Michigan State Spartans vs. UConn Huskies

Mar 27, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
MSU	27	36	63
CONN	35	32	67

Game Recap

It's UConn vs. Duke for a Final Four spot after the Huskies edge Michigan State 67-63. One of Tarris Reed Jr.'s few weaknesses is free-throw shooting.

Player Stats

MICHIGAN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
6Jordan Scott	23	2-5	1-2	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	0	5
0Jaxon Kohler	30	4-10	1-4	3-3	8	0	2	0	2	3	12
55Coen Carr	34	5-9	0-3	3-5	3	1	0	1	0	0	13
15Carson Cooper	28	5-8	0-0	4-5	7	3	0	2	2	2	14
1Jeremy Fears Jr.	36	5-15	1-3	2-3	3	7	3	0	4	4	13
3Cam Ward	19	1-4	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	2	2
2Kur Teng	20	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0
9Trey Fort	6	1-3	1-3	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
10Denham Wojcik	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
TOTAL	-	23-5839.7%	4-1625.0%	13-1872.2%	34	13	6	3	9	15	63

UCONN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Alex Karaban	37	6-12	3-8	2-2	7	3	0	2	2	3	17
5Tarris Reed Jr.	33	8-16	0-0	4-6	5	4	1	2	0	4	20
24Braylon Mullins	29	3-7	2-5	0-0	4	1	0	1	2	2	8
2Silas Demary Jr.	23	1-3	0-0	0-0	3	3	1	0	2	3	2
1Solo Ball	32	4-8	2-5	2-2	0	1	0	0	2	2	12
23Jayden Ross	19	0-2	0-0	1-2	2	0	2	0	0	2	1
3Jaylin Stewart	3	1-2	1-1	1-2	2	0	0	1	0	0	4
12Eric Reibe	7	0-0	0-0	0-2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
0Malachi Smith	17	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	7	4	0	1	1	3
TOTAL	-	24-5246.2%	9-2142.9%	10-1662.5%	25	20	8	6	9	18	67

