Ugly loss for Michigan St.

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Michigan State saw its winning streak end in historically futile fashion.

Tony Freeman scored a season-high 22 points and lowly Iowa stunned No. 6 Michigan State 43-36 on Saturday night, holding the Spartans to a school-record low for points in a game during the shot clock era.

The loss end Michigan State's winning streak at 11 games.

The Spartans, who were second in the Big Ten in scoring offense, had just 18 points over the final 28:52. Michigan State was averaging 77.7 points, but their 36 points were just barely half of their previous season low of 63. The Spartans (14-2, 2-1 Big Ten) went 16 of 52 from the field, hit just 1 free throw and committed 18 turnovers.

Needless to say, coach Tom Izzo was less than thrilled with his team, which played itself into Michigan State's record books for all the wrong reasons. It was Michigan State's lowest scoring effort since they had just 36 in a loss to Michigan in 1952.

"All I can say is that it's ... an embarrassing loss the way we played," said Izzo. "I didn't think we had one guy that played even close to capable. We missed layups, we missed free throws, and we just couldn't find a way to get over the hump."

Iowa wasn't much better. The Hawkeyes (8-9, 1-3) made just 11 field goals, but that was enough to give coach Todd Lickliter his first Big Ten win. Michigan State is also the highest-ranked team Lickliter has beaten as a head coach.

"That's a very good Michigan State team," Lickliter said. "I am proud of our guys for the effort they gave and the results they were able to come up with."

As bad as the Spartans played, they still had a chance to pull out an ugly win late in the game.

Drew Neitzel looked like he might give Michigan State its first lead of the second half when he stripped Freeman and drove to the basket with just over two minutes left. But his layup, like many other Michigan State tries, rolled out.

The Spartans picked up a quick foul and Travis Walton followed with an airball. Freeman then nailed a 3 to make it 39-34. Neitzel tried to answer with a 3 that rimmed out, and Raymar Morgan was called for an intentional foul that gave Iowa 2 shots and the ball with 54.6 seconds left. Cryus Tate missed both free throws, but Freeman hit a pair to give Iowa a 41-34 lead.