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Final Score: Michigan State 65 - Penn State 54

University Park, PA (Sports Network) - Kalin Lucas scored 24 points in his return to the starting lineup, as 10th-ranked Michigan State halted a three- game skid with a 65-54 victory over Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Lucas injured an ankle in a loss at Wisconsin on February 2 and sat out a loss at Illinois before returning to the floor off the bench in Tuesday's setback at Purdue. He made 10-of-15 shots on Saturday and dished out six assists with only one turnover to put the Spartans back in the win column.

"I learned today that it's hard to play well against good teams without your quarterback, and our quarterback may have played his best game today," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said of Lucas. "As far as Kalin goes, he was under control, of his 15 shots there may have been one bad one. He was really under control when he penetrated, and didn't turn the ball over much, and our team fed off it."

Chris Allen added 14 points and Durrell Summers contributed seven of his nine in a key second-half stretch for Michigan State (20-6, 10-3), which reached 20 wins for the 11th time in the last 13 seasons.

Talor Battle, the Big Ten's second-leading scorer, did his part for Penn State with 30 points, but the Nittany Lions (8-16, 0-12) remained the only winless team in league play with their 12th straight loss.

Michigan State carried a six-point advantage to the second half and Allen drilled a three-pointer right out of the gate for a 34-25 lead, but Penn State stormed back. The Nittany Lions grabbed a 46-44 edge on a three-pointer by David Jackson with just under 12 1/2 minutes remaining.

Summers answered with a quick bucket at the other end to tie it and drained a three-pointer a few moments later to give the Spartans the lead for good. He then added a pair of free throws and three consecutive baskets by Delvin Roe capped the 13-0 burst for a 57-46 lead with just over six minutes to play.

The Nittany Lions got only as close as nine from there.

"They locked in defensively really well, but at the same time we didn't really execute offensively, our sets," Battle said. "We couldn't get up a shot, so credit those guys during those couple minutes of really defending."

A three-pointer by Battle had the Nittany Lions within one midway through the first half, but Allen countered with a shot from beyond the arc to ignite a 7-1 run that gave the Spartans a 22-15 edge.

Penn State battled back to within three before heading to the break down 31-25.