MAUI, Hawaii — Memphis basketball took down Michigan State 71-63 Tuesday to advance to the Maui Invitational championship game for the first time in program history. The Tigers (6-0) will face No. 3 Auburn (6-0) on Wednesday (4 p.m. CT, ESPN).

LAHAINA, Hawaii (WILX) - Michigan State men’s basketball could not keep up with Memphis in a 71-63 loss Tuesday. The Tigers held the lead for most of the first half and did not trail in the second.

Sparty has played one team of consequence, losing to Kansas by eight. That helped its metrics, but Izzo’s squad shot just 34.8% from the field and 12.5% from deep in that game. Memphis, on the other hand, already has a few quality wins (UNLV, San Francisco, not to mention UConn).