"Jason answered the bell," said Spartan coach Tom Izzo after Klein scored Michigan State's first 11 points of the second half to lead the 13-ranked Spartans to a 71-59 victory that enabled them to reclaim sole possession of first place in the Big Ten.
Klein finished with 19 points, including a career-high five 3-pointers in eight attempts.
Charlie Bell had 12 points for Michigan State (11-2 Big Ten, 18-5 overall), while Antonio Smith and DuJuan Wiley added 11 apiece.
Mateen Cleaves barely missed a triple-double, as he had a school-record nine steals to go with nine points and 10 assists.
Minnesota came into the game with consecutive victories against Michigan and Iowa, while Michigan State was hoping to bounce back from Thursday's loss to Illinois, which dropped the Spartans into a first-place tie with the Illini.
Jacobson, who hit his first six shots but missed his next eight, led Minnesota (4-9, 11-13) with 17 points.
The victory was the ninth in 10 games for Michigan State and was the Spartans' eighth win in a row at home.
Purdue 75, Illinois 72
Six of the previous seven times Purdue and Illinois met on the court, the visitor came out victorious.
Purdue (10-2, 22-4) was led by Chad Austin's 26 points, including a 3-pointer with 41 seconds remaining that gave the Boilermakers a 74-70 lead.
Brad Miller, who made his only field goal attempt in the first half, finished with 16 points and eight rebounds.
Mike Robinson, starting for the injured Jaraan Cornell, added 12 points and Brian Cardinal, whose father is the Illinois team trainer, finished with 10.
Jerry Hester paced Illinois (10-3, 18-8) with 27 points. Hester nearly sent the contest into overtime, missing a long 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Iowa 82, Ohio State 70
Kent McCausland scored 16 points Saturday and five other Hawkeyes were in double figures as Iowa downed Ohio State 82-70 to snap a four-game losing streak at home and extend the Buckeyes' skid to 14.
The Hawkeyes (6-6, 17-8), who had dropped six of their previous seven contests, earned their first victory at Carver-Hawkeye Arena since a 91-57 triumph over Northwestern on Jan. 3. A loss would have made Iowa the first team in the program's 96-year history to drop five consecutive home games.
Iowa beat the Buckeyes (0-11, 7-17) for the ninth straight time as Ryan Bowen scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Ricky Davis finished with 13 points, as did Kyle Galloway, who made his first start. Dean Oliver had 12 points for Iowa while Ryan Luehrsmann had 10.
Michael Redd, the most prolific freshman scorer in OSU history, led the Buckeyes with 23 points, although he hit just 9 of 26 shots and missed 6 of 7 3-point shots.
Jon Sanderson finished with 21 points and Jason Singleton had 11 for the Buckeyes, who dropped their 14th straight game and sustained their 17th consecutive conference defeat going back to last season.
Penn State 75, Wisconsin 69
Titus Ivory scored 16 points and Penn State hit 14 of 17 free throws in the closing minutes to beat Wisconsin, 75-69 on Saturday night.
The Nittany Lions (5-6, 12-9) led 71-69 with less than 15 seconds remaining when Calvin Booth missed two free throws.
Wisconsin's Sean Mason grabbed the rebound, but Ivory knocked it loose and was fouled.
Ivory hit both free throws to seal the victory.
Mason led the Badgers (3-10, 10-15) with 30 points. Sean Daugherty added 17 and nine rebounds.
02-16-98
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