Final/OT
Michigan StateSpartansMSU · 19-28879
RutgersScarlet KnightsRUTG · 9-12Tue, Jan 27 · 6:30 PM EST
0:18Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
MSUTeam stats
This gameRUTG
49.1%FG%40.3%
8-223PT10-27
45Rebounds22
15Turnovers5
18Assists11
Scoring summary
- OT 0:18 · MSU 88, RUTG 79Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- OT 0:18 · MSU 87, RUTG 79Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
OT 0:23 · RUTG 79, MSU 86Jamichael Davis makes 9-foot floating jump shot- OT 0:30 · MSU 86, RUTG 77Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- OT 0:30 · MSU 85, RUTG 77Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- OT 0:45 · MSU 84, RUTG 77Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- OT 0:46 · MSU 83, RUTG 77Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- OT 0:46 · RUTG 77, MSU 82Harun Zrno makes 0-foot tip in layup
- OT 0:57 · MSU 82, RUTG 75Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- OT 0:57 · MSU 81, RUTG 75Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- OT 1:50 · MSU 80, RUTG 75Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- OT 2:17 · RUTG 75, MSU 78Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- OT 2:17 · RUTG 74, MSU 78Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- OT 2:32 · MSU 78, RUTG 73Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 1 of 1
- OT 2:32 · MSU 77, RUTG 73Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- OT 4:49 · MSU 75, RUTG 73Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 2 of 2
- OT 4:49 · MSU 74, RUTG 73Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 0:11 · MSU 73, RUTG 73Divine Ugochukwu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 2H 0:17 · RUTG 73, MSU 70Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:17 · MSU 70, RUTG 72Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:24 · RUTG 72, MSU 69Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:24 · RUTG 71, MSU 69Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 0:24 · MSU 69, RUTG 70Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 0-foot tip in layup
- 2H 0:45 · RUTG 70, MSU 67Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 0:59 · RUTG 69, MSU 67Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 0:59 · RUTG 68, MSU 67Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 1:16 · MSU 67, RUTG 67Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- 2H 1:16 · MSU 66, RUTG 67Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- 2H 1:52 · MSU 64, RUTG 67Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- 2H 2:31 · MSU 62, RUTG 67Coen Carr makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- 2H 2:48 · RUTG 67, MSU 60Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 2:48 · RUTG 66, MSU 60Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 3:41 · MSU 60, RUTG 65Coen Carr makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 2H 4:40 · RUTG 65, MSU 57Dylan Grant makes layup
- 2H 5:01 · MSU 57, RUTG 63Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 5:01 · MSU 56, RUTG 63Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 6:28 · RUTG 63, MSU 55Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- 2H 6:50 · MSU 55, RUTG 60Carson Cooper makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 2H 7:36 · MSU 53, RUTG 60Carson Cooper makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 2H 7:54 · RUTG 60, MSU 51Jamichael Davis makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- 2H 8:19 · MSU 51, RUTG 58Coen Carr makes layup
- 2H 9:15 · MSU 49, RUTG 58Divine Ugochukwu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Coen Carr assists)
- 2H 9:39 · RUTG 58, MSU 46Jamichael Davis makes 7-foot floating jump shot
- 2H 10:08 · MSU 46, RUTG 56Jordan Scott makes layup
- 2H 10:34 · RUTG 56, MSU 44Tariq Francis makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- 2H 10:57 · RUTG 54, MSU 44Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper
- 2H 11:32 · MSU 44, RUTG 51Carson Cooper makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 2H 12:29 · MSU 42, RUTG 51Kur Teng makes driving layup
- 2H 12:54 · RUTG 51, MSU 40Harun Zrno makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- 2H 13:12 · MSU 40, RUTG 48Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- 2H 14:13 · RUTG 48, MSU 38Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 14:13 · RUTG 47, MSU 38Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 14:36 · MSU 38, RUTG 46Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 2H 14:36 · MSU 37, RUTG 46Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 15:11 · RUTG 46, MSU 36Darren Buchanan Jr. makes driving layup
- 2H 15:44 · RUTG 44, MSU 36Dylan Grant makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)
- 2H 15:57 · MSU 36, RUTG 42Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2
- 2H 16:27 · MSU 35, RUTG 42Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- 2H 16:54 · RUTG 42, MSU 32Darren Buchanan Jr. makes driving layup
- 2H 17:12 · MSU 32, RUTG 40Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- 2H 18:04 · MSU 30, RUTG 40Carson Cooper makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 2H 19:09 · RUTG 40, MSU 28Jamichael Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
