Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Michigan State Spartans

Mar 5, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
RUTG	30	57	87
MSU	31	60	91

Game Recap

No. 8 Michigan State beats Rutgers 91-87 before closing regular season at No. 3 Michigan. Jeremy Fears had 21 points and eight assists and Coen Carr also scored 21, helping No. 8 Michigan State hold off Rutgers 91-87 on Thursday night.

Player Stats

RUTGERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Dylan Grant	24	1-8	0-2	1-2	6	0	1	1	2	0	3
21Emmanuel Ogbole	20	6-7	0-0	1-1	6	0	1	0	2	5	13
2Lino Mark	26	6-11	1-1	1-2	0	4	0	0	2	4	14
0Tariq Francis	31	8-17	4-5	5-5	0	5	3	0	0	2	25
5Darren Buchanan Jr.	35	3-8	1-3	2-3	5	3	1	0	0	2	9
11Chris Nwuli	17	1-1	1-1	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
13Harun Zrno	14	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
3Kaden Powers	15	4-7	3-4	0-0	1	2	2	0	1	2	11
1Jamichael Davis	18	0-3	0-1	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2

TOTAL	-	31-6547.7%	10-1855.6%	15-1978.9%	21	16	9	1	7	21	87

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Jordan Scott	29	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	2	0	2	4	1	5
0Jaxon Kohler	29	6-11	1-4	2-2	7	2	1	0	2	0	15
55Coen Carr	32	6-9	1-2	8-8	6	0	0	0	0	0	21
15Carson Cooper	29	4-6	0-0	6-8	6	0	0	2	2	2	14
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	28	7-10	1-2	6-9	1	8	2	0	3	4	21
3Cam Ward	20	4-6	0-0	1-1	9	1	1	3	0	4	9
20Nick Sanders	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Kur Teng	17	2-6	0-2	0-0	3	3	0	0	2	2	4
9Trey Fort	3	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
10Denham Wojcik	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	31-5358.5%	4-1233.3%	25-3083.3%	35	19	4	7	15	15	91

