“Throughout the process, Josh has done everything asked of him, while maintaining an amazing attitude and doing whatever he could to help his teammates. His selfless attitude is the reason there were tears throughout the meeting room when we shared the news with his team. I’ve never felt worse for a player than I do for Josh, but he’s a very religious kid who believes everything happens for a reason. He’s constantly telling me to not worry about him, but focus on the team. It’s the reason I have so much respect and admiration for the way he’s handled the injury.”
Langford has missed the last eight games and has not played for the Spartans since appearing for 12 minutes of the first half against Northern Illinois on Dec. 29.
One of the team’s co-captains, Langford was third on the team in scoring with 15.0 points per game (16.0 ppg prior to the Northern Illinois game), fourth with 3.6 rebounds, third with 2.3 assists, third on the team in 3-point field goal percentage (40.3 percent) and third in minutes played per game (28.4/game).
Michigan State has a 7-1 record in the Big Ten Conference games which Langford has missed.