Jeremy Fears owns mistakes, sparks Michigan State to OT win vs. red-hot Illinois

EAST LANSING – Score tied, less than two minutes to play in overtime. Go with the hot hand who got you here. Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears snaked across the lane before knocking down a shot in the paint while drawing a foul. The and-one put the No. 10 Spartans ahead for good in an 85-82 win against No. 5 Illinois on Saturday night at the Breslin Center. “Kind of taking what they were giving me a little,” Fears said at his locker after the victory, “that midrange-ish area, some floaters, got some layups, got some pullups, trying to mix it up.” Fears scored 11 of his game-high 26 points in overtime and added 15 assists for his seventh double-double of the season. It was another standout...