- 1H 0:00 · MSU 28, RUTG 37Carson Cooper makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- 1H 0:13 · RUTG 37, MSU 26Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 0:13 · RUTG 36, MSU 26Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 0:33 · MSU 26, RUTG 35Coen Carr makes 25-foot three point jumper (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- 1H 0:53 · RUTG 35, MSU 23Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup (Kaden Powers assists)
- 1H 1:34 · RUTG 33, MSU 23Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 1:34 · RUTG 32, MSU 23Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 1:51 · RUTG 31, MSU 23Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot
- 1H 2:04 · MSU 23, RUTG 29Jordan Scott makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 2:06 · MSU 22, RUTG 29Jordan Scott makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 2:48 · MSU 21, RUTG 29Jordan Scott makes 25-foot three point jumper (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- 1H 4:21 · RUTG 29, MSU 18Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 5:00 · RUTG 28, MSU 18Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- 1H 5:32 · RUTG 25, MSU 18Tariq Francis makes layup (Jamichael Davis assists)
- 1H 8:34 · RUTG 23, MSU 18Dylan Grant makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
- 1H 8:44 · MSU 18, RUTG 21Coen Carr makes 3-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 1H 9:16 · MSU 16, RUTG 21Jaxon Kohler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 1H 9:46 · RUTG 21, MSU 13Tariq Francis makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- 1H 10:26 · RUTG 19, MSU 13Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Harun Zrno assists)
- 1H 11:15 · RUTG 16, MSU 13Tariq Francis makes 23-foot three point jumper
- 1H 11:48 · MSU 13, RUTG 13Kur Teng makes 20-foot jumper (Carson Cooper assists)
- 1H 12:19 · MSU 11, RUTG 13Denham Wojcik makes layup (Carson Cooper assists)
- 1H 12:36 · RUTG 13, MSU 9Harun Zrno makes driving layup
- 1H 13:33 · RUTG 11, MSU 9Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
- 1H 14:50 · MSU 9, RUTG 8Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 14:50 · MSU 8, RUTG 8Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 15:34 · MSU 7, RUTG 8Divine Ugochukwu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- 1H 16:08 · RUTG 8, MSU 4Dylan Grant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
- 1H 17:51 · RUTG 5, MSU 4Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 17:51 · RUTG 4, MSU 4Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 18:17 · MSU 4, RUTG 3Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
- 1H 18:17 · MSU 3, RUTG 3Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2
- 1H 18:43 · RUTG 3, MSU 2Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- 1H 19:12 · MSU 2, RUTG 0Jaxon Kohler makes driving layup
Box score
Team
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2
3
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MSU28
45
15
88
RUTG37
36
6
79
MSUTeam stats
This gameRUTG28-57Field goals25-62
49.1%Field goal %40.3%
8-223-pointers10-27
24-26Free throws19-23
45Rebounds22
18Assists11
1Steals8
4Blocks2
15Turnovers5
19Fouls21
Top performers
This game
MSUJeremy Fears Jr.29 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 6-12 FG
RUTGTariq Francis23 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 6-17 FG- RUTGHarun Zrno16 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 6-10 FG
Michigan State SpartansPlayers
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0Jaxon KohlerF | 29 | 12 | 4-10 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 55Coen CarrF | 35 | 13 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 15Carson CooperC | 37 | 12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| 99Divine UgochukwuG | 29 | 9 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 1Jeremy Fears Jr.G | 36 | 29 | 6-12 | 1-4 | 16-17 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6Jordan ScottF | 26 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 3Cam WardF | 11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2Kur TengG | 17 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9Trey FortG | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10Denham WojcikG | 3 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43Colin WaltonF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40Brennan WaltonF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35Jesse McCullochF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8Kaleb GlennF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20Nick SandersG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | — | 88 | 28-57 | 8-22 | 24-26 | 45 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 32 | 19 |
MSUOffense
RUTGSeason stats
78.8 (117th)Points per Game(342nd) 70.5
47.2% (74th)Field Goal %(375th) 41.7%
36.3% (83rd)3-Point %(324th) 32.4%
76.4% (78th)Free Throw %(167th) 74.1%
18.6 (11th)Assists per Game(364th) 12.1
12.4 (81st)Off. Rebounds per Game(241st) 10.7
11.6 (214th)Turnovers per Game(64th) 10.1
MSUDefense
RUTGSeason stats
39.7 (40th)Rebounds per Game(348th) 32.9
27.2 (36th)Def. Rebounds per Game(386th) 22.2
5.1 (444th)Steals per Game(321st) 6.1
4.1 (84th)Blocks per Game(195th) 3.4
MSUTeam record
RUTG19-2Record9-12
Venue and TV
- 6:30 PM, January 27, 2026
- Jersey Mike’s Arena, Piscataway
- Watch: FS1