North Dakota State Bison vs. Michigan State Spartans

Mar 19, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NDSU	25	42	67
MSU	45	47	92

Game Recap

Carson Cooper's 20 points, 10 rebounds power Michigan State to 92-67 win over North Dakota State. Carson Cooper matched his career high with 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Michigan State routed North Dakota State 92-67 on Thursday to reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament for...

Player Stats

NORTH DAKOTA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
44Treyson Anderson	19	4-9	0-3	2-6	1	2	1	0	2	3	10
0Trevian Carson	34	5-11	1-4	0-0	7	6	0	0	1	1	11
5Andy Stefonowicz	35	3-8	0-4	0-0	2	1	2	0	5	1	6
1Damari Wheeler-Thomas	30	5-11	2-6	4-4	3	2	0	0	2	4	16
30Markhi Strickland	16	3-6	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	6
22Caleb Schoenrock	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34Noah Feddersen	20	1-1	0-0	5-7	1	1	1	1	1	2	7
13Riley Saunders	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Riley Massey	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
7Carson Smith	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Max Majerle	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Emil Skytta	14	2-3	1-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2	5
3Tay Smith	18	2-4	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
TOTAL	-	25-5743.9%	6-2524.0%	11-1764.7%	19	13	6	1	12	17	67

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Jordan Scott	24	2-5	2-3	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	1	6
0Jaxon Kohler	26	4-9	3-6	1-2	9	2	1	0	2	3	12
55Coen Carr	28	6-8	1-2	4-4	4	2	1	1	3	0	17
15Carson Cooper	30	7-9	0-0	6-6	10	3	0	1	1	3	20
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	32	2-6	1-2	2-2	2	11	0	0	4	1	7
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35Jesse McCulloch	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3
3Cam Ward	16	6-6	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	2	0	3	13
20Nick Sanders	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2Kur Teng	18	1-5	1-3	0-0	1	2	0	0	1	3	3
9Trey Fort	12	2-5	1-3	2-2	2	2	1	1	1	0	7
10Denham Wojcik	8	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	-	33-5658.9%	10-2050.0%	16-1888.9%	34	26	5	6	12	14	92

