Michigan State will be without star freshman guard Jase Richardson against No. 12 North Carolina in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational on Wednesday (9:30 p.m., ESPN2).
Richardson took an elbow to the face during Tuesday’s 71-63 loss to Memphis in a tournament semifinal. Although he finished the game and led the Spartans with a career-high 18 points, the former four-star recruit will miss his first game of the year.