Kentucky Wildcats vs Michigan State Spartans
State Farm Champions Classic
83
4-0
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
MSU | 44 | 39 | 83 |
UK | 27 | 39 | 66 |
66
3-2
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Collin Chandler made Layup. Assisted by Brandon Garrison.
- Jaxon Kohler missed Jumper.
- Mouhamed Dioubate missed Three Point Jumper.
- Trey Fort missed Three Point Jumper.
- Collin Chandler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Denzel Aberdeen.
- Jaxon Kohler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coen Carr.
- Otega Oweh missed Dunk.
- Trey Fort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Brandon Garrison missed Layup.
- Carson Cooper missed Jumper.
- Carson Cooper missed Jumper.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Coen Carr made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Otega Oweh made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Denzel Aberdeen.
- Jaxon Kohler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coen Carr.
- Mouhamed Dioubate missed Three Point Jumper.
- Coen Carr missed Layup.
- Trey Fort missed Layup.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Otega Oweh.
- Trey Fort missed Three Point Jumper.
- Collin Chandler made Layup. Assisted by Malachi Moreno.
- Jaxon Kohler made Layup.
- Malachi Moreno missed Layup.
- Mouhamed Dioubate made Dunk. Assisted by Otega Oweh.
- Trey Fort missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kur Teng made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Scott.
- Otega Oweh missed Jumper.
- Cam Ward made Jumper.
- Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Cam Ward missed Layup.
- Carson Cooper made Jumper.
- Andrija Jelavić missed Jumper.
- Kur Teng made Jumper.
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Jumper.
- Kam Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kur Teng missed Three Point Jumper.
- Otega Oweh made Jumper.
- Mouhamed Dioubate missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jesse McCulloch made Layup. Assisted by Kur Teng.
- Jesse McCulloch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Collin Chandler missed Jumper.
- Trey Fort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Jumper.
- Coen Carr made Free Throw.
- Coen Carr missed Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. made Layup.
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Coen Carr missed Jumper.
- Malachi Moreno missed Free Throw.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Jaxon Kohler made Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Trey Fort missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jaxon Kohler made Jumper.
- Kam Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Malachi Moreno.
- Divine Ugochukwu missed Jumper.
- Kam Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Trey Fort made Jumper. Assisted by Jaxon Kohler.
- Jasper Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Trent Noah missed Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. made Free Throw.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. made Free Throw.
- Otega Oweh missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kur Teng missed Three Point Jumper.
- Otega Oweh missed Layup.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. missed Jumper.
- Jasper Johnson missed Jumper.
- Kur Teng missed Layup.
- Kur Teng made Jumper.
- Mouhamed Dioubate missed Three Point Jumper.
- Coen Carr missed Layup.
- Trey Fort missed Jumper.
- Otega Oweh made Dunk. Assisted by Brandon Garrison.
- Jaxon Kohler missed Layup.
- Mouhamed Dioubate missed Layup.
- Coen Carr made Dunk. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Otega Oweh missed Three Point Jumper.
- Coen Carr missed Three Point Jumper.
- Brandon Garrison made Jumper.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. made Jumper.
- Jaxon Kohler made Layup. Assisted by Trey Fort.
- Mouhamed Dioubate made Free Throw.
- Mouhamed Dioubate made Free Throw.
- Carson Cooper missed Dunk.
- Carson Cooper missed Dunk.
- Mouhamed Dioubate made Layup.
- Mouhamed Dioubate made Dunk.
- Kur Teng made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Carson Cooper missed Jumper.
- Kur Teng made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Andrija Jelavić missed Three Point Jumper.
- Malachi Moreno made Layup.
- Cam Ward missed Layup.
- Kur Teng missed Three Point Jumper.
- Otega Oweh made Free Throw.
- Otega Oweh made Free Throw.
- Divine Ugochukwu made Layup.
- Jasper Johnson made Layup. Assisted by Malachi Moreno.
- Jasper Johnson made Free Throw.
- Jaxon Kohler missed Jumper.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Kam Williams made Dunk.
- Trey Fort made Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Jasper Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kam Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jasper Johnson made Layup.
- Jesse McCulloch made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kur Teng.
- Mouhamed Dioubate made Jumper.
- Kur Teng made Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kur Teng missed Layup.
- Otega Oweh missed Layup.
- Jaxon Kohler made Layup. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Otega Oweh made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Collin Chandler.
- Kur Teng missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jaxon Kohler made Layup.
- Otega Oweh missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jaxon Kohler made Free Throw.
- Jaxon Kohler made Free Throw.
- Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Cam Ward made Dunk. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Otega Oweh missed Jumper.
- Cam Ward made Layup. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen made Free Throw.
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Layup.
- Jordan Scott missed Free Throw.
- Jordan Scott made Free Throw.
- Kam Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- Carson Cooper missed Three Point Jumper.
- Collin Chandler missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. made Free Throw.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. made Free Throw.
- Cam Ward made Dunk. Assisted by Denham Wojcik.
- Collin Chandler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Otega Oweh.
- Jaxon Kohler missed Jumper.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Trey Fort made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Denham Wojcik.
- Denzel Aberdeen missed Three Point Jumper.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Malachi Moreno made Free Throw.
- Trey Fort missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jasper Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kam Williams.
- Nick Sanders missed Jumper.
- Jasper Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
PLAYS
Win %: UK, 77.6
Win %: UK, 77.6
Win %: UK, 78.5
Win %: UK, 78.5
Win %: UK, 76.7
Win %: UK, 76.7
Win %: UK, 81.4
Win %: UK, 81.4
Win %: UK, 81.8
Win %: UK, 81.8
Win %: UK, 80.2
Win %: UK, 80.2
Win %: UK, 79.7
Win %: UK, 79.7
Win %: UK, 81.1
Win %: UK, 81.1
Win %: UK, 79.9
Win %: UK, 79.9
Win %: UK, 79.5
Win %: UK, 79.5
Win %: UK, 81.4
Win %: UK, 81.4
Win %: UK, 81.4
Win %: UK, 81.4
Win %: UK, 81.2
Win %: UK, 81.2
Win %: UK, 79.6
Win %: UK, 79.6
Win %: UK, 79.6
Win %: UK, 79.6
Win %: UK, 79.1
Win %: UK, 79.1
Win %: UK, 75.1
Win %: UK, 75.1
Win %: UK, 73.5
Win %: UK, 73.5
Win %: UK, 73.0
Win %: UK, 73.0
Win %: UK, 74.2
Win %: UK, 74.2
Win %: UK, 72.7
Win %: UK, 72.7
Win %: UK, 74.2
Win %: UK, 74.2
Win %: UK, 72.7
Win %: UK, 72.7
MSU vs UK Videos
Michigan State Spartans vs. Kentucky Wildcats: Game Highlights
- 1:28
Highlight: Kentucky falls to Michigan State in Champions Classic
- 0:49
Cam Ward electrifies the crowd with back-to-back buckets
- 0:37
Game Information
New York, NY
Referee:Pat Driscoll
Referee:Don Daily
Referee:Keith Kimble
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Big Ten ConferenceBig 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 |
| Southeastern ConferenceSoutheastern 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 |
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