Michigan State is struggling and they are hoping they can count on Derrick Nix.

Nix scored a season-high nine points, made a career-high three free throws, tripled his previous best with three assists and played a career-high 23 minutes in their win over Indiana on Sunday night.

"I proved something - not to the coaches - but to myself," he said.

Nix, a 6-foot-9, 270-pound sophomore, has battled weight issues since high school.