Spartans roll without their leader on the bench

Tom Izzo watched his team play on TV from his home a few miles from campus.
Izzo had to like what he saw during his one-game suspension, even if he probably didn’t like having to serve it.
Durrell Summers scored a season-high 25 points, leading the 14th-ranked Spartans to a 90-51 win Saturday night over Prairie View A&M.
The NCAA forced Izzo to miss a game because the school employed someone associated with a potential recruit during a basketball camp in June. The person was paid $475 for five days to work with middle school-aged campers.
Michigan State won its 52nd straight game at home against nonconference teams—since to a loss to Duke in 2003—and that streak will be probably get tested Wednesday night against No. 22 Texas at the Breslin Center.
Izzo will be back for that game and likely will be even more fired up to coach.
Michigan State scored the first seven points of the game, quickly built and maintained a double-digit lead and was ahead 42-27 at halftime. Summers’ slam gave the Spartans a 30-point lead midway through the second half and they cruised to the easy victory.
The Spartans have won two straight after losing three of six—to Connecticut, at Duke and against Syracuse.