Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Michigan State Spartans

Feb 7, 2026

FINAL / OT

Box Score

	1	2	OT	T
ILL	39	32	11	82
MSU	35	36	14	85

Game Recap

Jeremy Fears' 26 points and 15 assists help No. 10 Michigan State beat No. 5 Illinois 85-82 in OT. Jeremy Fears scored 26 points, including a tiebreaking three-point play with 1:47 left in overtime, and had 15 assists to help .

Player Stats

ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0David Mirkovic	36	5-13	1-5	7-8	6	6	1	1	0	4	18
15Jake Davis	29	1-5	1-5	3-3	3	1	2	0	0	1	6
13Tomislav Ivisic	29	5-9	2-6	0-1	2	1	1	0	0	5	12
23Keaton Wagler	41	2-16	2-8	10-12	6	3	1	0	3	3	16
2Andrej Stojakovic	35	8-14	1-2	0-0	7	0	0	0	0	3	17
3Ben Humrichous	29	3-6	2-4	0-0	4	2	0	1	0	2	8
44Zvonimir Ivisic	26	2-8	1-6	0-0	8	0	0	3	1	2	5
1Brandon Lee	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0


TOTAL	-	26-7136.6%	10-3627.8%	20-2483.3%	36	13	5	5	4	21	82

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Jordan Scott	28	3-6	1-4	3-4	4	0	1	2	2	5	10
0Jaxon Kohler	35	4-12	3-8	0-0	15	1	1	1	1	2	11
55Coen Carr	37	4-10	0-2	0-0	8	0	0	0	2	0	8
15Carson Cooper	37	3-4	0-0	3-4	9	1	0	1	0	1	9
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	43	7-19	0-3	12-13	3	15	1	0	2	3	26
35Jesse McCulloch	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Cam Ward	18	3-4	0-0	2-2	7	0	0	0	0	4	8
2Kur Teng	16	4-10	2-6	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	1	10
9Trey Fort	7	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
10Denham Wojcik	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	29-6743.3%	7-2429.2%	20-2387.0%	47	18	3	4	8	19	85

