Michigan State Spartans vs Kentucky Wildcats

State Farm Champions Classic

2-1

Final/2OT

	1	2	OT	T
Kentucky UK	34	28	15	77
Michigan St MSU	36	26	24	86

Michigan State SpartansMichigan StMSU

2-1

Kentucky Wildcats

starters
Jacob ToppinJ. Toppin#0
Chris LivingstonC. Livingston#24
Lance WareL. Ware#55
Cason WallaceC. Wallace#22
CJ Fredrick Jr.CJ Fredrick#1
bench
Daimion CollinsD. Collins#4
Ugonna OnyensoU. Onyenso#33
Oscar TshiebweO. Tshiebwe#34
Antonio ReevesA. Reeves#12
Sahvir WheelerS. Wheeler#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
31	10	3-8	1-3	3-4	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	4
12	1	0-3	0-2	1-2	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
15	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	1	1	2	4
44	14	5-10	2-5	2-4	5	5	3	8	1	2	3	3
32	5	2-7	1-6	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	2	0-1	0-0	2-4	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
34	22	9-17	0-0	4-4	18	2	5	0	4	6	12	5
22	5	1-7	1-3	2-2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
40	16	6-16	2-6	2-4	0	8	3	2	1	0	0	1
	77	27-70	7-25	16-24	38	17	15	12	8	12	26	25
		39%	28%	67%

Michigan State Spartans

starters
Malik HallM. Hall#25
Joey HauserJ. Hauser#10
Mady SissokoM. Sissoko#22
AJ HoggardA. Hoggard#11
Tyson WalkerT. Walker#2
bench
Jaxon KohlerJ. Kohler#0
Pierre Brooks IIP. Brooks#1
Carson CooperC. Cooper#15
Tre HollomanT. Holloman#5
Jaden AkinsJ. Akins#3
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
42	20	7-11	1-3	5-5	5	0	4	0	0	2	3	2
46	23	8-16	4-7	3-4	8	1	1	1	0	2	6	4
33	16	5-10	0-0	6-8	8	2	3	3	0	4	4	4
35	4	1-7	0-1	2-2	5	9	5	0	0	0	5	2
46	14	4-13	2-5	4-4	3	6	3	1	2	0	3	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
9	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1
6	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	7	2-8	0-2	3-4	7	1	1	0	0	3	4	0
	86	28-69	7-19	23-27	45	19	18	6	3	16	29	19
		41%	37%	85%

Michigan State comes back to beat Kentucky in 2OT thriller

1:13

Tyson Walker feeds Mady Sissoko for the alley-oop slam in 2OT

0:36

Oscar Tshiebwe elevates for the big-time stuff

0:20

Game Information

Indianapolis, IN

Referee:Terry Oglesby

Referee:Brian Dorsey

Referee:Courtney Green

NCAA Division I

Southeastern Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Florida	16-2	-	27-8
Arkansas	13-5	3	28-9
Alabama	13-5	3	25-10
Vanderbilt	11-7	5	27-9
Tennessee	11-7	5	25-12
Texas A&M	11-7	5	22-12
Georgia	10-8	6	22-11
Kentucky	10-8	6	22-14
Missouri	10-8	6	20-13
Texas	9-9	7	21-15
Auburn	7-11	9	22-16
Oklahoma	7-11	9	21-16
Mississippi State	5-13	11	13-19
Ole Miss	4-14	12	15-20
South Carolina	4-14	12	13-19
LSU	3-15	13	15-17

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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