Cornell Big Red vs. Michigan State Spartans

Dec 29, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
COR	53	44	97
MSU	55	59	114

Game Recap

Jeremy Fears Jr. has career-high 21 points in No. 9 Michigan State's 114-97 win over Cornell. Jeremy Fears Jr. scored a career-high 21 points and added 11 assists for No. 9 Michigan State as the Spartans overcame a sluggish start to beat Cornell 114-97 on Monday night.

Player Stats

CORNELL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Kaspar Sepp	9	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	1	1	0	3	5	3
22Jake Fiegen	22	6-16	1-8	2-2	7	1	1	0	2	2	15
5Jacob Beccles	15	3-6	1-3	0-0	2	2	1	0	1	4	7
31Cooper Noard	24	5-12	3-9	6-7	4	1	1	0	0	2	19
8Adam Hinton	20	5-12	2-8	3-4	1	1	1	0	1	1	15
3Jax Abalos	9	2-3	2-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
4Gioacchino Panzini	10	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	0	1	0	1	5	1
2Ian Imegwu	4	2-2	1-1	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
55AJ LaBeau	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23DJ Nix	16	0-2	0-2	1-2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1
0DaMaryon Fishburn	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	5	0	0	0	3	0
7Anthony Nimani	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	3	0
10Mateen Rafiq	10	4-6	3-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	2	11
14Corbin Zentner	15	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	3
24Josh Baldwin	17	3-4	1-1	3-3	2	2	1	0	3	4	10
TOTAL	-	32-7045.7%	15-4434.1%	18-2378.3%	29	19	7	1	11	35	97

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Jaxon Kohler	16	3-5	2-4	3-4	10	0	1	0	0	2	11
55Coen Carr	23	5-9	0-1	9-16	6	3	0	1	2	1	19
15Carson Cooper	16	2-3	0-0	5-7	6	2	0	0	1	1	9
99Divine Ugochukwu	20	5-8	2-3	0-1	2	3	0	1	0	1	12
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	28	7-11	3-5	4-5	2	11	0	0	2	1	21
43Colin Walton	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40Brennan Walton	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
35Jesse McCulloch	13	2-2	1-1	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	1	7
6Jordan Scott	19	1-4	1-4	0-0	6	1	0	0	1	3	3
3Cam Ward	16	2-3	0-0	1-3	4	1	0	0	2	4	5
20Nick Sanders	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
2Kur Teng	16	3-8	1-4	3-3	3	2	1	0	1	1	10
9Trey Fort	16	5-11	2-5	2-2	3	2	1	0	1	1	14
10Denham Wojcik	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	4	3	0	2	3	0

