Complex sentence: Without Cleaves, the Spartans struggled through the non-conference schedule, finishing at 9-4, losing games to Texas at the Puerto Rico Shootout, and road losses number 2 Arizona, Kentucky, and Wright State.
Split into simpler sentences: Without Cleaves, the Spartans had some troubles hrough the non-conference schedule, finishing at 9-4. MSU lost games to Texas at the Puerto Rico Shootout, and road losses number 2 Arizona, Kentucky, and Wright State.