The No. 9 Spartans closed a two-game road trip with a 63-61 loss against UCLA on Tuesday night at Pauley Pavilion for their first consecutive defeats of the season. After bringing a 13-game winning streak to Southern California, their lead in the Big Ten is gone.

Michigan State is going to want to stay away from Los Angeles for as long as possible after the past few days. After starting the Big Ten slate 9-0, the Spartans lost two games in four days on the road to slide to 9-2, now a half game back behind Purdue for the conference lead.

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