WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. --- Michigan State basketball just picked up its most significant win of the season at a very opportune time."I think it's the best [road wins] in a couple of years, if you really look at it," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said after the game. "I have enormous respect for this program, this place, those players, and that coach, [Matt Painter]."Michigan State's head coach Tom Izzo slaps hands with fans before the game against Ohio State on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. | Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesMackey Arena has been the place where the Spartans have gone to die for more than a decade. Michigan State entered Thursday night with no wins in the building in 12 years. UCLA had gotten a win over MSU in West Lafayette (2021 First Four) more recently than the Spartans had gotten a win over the Boilermakers (February 2014).No. 13 Michigan State broke through this time, upsetting eighth-ranked Purdue, 76-74.…