Michigan State Spartans vs. Purdue Boilermakers

FINAL

Feb 26, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
MSU	36	40	76
PUR	39	35	74

Game Recap

No. 13 Michigan State holds on to edge No. 8 Purdue, 76-74. Carson Cooper scored 15 points, Kur Teng had 13 and No. 13 Michigan State survived Braden Smith's missed 3-point attempt with a second to play for a 76-74 victory over No. 8 Purdue on Thursday night.

Player Stats

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Jordan Scott	34	2-5	1-2	4-5	1	3	1	0	0	2	9
0Jaxon Kohler	25	3-10	1-6	1-2	3	3	1	0	1	1	8
55Coen Carr	31	5-9	0-2	1-2	5	1	0	0	2	2	11
15Carson Cooper	30	6-9	0-0	3-3	6	1	1	1	0	2	15
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	36	5-10	1-3	1-1	1	6	0	0	1	2	12
3Cam Ward	20	4-4	0-0	0-1	4	0	2	0	0	3	8
2Kur Teng	20	4-8	3-6	2-2	3	1	1	0	0	1	13
10Denham Wojcik	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	29-5552.7%	6-1931.6%	12-1675.0%	23	15	6	1	4	13	76

PURDUE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Trey Kaufman-Renn	33	4-8	0-0	2-4	6	7	0	1	1	4	10
45Oscar Cluff	21	5-9	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	0	2	10
0C.J. Cox	19	2-4	2-3	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	6
3Braden Smith	37	4-10	2-7	2-2	5	10	1	0	4	3	12
2Fletcher Loyer	31	3-7	2-5	0-0	1	4	0	0	0	1	8
12Daniel Jacobsen	11	3-5	0-0	0-1	2	0	0	1	0	3	6
17Omer Mayer	16	2-4	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6
14Jack Benter	17	4-6	3-5	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	11
24Gicarri Harris	15	1-4	1-2	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	2	5
TOTAL	-	28-5749.1%	12-2548.0%	6-966.7%	25	23	3	3	8	15	74