Play-by-Play

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1st halfRUTGMSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Michigan State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Rutgers.
(19:35) Carson Cooper bad pass turnover.
(19:35) Darren Buchanan Jr. Steal.
(19:02) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:00) Rutgers Deadball Team Rebound.
(19:00) team shot clock turnover .
(18:48) Foul on Emmanuel Ogbole.
+1 (18:48) Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2.
01
+1 (18:48) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
02
+2 (18:34) Emmanuel Ogbole makes 4-foot hook shot.
22
+2 (18:19) Carson Cooper makes 5-foot hook shot (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
24
(17:58) Lino Mark misses 8-foot jumper.
(17:56) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(17:40) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:37) Dylan Grant Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:28) Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper.
54
(17:07) Carson Cooper misses 10-foot hook shot.
(17:04) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(16:52) Foul on Carson Cooper.
+3 (16:45) Lino Mark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists).
84
(16:34) Jaxon Kohler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:31) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(16:30) Foul on Emmanuel Ogbole.
+1 (16:30) Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2.
85
+1 (16:30) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
86
(16:05) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 12-foot jumper.
(16:02) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(15:50) Coen Carr misses layup.
(15:50) Dylan Grant Block.
(15:48) Dylan Grant Defensive Rebound.
(15:24) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses layup.
(15:24) Cam Ward Block.
(15:21) Jeremy Fears Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(15:00) Kur Teng bad pass turnover.
(15:00) Tariq Francis Steal.
(14:56) Foul on Jeremy Fears Jr..
+1 (14:56) Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2.
96
+1 (14:56) Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2.
106
(14:36) Jordan Scott misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:33) Dylan Grant Defensive Rebound.
(14:17) Dylan Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:14) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(13:55) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses layup.
(13:53) Cam Ward Offensive Rebound.
(13:53) Cam Ward misses 3-foot jumper.
(13:49) Cam Ward Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:47) Cam Ward makes layup.
108
(13:46) Foul on Chris Nwuli.
+1 (13:46) Cam Ward makes free throw 1 of 1.
109
(13:20) Tariq Francis misses 11-foot jumper.
(13:18) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(13:13) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(13:13) Tariq Francis Steal.
(13:06) Tariq Francis misses layup.
(13:03) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(12:54) Kur Teng misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:51) Dylan Grant Defensive Rebound.
(12:27) Darren Buchanan Jr. misses 8-foot jumper.
(12:27) Jordan Scott Block.
(12:24) Jamichael Davis Offensive Rebound.
(12:21) Jamichael Davis misses layup.
(12:19) Jamichael Davis Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:13) Dylan Grant makes 9-foot hook shot (Tariq Francis assists).
129
(11:45) Kur Teng out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(11:37) Foul on Jordan Scott.
(11:25) Dylan Grant bad pass turnover.
(11:25) Jaxon Kohler Steal.
+2 (11:05) Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Jordan Scott assists).
1211
(10:40) Kaden Powers misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:37) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:30) Cam Ward makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1213
(10:15) Kaden Powers bad pass turnover.
(10:15) Cam Ward Steal.
+3 (10:00) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaxon Kohler assists).
1216
(9:32) Kaden Powers misses 16-foot jumper.
(9:31) Michigan State Defensive Rebound.
(9:19) Jordan Scott bad pass turnover.
(9:05) Tariq Francis misses 17-foot jumper.
(9:03) Kur Teng Defensive Rebound.
(8:48) Jaxon Kohler traveling turnover.
+2 (8:35) Lino Mark makes layup.
1416
+2 (8:17) Carson Cooper makes 7-foot alley oop dunk (Denham Wojcik assists).
1418
+2 (7:40) Tariq Francis makes 6-foot jumper.
1618
(7:30) Jaxon Kohler bad pass turnover.
(7:30) Harun Zrno Steal.
+2 (7:25) Harun Zrno makes layup.
1818
+2 (7:04) Jaxon Kohler makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot (Kur Teng assists).
1820
+3 (6:40) Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists).
2120
+2 (6:14) Carson Cooper makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
2122
+2 (5:51) Emmanuel Ogbole makes 5-foot jumper (Lino Mark assists).
2322
(5:39) Jaxon Kohler misses layup.
(5:37) Darren Buchanan Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(5:27) Foul on Lino Mark.
(5:27) Lino Mark turnover.
(5:13) Jordan Scott out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (5:01) Lino Mark makes layup (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists).
2522
(4:40) Trey Fort misses 16-foot jumper.
(4:38) Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:31) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes layup.
2524
(4:11) Tariq Francis misses 16-foot jumper.
(4:09) Trey Fort Defensive Rebound.
(3:53) Foul on Lino Mark.
(3:40) Trey Fort bad pass turnover.
(3:40) Dylan Grant Steal.
(3:29) Dylan Grant bad pass turnover.
(3:29) Jeremy Fears Jr. Steal.
(3:25) Foul on Jeremy Fears Jr..
(3:25) Jeremy Fears Jr. turnover.
(3:08) Dylan Grant misses 20-foot jumper.
(3:05) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(2:53) Coen Carr misses 19-foot jumper.
(2:50) Jamichael Davis Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:37) Kaden Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists).
2824
(2:28) Foul on Jamichael Davis.
+1 (2:28) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2825
(2:28) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:27) Kaden Powers Defensive Rebound.
(2:06) Dylan Grant misses 9-foot jumper.
(2:06) Cam Ward Block.
(2:02) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:00) Cam Ward makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2827
+2 (1:28) Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup.
3027
+2 (0:57) Coen Carr makes layup.
3029
(0:28) Tariq Francis misses 12-foot jumper.
(0:26) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(0:03) Foul on Tariq Francis.
+1 (0:03) Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2.
3030
+1 (0:03) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
3031

2nd half

Team Stats

RUTG

MSU

87Points91

31-65(47.7%)Field Goal(%)31-53(58.5%)

10-18(55.6%)3-Point(%)4-12(33.3%)

15-19(78.9%)Free Throw(%)25-30(83.3%)

21(8)Rebounds(Offensive)38(12)

16Assists19

9Steals4

1Blocks7

8Turnovers15

21(0)Fouls(Technical)15(1)

4Largest Lead19

Game Details

Thursday, March 5, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Breslin Center · East Lansing, MI

attendance: 14,797 (100%)

tv: FS1

spread: MSU -20.5

over/under: 141.5