Michigan State-Indiana men's basketball game postponed due to COVID-19

The Michigan State Spartans won't be returning to action versus the Indiana Hoosiers, after all. 

Michigan State confirmed on Thursday that Sunday's game between the Spartans and Hoosiers has been postponed. The news comes one day after head coach Tom Izzo told reporters that guard Steven Izzo, his son, and center Mady Sissoko tested positive for COVID-19. 

Thursday's contest between Michigan State and the Iowa Hawkeyes had already been called off. 

"I'm really disappointed, but it just goes to prove that this can affect anyone," Tom Izzo said in the prepared statement. "I feel so comfortable that me, my son and my players did everything possible and followed every protocol as best we could. I'm really, really impressed with the way they have conducted themselves. This virus does not discriminate and I can't emphasize enough how important it is to wear a mask, wash your hands and follow protocols."

Big Ten health and safety guidelines mandate that any player who tests positive for the coronavirus must sit out for a minimum of 17 days and then be cleared to return to basketball activities. 

Michigan State dropped to 8-4 on the season with a 55-54 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers last Friday. The Spartans are scheduled to face the Illinois Fighting Illini on Jan. 23, but it's unknown if the Big Ten will clear Michigan State to play by then.