The No. 11 MSU men's basketball team (16-4, 3-4 Big Ten) leads the No. 7 Maryland Terrapins (17-2, 6-1 Big Ten) at the half, 35-29.
MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine leads the way for the Spartans with 10 points, six rebounds and five assists while fellow senior guard Bryn Forbes currently has 13 points of his own.
The Terrapins are led by sophomore point guard Melo Trimble, who went to the break with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting.
Coming off of three consecutive losses, the Spartans came out with more energy than they have in perhaps a month.
Spurred on by perhaps the most energetic Breslin crowd all season, MSU was able to jump out to an early 14-10 lead at the 9:56 mark of the first half.
After Maryland was able to come back and tie the game back at 14 a piece, the Spartans then went on an 11-3 run to build an eight-point lead, 25-17, with 4:56 left in the half.
Things were played evenly from there on out to the half as the Spartans took a 35-29 lead to the break.
MSU is shooting just 35.3 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes of action while Maryland stands at just 36.7 percent.
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