“I’m going to keep shooting regardless of it,” Harris said. “I’m not worried about it. You get in a little rhythm here. You just have a short memory and keep playing.”

Harris was the leading scorer for MSU in a 60-51 loss to Nebraska on Sunday afternoon, but seven of his 18 points came from the free throw line, and he was 1-of-7 from three-point range.

And it’s hard to forget his performance against Wisconsin where he played 36 minutes and scored six points on 3-of-20 shooting, a performance that stands out as poor across the entire season.

Head coach Tom Izzo saw some improvement against the Cornhuskers.

“He shot well from the line, he took it to the hole,” Izzo said. “To his credit he went and got seven rebounds and (a) tip dunk and did some other things.

“He’s in here every night shooting, he’s working on it morning, noon and night. All I can tell you is he’s woking on it.”

Despite the slump, Harris still is tied for third in both scoring (17.4 points per game) and 3-pointers made (2.3 per game) in the Big Ten.

Redshirt freshman forward Kenny Kaminski is a shooter, so naturally, he’s been in his fair share of slumps.

He said it takes a strong mind to get through a shooting slump, and coming right out of the gate and making shots can help.

“It’s all mental,” Kaminski said. “It’s nothing wrong with anyone’s shot on the team, you’ve just got to have the confidence that every one of your shots are going to go in. Mechanically, there’s nothing wrong with anyone’s shot, it got us to this point.”

Harris’ potential for having a big night outweighs any coach from planning for his lack of offense, something Nebraska head coach Tim Miles acknowledged following his team’s victory.

Miles’ strategy for stopping Harris was to put a big body on him and pray he didn’t come out of his slump against them.

Harris is one of the quieter guys on the team, Izzo said. He admitted it’s sometimes hard to get a good read on him.

In the past few days, Harris and Izzo have talked in-depth about other players across the country going through the same stretch.

Still, Izzo has faith in Harris because he doesn’t make excuses and he’s putting in the work to right the ship this season.

“To me, Gary was the best he’s been in a while (against Nebraska),” Izzo said. “His defense was good, his free throw shooting was good. He’s missing some shots, and a couple of those shots were like layups for him.”