Play-by-Play

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1st halfILLMSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Michigan State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Illinois.
(19:47) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(19:47) Tomislav Ivisic Steal.
(19:32) Keaton Wagler misses layup.
(19:32) Jordan Scott Block.
(19:26) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(19:08) Jordan Scott bad pass turnover.
(18:53) David Mirkovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:50) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(18:33) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 11-foot jumper.
(18:31) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(18:31) Foul on Jake Davis.
(18:26) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:23) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
(18:17) Jaxon Kohler bad pass turnover.
(18:17) Jake Davis Steal.
(17:59) Jake Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:56) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(17:45) Keaton Wagler bad pass turnover.
(17:45) Jeremy Fears Jr. Steal.
+2 (17:40) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes layup.
02
(17:26) Jake Davis misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:20) Keaton Wagler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:15) Tomislav Ivisic makes 2-foot dunk.
22
(17:03) Jordan Scott misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(17:00) Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
(16:55) Foul on Ben Humrichous.
+1 (16:55) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2.
23
+1 (16:55) Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2.
24
+2 (16:31) Andrej Stojakovic makes 15-foot jumper.
44
(16:23) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
(16:17) Jaxon Kohler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:10) Carson Cooper Offensive Rebound.
(16:06) Kur Teng misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:02) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:01) Jaxon Kohler makes layup.
46
(15:46) Andrej Stojakovic misses 10-foot jumper.
(15:42) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(15:38) Kur Teng misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:34) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:07) Zvonimir Ivisic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ben Humrichous assists).
76
(14:52) Foul on David Mirkovic.
+2 (14:34) Coen Carr makes 17-foot jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
78
+3 (14:16) Tomislav Ivisic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
108
(13:45) Coen Carr misses layup.
(13:45) Zvonimir Ivisic Block.
(13:40) Tomislav Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(13:38) Ben Humrichous misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:35) Andrej Stojakovic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:33) Andrej Stojakovic makes 1-foot jumper.
128
+2 (13:09) Jordan Scott makes 10-foot jumper.
1210
(12:49) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:46) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:43) Cam Ward makes 4-foot dunk.
1212
(12:19) Keaton Wagler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:14) Zvonimir Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
(12:14) Zvonimir Ivisic bad pass turnover.
(12:14) Jordan Scott Steal.
+3 (11:58) Jaxon Kohler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1215
+2 (11:37) Tomislav Ivisic makes 4-foot hook shot.
1415
(11:35) Foul on Cam Ward.
(11:35) Tomislav Ivisic misses free throw 1 of 1.
(11:34) Jordan Scott Defensive Rebound.
(11:11) Jaxon Kohler misses 4-foot hook shot.
(11:11) David Mirkovic Block.
(11:07) Keaton Wagler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:52) Ben Humrichous makes layup (Jake Davis assists).
1615
+2 (10:45) Carson Cooper makes 5-foot jumper (Denham Wojcik assists).
1617
(10:18) Foul on Trey Fort.
+1 (10:18) David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
1717
+1 (10:18) David Mirkovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
1817
+2 (10:04) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 15-foot jumper (Carson Cooper assists).
1819
(9:48) Andrej Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:44) Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(9:31) Keaton Wagler traveling turnover.
(9:17) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(9:17) David Mirkovic Steal.
(9:11) Keaton Wagler misses 5-foot jumper.
(9:05) Zvonimir Ivisic Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:05) Zvonimir Ivisic makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
2019
(9:00) Jordan Scott misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:58) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:48) David Mirkovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Keaton Wagler assists).
2319
(8:30) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 14-foot jumper.
(8:28) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:28) Foul on Zvonimir Ivisic.
(8:21) Jesse McCulloch misses 15-foot jumper.
(8:17) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:06) Andrej Stojakovic makes 6-foot jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
2519
(7:49) Foul on Zvonimir Ivisic.
+3 (7:32) Kur Teng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2522
(7:09) Andrej Stojakovic misses layup.
(7:07) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(7:00) Coen Carr misses 20-foot jumper.
(6:56) Kur Teng Offensive Rebound.
(6:45) Coen Carr traveling turnover.
(6:24) Tomislav Ivisic misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:21) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:09) Kur Teng makes 14-foot jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2524
+3 (5:43) Ben Humrichous makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
2824
(5:15) Kur Teng misses 13-foot jumper.
(5:11) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(4:58) Foul on Tomislav Ivisic.
(4:58) Jordan Scott misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:58) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (4:58) Jordan Scott makes free throw 2 of 2.
2825
+3 (4:46) Ben Humrichous makes 24-foot three point jumper (David Mirkovic assists).
3125
+3 (4:38) Trey Fort makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
3128
(4:15) Zvonimir Ivisic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:11) Ben Humrichous Offensive Rebound.
(4:10) Ben Humrichous misses 3-foot jumper.
(4:07) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(4:05) Cam Ward misses layup.
(4:02) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
(3:51) Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:47) David Mirkovic Defensive Rebound.
(3:32) Zvonimir Ivisic misses alley oop dunk.
(3:28) Jeremy Fears Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:24) Jaxon Kohler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
3131
(3:02) David Mirkovic misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(2:58) Ben Humrichous Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:57) Andrej Stojakovic makes layup (Ben Humrichous assists).
3331
+2 (2:43) Jordan Scott makes 15-foot jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
3333
+2 (2:26) David Mirkovic makes 9-foot hook shot.
3533
(2:04) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:01) Zvonimir Ivisic Defensive Rebound.
(1:35) Keaton Wagler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:33) David Mirkovic Offensive Rebound.
(1:33) Foul on Jordan Scott.
+1 (1:33) David Mirkovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
3633
+1 (1:33) David Mirkovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
3733
(1:08) Coen Carr misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:04) Andrej Stojakovic Defensive Rebound.
(0:56) Andrej Stojakovic misses 12-foot jumper.
(0:53) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:50) Coen Carr makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
3735
(0:42) Foul on Jordan Scott.
+1 (0:42) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 1 of 2.
3835
+1 (0:42) Keaton Wagler makes free throw 2 of 2.
3935
(0:30) Kur Teng traveling turnover.
(0:09) Foul on Jeremy Fears Jr..
(0:07) Foul on Denham Wojcik.
(0:03) Keaton Wagler misses 31-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Overtime

Team Stats

ILL

MSU

82Points85

26-71(36.6%)Field Goal(%)29-67(43.3%)

10-36(27.8%)3-Point(%)7-24(29.2%)

20-24(83.3%)Free Throw(%)20-23(87.0%)

38(15)Rebounds(Offensive)48(15)

13Assists18

5Steals3

5Blocks4

4Turnovers8

21(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)

9Largest Lead6

Game Details

Saturday, February 7, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Breslin Center · East Lansing, MI

attendance: 14,797 (100%)

tv: FOX

spread: MSU -1.5

over/under: 142.5