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNDSUMSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by North Dakota State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Michigan State.
+2 (19:42) Treyson Anderson makes layup.
20
+2 (19:18) Carson Cooper makes 6-foot floating jump shot (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
22
+2 (19:04) Markhi Strickland makes 1-foot dunk.
42
+3 (18:50) Jaxon Kohler makes 28-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
45
(18:25) Andy Stefonowicz bad pass turnover.
(18:13) Foul on Markhi Strickland.
(17:57) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 18-foot jumper.
(17:55) Markhi Strickland Defensive Rebound.
(17:46) Treyson Anderson bad pass turnover.
(17:33) Andy Stefonowicz Steal.
(17:33) Jaxon Kohler bad pass turnover.
+2 (17:28) Andy Stefonowicz makes layup.
65
(17:25) Foul on Damari Wheeler-Thomas.
(17:13) Foul on Jeremy Fears Jr..
(17:13) Jeremy Fears Jr. turnover.
(16:59) Andy Stefonowicz misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:56) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(16:51) Jordan Scott misses 15-foot jumper.
(16:47) Trevian Carson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:42) Markhi Strickland makes layup (Trevian Carson assists).
85
(16:28) Jaxon Kohler misses layup.
(16:28) Noah Feddersen Block.
(16:26) Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:17) Carson Cooper makes 2-foot dunk (Coen Carr assists).
87
(15:53) Foul on Noah Feddersen.
(15:53) Noah Feddersen turnover.
+2 (15:32) Carson Cooper makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
89
(15:32) Foul on Treyson Anderson.
+1 (15:32) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 1.
810
(15:12) Treyson Anderson bad pass turnover.
(15:12) Coen Carr Steal.
(14:53) Carson Cooper bad pass turnover.
(14:53) Treyson Anderson Steal.
(14:30) Tay Smith misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(14:27) Trey Fort Defensive Rebound.
(14:20) Kur Teng misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:16) Trevian Carson Defensive Rebound.
(13:53) Markhi Strickland misses 10-foot jumper.
(13:53) Cam Ward Block.
(13:50) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:47) Cam Ward makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
812
(13:30) Markhi Strickland misses layup.
(13:30) Trey Fort Block.
(13:26) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:25) Cam Ward makes 2-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
814
(13:06) Foul on Carson Cooper.
+1 (13:06) Noah Feddersen makes free throw 1 of 2.
914
+1 (13:06) Noah Feddersen makes free throw 2 of 2.
1014
+3 (12:54) Trey Fort makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jaxon Kohler assists).
1017
(12:52) Foul on Markhi Strickland.
+1 (12:52) Trey Fort makes free throw 1 of 1.
1018
(12:31) Andy Stefonowicz misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(12:30) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:26) Jaxon Kohler makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1021
(12:08) Damari Wheeler-Thomas misses driving layup.
(12:05) Denham Wojcik Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:38) Denham Wojcik makes driving layup.
1023
(11:26) Treyson Anderson misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(11:23) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(11:02) Foul on Jaxon Kohler.
(11:02) Jaxon Kohler turnover.
+3 (10:46) Trevian Carson makes 28-foot three point jumper (Noah Feddersen assists).
1323
(10:19) Coen Carr misses layup.
(10:15) Trevian Carson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:07) Tay Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Damari Wheeler-Thomas assists).
1623
(9:47) Trey Fort misses 12-foot jumper.
(9:42) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:39) Denham Wojcik makes 10-foot pullup jump shot.
1625
(9:13) Damari Wheeler-Thomas misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:10) Tay Smith Offensive Rebound.
(9:04) Andy Stefonowicz bad pass turnover.
(9:04) Jaxon Kohler Steal.
(8:44) Kur Teng misses 5-foot floating jump shot.
(8:39) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
(8:37) Coen Carr misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:35) Noah Feddersen Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Andy Stefonowicz bad pass turnover.
(8:12) Kur Teng bad pass turnover.
(8:12) Riley Massey Steal.
+2 (7:49) Andy Stefonowicz makes layup (Treyson Anderson assists).
1825
+3 (7:25) Kur Teng makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1828
(7:09) Trevian Carson misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(7:09) Kur Teng Defensive Rebound.
(7:01) Jaxon Kohler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:58) Trevian Carson Defensive Rebound.
(6:40) Riley Massey misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:34) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(6:32) Kur Teng misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:27) Andy Stefonowicz Defensive Rebound.
(6:22) Tay Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:19) Jeremy Fears Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:14) Carson Cooper makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1830
(6:14) Foul on Treyson Anderson.
+1 (6:14) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 1.
1831
(6:02) Trevian Carson misses 10-foot jumper.
(6:02) North Dakota State Offensive Rebound.
(6:02) Damari Wheeler-Thomas bad pass turnover.
(6:02) Jordan Scott Steal.
+2 (5:46) Cam Ward makes 2-foot dunk (Carson Cooper assists).
1833
(5:29) Trevian Carson misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:25) Jordan Scott Defensive Rebound.
(5:07) Foul on Tay Smith.
+1 (5:07) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2.
1834
+1 (5:07) Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2.
1835
+2 (4:52) Noah Feddersen makes 1-foot dunk.
2035
(4:34) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:30) Damari Wheeler-Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(4:23) Foul on Cam Ward.
(4:11) Treyson Anderson misses 10-foot jumper.
(4:11) Cam Ward Block.
(4:09) North Dakota State Offensive Rebound.
(4:06) Andy Stefonowicz bad pass turnover.
(4:06) Cam Ward Steal.
+2 (4:01) Cam Ward makes layup.
2037
+2 (3:31) Andy Stefonowicz makes driving layup.
2237
(3:24) Foul on Treyson Anderson.
+1 (3:24) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2238
+1 (3:24) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
2239
(3:08) Damari Wheeler-Thomas misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(3:04) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:50) Coen Carr makes driving layup.
2241
(2:20) Foul on Cam Ward.
(2:20) Noah Feddersen misses free throw 1 of 2.
(2:20) North Dakota State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (2:20) Noah Feddersen makes free throw 2 of 2.
2341
(2:04) Foul on Noah Feddersen.
+1 (2:04) Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2.
2342
+1 (2:04) Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2.
2343
+2 (1:46) Trevian Carson makes 9-foot hook shot.
2543
(1:35) Coen Carr bad pass turnover.
(1:24) Trevian Carson misses driving layup.
(1:24) Coen Carr Block.
(1:24) North Dakota State Offensive Rebound.
(1:20) Andy Stefonowicz misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:20) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(1:07) Jaxon Kohler misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:05) Damari Wheeler-Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(0:55) Damari Wheeler-Thomas misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:52) Jeremy Fears Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:48) Coen Carr makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2545
(0:34) Markhi Strickland misses 9-foot hook shot.
(0:31) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Jaxon Kohler misses layup.
(0:04) North Dakota State Defensive Rebound.
(0:04) Trevian Carson misses 32-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) North Dakota State Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

NDSU

MSU

67Points92

25-57(43.9%)Field Goal(%)33-56(58.9%)

6-25(24.0%)3-Point(%)10-20(50.0%)

11-17(64.7%)Free Throw(%)16-18(88.9%)

23(4)Rebounds(Offensive)35(4)

13Assists26

6Steals5

1Blocks6

12Turnovers12

17(0)Fouls(Technical)14(0)

3Largest Lead28

Game Details

Thursday, March 19, 2026 · 4:27 PM

KeyBank Center · Buffalo, NY

attendance: 17,182 (89.5%)

tv: TNT

spread: MSU -16.5

over/under: 144.5