NEWS
The Spartans may have found their MoJo.
Freshman guard Maurice Joseph, a virtual non-factor in the team's first 13
games, had his coming-out party in Saturday's victory against Coppin
State.
Joseph, known around the program as "MoJo," finished with seven points, more
than doubling his career point total.
"It was good for him to get a little confidence, get some shots up, get a
little playing time in," head coach Tom Izzo said.
All of Joseph's production came during a minute-and-a-half stretch in the
second half.
First, he took a feed from redshirt freshman forward Marquise Gray in transition and
muscled in a layup.
On the Spartans' next possession, he hit a 3-pointer from the wing and
got fouled.
Joseph then rebounded a miss by the Eagles, hustled back down the floor, picked up
a loose ball that had been knocked out of Gray's hands and finished with a
finger roll, much to the delight of the sellout crowd at Breslin Center.
"That got me going a little bit," Joseph said of the fans getting behind
him.
