Michigan State Spartans vs. Illinois Fighting Illini

Feb 15, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MSU	37	42	79
ILL	41	24	65

Game Recap

No. 11 Michigan State beats Illinois 79-65; Izzo passes Knight in Big Ten coaching victories. Jaxson Kohler had 23 points and 10 rebounds, Tre Holloman scored 14 points and No. 11 Michigan State rallied to beat Illinois 79-65 on Saturday night giving the Spartans' Tom Izzo the most conference wins in Big Ten history.

Player Stats

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Jaxon Kohler	30	9-13	4-5	1-3	10	0	2	1	0	0	23
10Szymon Zapala	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0
11Jase Richardson	26	5-10	0-1	1-1	3	1	0	1	0	3	11
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	23	2-8	0-2	0-0	4	5	1	1	4	0	4
3Jaden Akins	19	3-10	0-1	2-2	1	0	0	1	2	2	8
8Frankie Fidler	9	0-3	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
55Coen Carr	18	5-6	0-1	0-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	10
34Xavier Booker	14	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
15Carson Cooper	22	2-3	0-0	0-2	8	0	2	1	0	4	4
5Tre Holloman	26	6-12	0-1	2-2	2	3	0	0	1	0	14
2Kur Teng	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
TOTAL	-	33-6848.5%	5-1241.7%	8-1361.5%	39	12	5	5	7	15	79

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Ben Humrichous	31	3-10	0-6	0-0	6	1	0	1	1	1	6
21Morez Johnson Jr.	25	6-8	0-0	5-7	5	0	2	2	1	3	17
13Tomislav Ivisic	30	2-9	0-4	0-1	7	1	0	0	3	0	4
32Kasparas Jakucionis	38	5-15	2-9	5-5	5	1	1	0	2	3	17
4Kylan Boswell	29	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0
15Jake Davis	14	3-6	2-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	8
7Will Riley	30	5-13	3-8	0-0	7	6	1	0	2	4	13
2Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0



