Michigan State Spartans @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights
19-2, 9-1 Big Ten
88
19-2, 9-1 Big Ten
Final/OT
| 1 | 2 | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MSU | 28 | 45 | 15 | 88 |
RUTG | 37 | 36 | 6 | 79 |
9-12, 2-8 Big Ten
79
9-12, 2-8 Big Ten
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Kaden Powers misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jaxon Kohler makes driving layup
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- Coen Carr misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2
- Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
- Emmanuel Ogbole misses 10-foot hook shot
- Dylan Grant makes free throw 1 of 2
- Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 14-foot step back jumpshot
- Emmanuel Ogbole misses layup
- Jaxon Kohler misses 14-foot jumper
- Kaden Powers misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Divine Ugochukwu misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Dylan Grant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Divine Ugochukwu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
- Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
- Harun Zrno makes driving layup
- Denham Wojcik makes layup (Carson Cooper assists)
- Tariq Francis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kur Teng makes 20-foot jumper (Carson Cooper assists)
- Tariq Francis makes 23-foot three point jumper
- Cam Ward misses 11-foot jumper
- Jordan Scott misses 12-foot jumper
- Tariq Francis makes 26-foot three point jumper (Harun Zrno assists)
- Carson Cooper misses 9-foot floating jump shot
- Tariq Francis makes 19-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaxon Kohler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Harun Zrno misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Coen Carr makes 3-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Dylan Grant makes 12-foot step back jumpshot
- Jaxon Kohler misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 14-foot jumper
- Chris Nwuli misses 10-foot jumper
- Carson Cooper misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
- Harun Zrno misses 33-foot three point jumper
- Tariq Francis makes layup (Jamichael Davis assists)
- Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- Carson Cooper misses layup
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamichael Davis misses driving layup
- Tariq Francis misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Kur Teng misses 15-foot jumper
- Jordan Scott makes 25-foot three point jumper (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Scott makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jordan Scott makes free throw 2 of 2
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 7-foot floating jump shot
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Kur Teng misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup (Kaden Powers assists)
- Coen Carr makes 25-foot three point jumper (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Carson Cooper misses layup
- Carson Cooper makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- Jamichael Davis misses 19-foot jumper
- Jamichael Davis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
- Carson Cooper misses layup
- Kaden Powers misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Carson Cooper makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes driving layup
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2
- Coen Carr misses free throw 2 of 2
- Dylan Grant makes layup (Tariq Francis assists)
- Coen Carr misses driving layup
- Darren Buchanan Jr. makes driving layup
- Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tariq Francis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- Harun Zrno makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- Kur Teng makes driving layup
- Lino Mark misses driving layup
- Kur Teng misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses driving layup
- Carson Cooper makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Scott misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tariq Francis makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Scott makes layup
- Tariq Francis misses 15-foot jumper
- Jamichael Davis makes 7-foot floating jump shot
- Divine Ugochukwu makes 23-foot three point jumper (Coen Carr assists)
- Kur Teng misses 9-foot floating jump shot
- Coen Carr makes layup
- Jamichael Davis makes 14-foot pullup jump shot
- Carson Cooper makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Dylan Grant misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tariq Francis misses 6-foot floating jump shot
- Carson Cooper makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Harun Zrno makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jordan Scott misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tariq Francis misses 11-foot jumper
- Dylan Grant misses layup
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Dylan Grant makes layup
- Jordan Scott misses 19-foot jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Coen Carr makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot
- Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Coen Carr makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- Dylan Grant misses layup
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jaxon Kohler misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamichael Davis misses free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 12-foot floating jump shot
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamichael Davis misses free throw 1 of 2
- Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Divine Ugochukwu makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
- Tariq Francis misses 10-foot floating jump shot
- Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tariq Francis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jaxon Kohler misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Jamichael Davis misses 14-foot floating jump shot
- Tariq Francis misses 8-foot pullup jump shot
- Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Divine Ugochukwu assists)
- Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 1 of 1
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
- Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup
- Tariq Francis misses 9-foot floating jump shot
- Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Tariq Francis misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Harun Zrno makes 0-foot tip in layup
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Harun Zrno misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Jamichael Davis makes 9-foot floating jump shot
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
- Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
- Harun Zrno misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jamichael Davis misses 17-foot jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: MSU, 91.1
Win %: MSU, 90.6
Win %: MSU, 91.4
Win %: MSU, 91
Win %: MSU, 91.2
Win %: MSU, 91.9
Win %: MSU, 89.2
Win %: MSU, 89.9
Win %: MSU, 90
Win %: MSU, 89.9
Win %: MSU, 90.6
Win %: MSU, 90.8
Win %: MSU, 91.3
Win %: MSU, 91.5
Win %: MSU, 90.7
Win %: MSU, 90.7
Win %: MSU, 90.5
Win %: MSU, 89.8
Win %: MSU, 89.6
Win %: MSU, 88.5
Win %: MSU, 88.2
Win %: MSU, 88.9
Win %: MSU, 89.1
Win %: MSU, 89.1
Game Information
Piscataway, NJ
Referee:D.J. Carstensen
Referee:Earl Walton
Referee:Kelly Pfeifer
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| 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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