TOTAL	-	36-6555.4%	13-2846.4%	29-4367.4%	43	30	6	2	12	20	114

Play-by-Play

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1st halfCORMSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Cornell.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Michigan State.
+2 (19:41) Adam Hinton makes layup (Cooper Noard assists).
20
(19:34) Coen Carr bad pass turnover.
(19:34) Jake Fiegen Steal.
(19:26) Jake Fiegen misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:21) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:19) Coen Carr makes 2-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
22
+3 (19:11) Cooper Noard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacob Beccles assists).
52
(19:02) Divine Ugochukwu misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:58) Cooper Noard Defensive Rebound.
(18:45) Adam Hinton bad pass turnover.
(18:45) Jaxon Kohler Steal.
(18:25) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:18) Jake Fiegen Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:15) Jake Fiegen makes layup.
72
(18:11) Foul on Kaspar Sepp.
(17:59) Foul on Jacob Beccles.
(17:48) Coen Carr misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:44) Jacob Beccles Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:30) Kaspar Sepp makes 2-foot dunk.
92
(17:23) Foul on Jacob Beccles.
(17:11) Carson Cooper bad pass turnover.
(17:11) Kaspar Sepp Steal.
(17:01) Jake Fiegen misses layup.
(16:58) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:53) Coen Carr makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
94
+3 (16:46) Jake Fiegen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Nimani assists).
124
(16:15) Coen Carr misses 6-foot jumper.
(16:11) Kaspar Sepp Defensive Rebound.
+3 (16:09) Adam Hinton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jake Fiegen assists).
154
(16:02) Foul on Anthony Nimani.
+2 (15:41) Kur Teng makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
156
(15:29) Jake Fiegen misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:24) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:15) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kur Teng assists).
159
(15:02) Jake Fiegen misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:58) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(14:53) Coen Carr bad pass turnover.
(14:53) Josh Baldwin Steal.
(14:49) Foul on Jaxon Kohler.
(14:49) DJ Nix misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:49) Cornell Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (14:49) DJ Nix makes free throw 2 of 2.
169
(14:41) Jordan Scott misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:37) Jake Fiegen Defensive Rebound.
(14:29) Jake Fiegen misses 8-foot jumper.
(14:26) Kur Teng Defensive Rebound.
(14:26) Foul on Anthony Nimani.
(14:03) Foul on DaMaryon Fishburn.
(14:03) Cam Ward misses free throw 1 of 2.
(14:03) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (14:03) Cam Ward makes free throw 2 of 2.
1610
+3 (13:48) Adam Hinton makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1910
(13:34) Kur Teng misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:32) Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:30) Divine Ugochukwu makes 13-foot jumper (Denham Wojcik assists).
1912
(13:15) Adam Hinton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:11) Divine Ugochukwu Defensive Rebound.
(13:11) Foul on Cooper Noard.
(13:11) Divine Ugochukwu misses free throw 1 of 1.
(13:08) Cooper Noard Defensive Rebound.
(12:54) DaMaryon Fishburn misses layup.
(12:54) Divine Ugochukwu Block.
(12:50) Divine Ugochukwu Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:48) Jaxon Kohler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Coen Carr assists).
1915
+2 (12:36) Cooper Noard makes layup.
2115
(12:36) Foul on Divine Ugochukwu.
+1 (12:36) Cooper Noard makes free throw 1 of 1.
2215
(12:24) Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:21) Cornell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:08) Jake Fiegen makes 11-foot jumper.
2415
+2 (11:51) Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Coen Carr assists).
2417
(11:37) Kaspar Sepp bad pass turnover.
(11:37) Denham Wojcik Steal.
(11:33) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(11:33) Gioacchino Panzini Steal.
(11:29) Foul on Jeremy Fears Jr..
(11:09) Foul on Jaxon Kohler.
+1 (11:09) Kaspar Sepp makes free throw 1 of 2.
2517
(11:09) Kaspar Sepp misses free throw 2 of 2.
(11:08) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(10:51) Foul on Corbin Zentner.
+1 (10:51) Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2.
2518
+1 (10:51) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
2519
(10:40) Foul on Carson Cooper.
(10:40) Gioacchino Panzini misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:40) Cornell Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:40) Gioacchino Panzini makes free throw 2 of 2.
2619
(10:32) Carson Cooper misses layup.
(10:29) Cornell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:21) Jake Fiegen makes layup (Kaspar Sepp assists).
2819
(10:01) Trey Fort misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:56) Jacob Beccles Defensive Rebound.
(9:52) Jacob Beccles misses layup.
(9:50) Jordan Scott Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:43) Trey Fort makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2822