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMSUPUR

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Michigan State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Purdue.
+2 (19:38) Carson Cooper makes 9-foot hook shot.
20
+3 (19:07) C.J. Cox makes 26-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
23
(18:53) Coen Carr bad pass turnover.
(18:53) Braden Smith Steal.
+2 (18:44) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
25
(18:27) Coen Carr misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:24) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:06) Oscar Cluff makes layup (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
27
(17:40) Coen Carr misses layup.
(17:38) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
(17:37) Jaxon Kohler misses 1-foot jumper.
(17:34) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:32) Braden Smith makes driving layup (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
29
(17:24) Jaxon Kohler bad pass turnover.
(17:24) C.J. Cox Steal.
(17:20) C.J. Cox misses 4-foot jumper.
(17:16) Jeremy Fears Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:16) Coen Carr makes 4-foot jumper.
49
(16:57) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses 18-foot jumper.
(16:53) Braden Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:45) Oscar Cluff makes layup (C.J. Cox assists).
411
+2 (16:28) Carson Cooper makes 10-foot hook shot.
611
+2 (16:02) Oscar Cluff makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Braden Smith assists).
613
(15:38) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses driving layup.
(15:35) Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
(15:35) Carson Cooper misses layup.
(15:35) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(15:32) Braden Smith misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(15:30) Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
(15:12) Kur Teng misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:08) Daniel Jacobsen Defensive Rebound.
(14:52) Foul on Kur Teng.
(14:52) team 5 sec inbound turnover.
+3 (14:35) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jordan Scott assists).
913
(14:34) Foul on Gicarri Harris.
+1 (14:34) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
1013
(14:10) Daniel Jacobsen misses 11-foot hook shot.
(14:07) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:00) Cam Ward makes layup.
1213
(13:34) Fletcher Loyer misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:30) Kur Teng Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:07) Kur Teng makes 20-foot jumper (Jaxon Kohler assists).
1413
(12:45) Gicarri Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:40) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(12:35) Kur Teng misses layup.
(12:35) Trey Kaufman-Renn Block.
(12:28) Cam Ward Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:28) Cam Ward makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
1613
+2 (12:13) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes driving layup (Fletcher Loyer assists).
1615
(11:45) Foul on Daniel Jacobsen.
(11:45) Coen Carr misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:45) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:45) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
1715
(11:31) Braden Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(11:27) Gicarri Harris Offensive Rebound.
(11:27) Foul on Jordan Scott.
+1 (11:27) Gicarri Harris makes free throw 1 of 2.
1716
+1 (11:27) Gicarri Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.
1717
(11:11) Jordan Scott misses 18-foot jumper.
(11:08) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:06) Jaxon Kohler makes layup.
1917
+3 (10:42) Omer Mayer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Gicarri Harris assists).
1920
+2 (10:26) Cam Ward makes driving layup.
2120
(9:56) Omer Mayer bad pass turnover.
(9:36) Jordan Scott misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:31) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:13) Jack Benter makes 28-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
2123
(8:40) team shot clock turnover .
(8:24) Foul on Carson Cooper.
(8:20) Foul on Braden Smith.
(8:20) Braden Smith turnover.
+3 (8:08) Kur Teng makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2423
(7:44) Omer Mayer bad pass turnover.
(7:44) Cam Ward Steal.
(7:34) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(7:34) C.J. Cox Steal.
(7:25) Omer Mayer misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(7:20) Purdue Offensive Rebound.
+3 (7:19) Fletcher Loyer makes 24-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
2426
(6:50) Coen Carr misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:47) Braden Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:43) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes layup (Braden Smith assists).
2428
+2 (6:28) Coen Carr makes layup (Jordan Scott assists).
2628
(5:57) Foul on Cam Ward.
+1 (5:57) Trey Kaufman-Renn makes free throw 1 of 2.
2629
(5:57) Trey Kaufman-Renn misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:56) Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:33) Coen Carr makes 7-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2829
+2 (5:13) Daniel Jacobsen makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Fletcher Loyer assists).
2831
(5:13) Foul on Cam Ward.
(5:13) Daniel Jacobsen misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:13) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:45) Carson Cooper makes 3-foot dunk (Jaxon Kohler assists).
3031
(4:42) Foul on Daniel Jacobsen.
+1 (4:42) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 1.
3131
+3 (4:30) C.J. Cox makes 23-foot three point jumper (Braden Smith assists).
3134
(4:15) Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:12) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(4:04) Braden Smith bad pass turnover.
(4:04) Jordan Scott Steal.
+3 (3:35) Jaxon Kohler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
3434
(2:59) Gicarri Harris misses 8-foot pullup jump shot.
(2:56) Oscar Cluff Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:55) Oscar Cluff makes layup.
3436
(2:45) Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:42) Oscar Cluff Defensive Rebound.
(2:22) Oscar Cluff misses 10-foot hook shot.
(2:19) Gicarri Harris Offensive Rebound.
(2:18) Gicarri Harris misses 3-foot jumper.
(2:16) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:16) Foul on Trey Kaufman-Renn.
(1:52) Jordan Scott misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:49) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
(1:35) Fletcher Loyer misses driving layup.
(1:32) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(1:31) Foul on Braden Smith.
(1:16) Carson Cooper misses 6-foot turnaround jump shot.
(1:12) Trey Kaufman-Renn Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:57) Gicarri Harris makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trey Kaufman-Renn assists).
3439
(0:34) Foul on Fletcher Loyer.
(0:34) Jordan Scott misses free throw 1 of 3.
(0:34) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:34) Jordan Scott makes free throw 2 of 3.
3539
+1 (0:34) Jordan Scott makes free throw 3 of 3.
3639
(0:08) Fletcher Loyer misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(0:05) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
(0:01) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(0:00) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

MSU

PUR

76Points74

29-55(52.7%)Field Goal(%)28-57(49.1%)

6-19(31.6%)3-Point(%)12-25(48.0%)

12-16(75.0%)Free Throw(%)6-9(66.7%)

25(6)Rebounds(Offensive)27(8)

15Assists23

6Steals3

1Blocks3

6Turnovers9

13(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

8Largest Lead7

Game Details

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Mackey Arena · West Lafayette, IN

attendance: 14,876 (100.5%)

tv: Peacock

spread: PUR -5.5

over/under: 143.5