, but Kenny Goins drilled a 3 with 2:10 left to put Michigan State back ahead 90-89.

Bohannon had 17 on five 3s for Iowa, which clinched its first losing season in the Big Ten since 2011-12.

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-bask...18aaa.html

[E's Army]

Great game to watch.