TOTAL	-	24-6338.1%	7-3321.2%	10-1376.9%	34	10	4	4	11	14	65

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMSUILL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Illinois.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Michigan State.
(19:33) Tomislav Ivisic missed Layup.
(19:30) Szymon Zapala Defensive Rebound.
(19:26) Jaden Akins Turnover.
+2 (19:11) Kasparas Jakucionis made Layup.
02
(18:40) Szymon Zapala missed Layup.
(18:38) Morez Johnson Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(18:25) Kasparas Jakucionis missed Layup.
(18:21) Morez Johnson Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:21) Morez Johnson Jr. made Two Point Tip Shot.
04
(18:12) Jaden Akins Turnover.
(18:12) Morez Johnson Jr. Steal.
+2 (18:08) Morez Johnson Jr. made Dunk. Assisted by Kasparas Jakucionis.
06
(17:54) Jaden Akins missed Jumper.
(17:50) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(17:43) Kylan Boswell missed Layup.
(17:43) Jase Richardson Block.
(17:39) Jase Richardson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:20) Jeremy Fears Jr. made Jumper.
26
+2 (17:04) Ben Humrichous made Jumper.
28
(16:47) Jaxon Kohler missed Jumper.
(16:44) Kylan Boswell Defensive Rebound.
(16:39) Tomislav Ivisic Turnover.
+2 (16:29) Jase Richardson made Jumper.
48
(16:13) Kasparas Jakucionis missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:10) Will Riley Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:03) Kasparas Jakucionis made Three Point Jumper.
411
(15:55) Coen Carr missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:51) Jeremy Fears Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(15:49) Jase Richardson missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:46) Will Riley Defensive Rebound.
(15:39) Tomislav Ivisic Turnover.
(15:39) Carson Cooper Steal.
+2 (15:34) Coen Carr made Dunk. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
611
+3 (15:11) Jake Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Will Riley.
614
(14:59) Jeremy Fears Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:56) Kasparas Jakucionis Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:50) Jake Davis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tomislav Ivisic.
617
(14:46) Michigan State Timeout.
(14:34) Jaden Akins missed Layup.
(14:29) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(14:20) Kasparas Jakucionis missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:16) Xavier Booker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:11) Tre Holloman made Layup.
817
(13:53) Ben Humrichous missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:48) Jake Davis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:36) Ben Humrichous made Jumper.
819
(13:18) Tre Holloman missed Jumper.
(13:16) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(13:13) Jake Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:09) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(12:41) Tre Holloman missed Jumper.
(12:37) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:37) Coen Carr made Two Point Tip Shot.
1019
(12:26) Will Riley Turnover.
(12:22) Foul on Will Riley.
+3 (12:08) Xavier Booker made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tre Holloman.
1319
+2 (11:46) Morez Johnson Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Will Riley.
1321
(11:13) Jaden Akins missed Jumper.
(11:09) Kasparas Jakucionis Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:51) Kasparas Jakucionis made Layup.
1323
(10:51) Foul on Frankie Fidler.
+1 (10:51) Kasparas Jakucionis made Free Throw.
1324
(10:30) Frankie Fidler missed Jumper.
(10:27) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:15) Will Riley made Three Point Jumper.
1327
+2 (9:52) Tre Holloman made Jumper.
1527
+2 (9:27) Tomislav Ivisic made Jumper.
1529
(9:15) Frankie Fidler missed Jumper.
(9:13) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
(9:05) Xavier Booker missed Jumper.
(9:03) Illinois Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:46) Will Riley made Jumper.
1531
+2 (8:39) Jase Richardson made Jumper.
1731
(8:18) Will Riley Turnover.
(8:18) Jaxon Kohler Steal.
+2 (8:08) Jase Richardson made Jumper.
1931
(7:48) Ben Humrichous missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:45) Szymon Zapala Defensive Rebound.
(7:41) Frankie Fidler missed Jumper.
(7:34) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:32) Jaxon Kohler made Layup.
2131
(7:20) Ben Humrichous missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:17) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(7:17) Foul on Szymon Zapala.
+2 (7:02) Tomislav Ivisic made Jumper. Assisted by Kylan Boswell.
2133
(6:40) Jeremy Fears Jr. Turnover.
+2 (6:17) Kasparas Jakucionis made Jumper.
2135
+2 (5:58) Coen Carr made Jumper. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
2335
(5:34) Tomislav Ivisic missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:34) Jeremy Fears Jr. Block.
(5:29) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:14) Coen Carr made Dunk. Assisted by Jeremy Fears Jr..
2535
(4:52) Tomislav Ivisic missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:52) Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn Offensive Rebound.
(4:52) Foul on Jaden Akins.
(4:36) Tomislav Ivisic Turnover.
(4:36) Jaxon Kohler Steal.
+3 (4:24) Jaxon Kohler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kur Teng.
2835
(4:11) Jake Davis missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:08) Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:08) Foul on Kur Teng.
(3:56) Kasparas Jakucionis Turnover.
+2 (3:42) Jaxon Kohler made Jumper.
3035
(3:30) Will Riley missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:23) Kur Teng Defensive Rebound.
(3:17) Tre Holloman missed Jumper.
(3:15) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(3:06) Carson Cooper missed Jumper.
(3:04) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:56) Coen Carr made Layup.
3235
(2:56) Foul on Morez Johnson Jr..
(2:55) Coen Carr missed Free Throw.
(2:53) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(2:33) Tomislav Ivisic missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:25) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(2:25) Foul on Kasparas Jakucionis.
+2 (2:10) Jaxon Kohler made Jumper.
3435
(1:57) Foul on Carson Cooper.
+3 (1:50) Will Riley made Three Point Jumper.
3438
+3 (1:41) Jaxon Kohler made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Coen Carr.
3738
+3 (1:21) Kasparas Jakucionis made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Will Riley.
3741
(0:56) Jase Richardson missed Jumper.
(0:50) Ben Humrichous Defensive Rebound.
(0:45) Foul on Kylan Boswell.
(0:45) Kylan Boswell Turnover.
(0:34) Jaxon Kohler missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:32) Kasparas Jakucionis Defensive Rebound.
(0:08) Foul on Frankie Fidler.
(0:00) Will Riley missed Jumper.
(0:00) Kasparas Jakucionis Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MSU

ILL

79Points65

33-68(48.5%)Field Goal(%)24-63(38.1%)

5-12(41.7%)3-Point(%)7-33(21.2%)

8-13(61.5%)Free Throw(%)10-13(76.9%)

41(14)Rebounds(Offensive)36(12)

12Assists10

5Steals4

5Blocks4

7Turnovers11

15(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

14Largest Lead16

Game Details

Saturday, February 15, 2025 · 8:00 PM

State Farm Center · Champaign, IL

attendance: 15,544 (100%)

tv: FOX