(9:33) Foul on Kaspar Sepp.
(9:33) Kaspar Sepp turnover.
+2 (9:18) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 9-foot jumper (Trey Fort assists).
2824
+3 (9:02) Cooper Noard makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Baldwin assists).
3124
+2 (8:35) Trey Fort makes 12-foot jumper.
3126
(8:24) Jake Fiegen misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:21) Trey Fort Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:11) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes layup (Trey Fort assists).
3128
(8:11) Foul on Josh Baldwin.
+1 (8:11) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1.
3129
(7:58) Foul on Jesse McCulloch.
+1 (7:58) Cooper Noard makes free throw 1 of 2.
3229
+1 (7:58) Cooper Noard makes free throw 2 of 2.
3329
(7:53) Kur Teng misses 13-foot jumper.
(7:49) DJ Nix Defensive Rebound.
(7:29) Cooper Noard misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:25) Anthony Nimani Offensive Rebound.
(7:22) Josh Baldwin bad pass turnover.
(7:22) Kur Teng Steal.
+3 (7:03) Jesse McCulloch makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
3332
(6:54) Cooper Noard misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:50) Anthony Nimani Offensive Rebound.
(6:48) Adam Hinton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:44) Cooper Noard Offensive Rebound.
(6:38) Foul on Cam Ward.
+1 (6:38) Josh Baldwin makes free throw 1 of 2.
3432
+1 (6:38) Josh Baldwin makes free throw 2 of 2.
3532
(6:24) Foul on Jacob Beccles.
+1 (6:23) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
3533
+1 (6:23) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
3534
(6:12) Foul on Gioacchino Panzini.
(6:12) Gioacchino Panzini turnover.
(6:00) Divine Ugochukwu misses layup.
(6:00) DJ Nix Block.
(5:56) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(5:56) Coen Carr misses layup.
(5:56) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(5:56) Coen Carr misses layup.
(5:56) Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
+3 (5:46) Kur Teng makes 25-foot three point jumper (Denham Wojcik assists).
3537
+2 (5:28) Jake Fiegen makes layup.
3737
+2 (5:20) Carson Cooper makes layup (Denham Wojcik assists).
3739
(4:56) Foul on Denham Wojcik.
+1 (4:56) Cooper Noard makes free throw 1 of 2.
3839
+1 (4:56) Cooper Noard makes free throw 2 of 2.
3939
+2 (4:35) Carson Cooper makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Divine Ugochukwu assists).
3941
(4:35) Foul on Gioacchino Panzini.
(4:35) Carson Cooper misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:34) Gioacchino Panzini Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:18) Josh Baldwin makes layup.
4141
(4:08) Foul on Denham Wojcik.
(4:08) Denham Wojcik turnover.
+2 (3:46) Adam Hinton makes 12-foot jumper.
4341
(3:40) Foul on Josh Baldwin.
+1 (3:40) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2.
4342
+1 (3:40) Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2.
4343
+3 (3:28) Corbin Zentner makes 27-foot three point jumper (DaMaryon Fishburn assists).
4643
+2 (3:00) Divine Ugochukwu makes 14-foot jumper (Coen Carr assists).
4645
(2:48) Cooper Noard misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:45) Jordan Scott Defensive Rebound.
(2:31) Jordan Scott misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:27) Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
+3 (2:23) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 28-foot three point jumper (Divine Ugochukwu assists).
4648
(2:08) Foul on Coen Carr.
(2:08) Adam Hinton misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:08) Cornell Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:08) Adam Hinton makes free throw 2 of 2.
4748
(2:00) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(2:00) Cooper Noard Steal.
(1:55) Jake Fiegen misses layup.
(1:55) Coen Carr Block.
(1:48) Jordan Scott Defensive Rebound.
(1:43) Foul on DaMaryon Fishburn.
+1 (1:42) Kur Teng makes free throw 1 of 3.
4749
+1 (1:42) Kur Teng makes free throw 2 of 3.
4750
+1 (1:42) Kur Teng makes free throw 3 of 3.
4751
+2 (1:34) Cooper Noard makes layup (DJ Nix assists).
4951
(1:14) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(1:11) Jake Fiegen Defensive Rebound.
(1:11) Foul on Jordan Scott.
+1 (1:11) Jake Fiegen makes free throw 1 of 2.
5051
+1 (1:11) Jake Fiegen makes free throw 2 of 2.
5151
(1:01) Kur Teng misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:56) Corbin Zentner Defensive Rebound.
(0:51) DJ Nix misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(0:47) Jake Fiegen Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:46) Jake Fiegen makes layup.
5351
+2 (0:38) Coen Carr makes layup.
5353
(0:07) Cooper Noard misses layup.
(0:04) Jake Fiegen Offensive Rebound.
(0:03) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (0:00) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes layup.
5355

2nd half

Team Stats

COR

MSU

97Points114

32-70(45.7%)Field Goal(%)36-65(55.4%)

15-44(34.1%)3-Point(%)13-28(46.4%)

18-23(78.3%)Free Throw(%)29-43(67.4%)

33(9)Rebounds(Offensive)45(15)

19Assists30

7Steals6

1Blocks2

12Turnovers12

35(0)Fouls(Technical)20(0)

11Largest Lead26

Game Details

Monday, December 29, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Breslin Center · East Lansing, MI

attendance: 14,797 (100%)

tv: FS1

spread: MSU -23.5

over/under: 160.5