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMSUCONN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Michigan State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by UConn.
+2 (19:48) Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Carson Cooper assists).
20
+3 (19:26) Alex Karaban makes 26-foot three pointer (Tarris Reed Jr. assists).
23
(18:58) Coen Carr misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:55) Jordan Scott Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:46) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
43
(18:20) Tarris Reed Jr. misses layup.
(18:20) Carson Cooper Block.
(18:18) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
(18:05) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(18:01) Coen Carr Offensive Rebound.
(17:51) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(17:45) Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
(17:30) Jaxon Kohler misses 5-foot hook shot.
(17:27) Silas Demary Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (17:15) Braylon Mullins makes 23-foot three point jumper (Alex Karaban assists).
46
(17:02) Carson Cooper misses driving layup.
(17:02) Tarris Reed Jr. Block.
(17:01) Michigan State Offensive Rebound.
(16:44) Carson Cooper misses 8-foot hook shot.
(16:42) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:42) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (16:23) Tarris Reed Jr. makes 1-foot dunk.
48
(16:07) Foul on Solo Ball.
(15:50) Cam Ward misses layup.
(15:48) Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.
(15:34) Braylon Mullins misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:31) Alex Karaban Offensive Rebound.
(15:24) Solo Ball misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(15:21) Coen Carr Defensive Rebound.
(15:17) Foul on Silas Demary Jr..
(15:17) Coen Carr misses free throw 1 of 2.
(15:17) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (15:17) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
58
+2 (14:59) Braylon Mullins makes 1-foot dunk (Tarris Reed Jr. assists).
510
(14:40) Kur Teng misses 17-foot jumper.
(14:37) Kur Teng Offensive Rebound.
(14:27) Jaxon Kohler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:24) Jaxon Kohler Offensive Rebound.
(14:22) Jaxon Kohler bad pass turnover.
(14:06) Tarris Reed Jr. misses 7-foot hook shot.
(14:04) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(13:46) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:43) Jordan Scott Offensive Rebound.
(13:35) Cam Ward misses layup.
(13:35) Braylon Mullins Block.
(13:34) UConn Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:11) Malachi Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eric Reibe assists).
513
(12:59) Carson Cooper bad pass turnover.
(12:59) Malachi Smith Steal.
+2 (12:40) Alex Karaban makes 6-foot floating jump shot.
515
(12:13) Foul on Braylon Mullins.
(12:13) Trey Fort misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:13) Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:13) Trey Fort makes free throw 2 of 2.
615
+3 (12:00) Solo Ball makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
618
(11:44) Trey Fort misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:41) Malachi Smith Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:22) Jaylin Stewart makes 23-foot three point jumper (Solo Ball assists).
621
(11:05) Denham Wojcik misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(11:01) UConn Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:38) Solo Ball makes 27-foot three point jumper (Malachi Smith assists).
624
(10:20) Jordan Scott misses driving layup.
(10:20) Jaylin Stewart Block.
(10:18) Jaylin Stewart Defensive Rebound.
(10:16) Jayden Ross misses driving layup.
(10:15) Jaylin Stewart Offensive Rebound.
(10:15) Foul on Carson Cooper.
+1 (10:15) Jaylin Stewart makes free throw 1 of 2.
625
(10:15) Jaylin Stewart misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:14) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:59) Coen Carr makes layup.
825
(9:30) Jaylin Stewart misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:28) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(9:17) Coen Carr misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:14) Malachi Smith Defensive Rebound.
(9:06) Foul on Cam Ward.
(9:06) Eric Reibe misses free throw 1 of 2.
(9:06) UConn Deadball Team Rebound.
(9:06) Eric Reibe misses free throw 2 of 2.
(9:05) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:56) Jaxon Kohler makes driving layup (Coen Carr assists).
1025
(8:39) Braylon Mullins misses layup.
(8:37) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
(8:32) Foul on Eric Reibe.
(8:13) Foul on Alex Karaban.
+1 (8:13) Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2.
1125
+1 (8:13) Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2.
1225
+2 (7:57) Silas Demary Jr. makes layup.
1227
(7:37) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(7:35) Jordan Scott Offensive Rebound.
(7:14) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:12) Braylon Mullins Defensive Rebound.
(7:12) Foul on Jaxon Kohler.
(6:56) Silas Demary Jr. bad pass turnover.
(6:56) Jeremy Fears Jr. Steal.
+2 (6:52) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup.
1427
(6:31) Foul on Trey Fort.
(6:31) Foul on Jeremy Fears Jr..
(6:25) Braylon Mullins bad pass turnover.
(6:25) Jaxon Kohler Steal.
(6:06) Jaxon Kohler bad pass turnover.
(6:06) Silas Demary Jr. Steal.
(5:56) Foul on Trey Fort.
+2 (5:49) Tarris Reed Jr. makes driving layup.
1429
(5:38) Foul on Jayden Ross.
(5:29) Jordan Scott misses 14-foot floating jump shot.
(5:26) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(5:09) Malachi Smith bad pass turnover.
+2 (4:57) Carson Cooper makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1629
(4:39) Alex Karaban misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:36) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(4:32) Jeremy Fears Jr. bad pass turnover.
(4:32) Malachi Smith Steal.
+2 (4:26) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup (Malachi Smith assists).
1631
(4:15) Foul on Malachi Smith.
(4:15) Jeremy Fears Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:14) Tarris Reed Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(3:51) Tarris Reed Jr. misses 6-foot hook shot.
(3:49) Carson Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:38) Cam Ward makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
1831
+2 (3:09) Tarris Reed Jr. makes layup.
1833
(3:09) Foul on Carson Cooper.
(3:09) Tarris Reed Jr. misses free throw 1 of 1.
(3:08) Jordan Scott Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:57) Jaxon Kohler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists).
2133
(2:36) Solo Ball misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(2:32) Cam Ward Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:09) Coen Carr makes layup (Jordan Scott assists).
2333
(1:48) Tarris Reed Jr. misses 7-foot hook shot.
(1:46) Jaxon Kohler Defensive Rebound.
+1 (1:26) Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 2 of 2.
2533
(1:26) Foul on Tarris Reed Jr..
+1 (1:26) Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 1 of 2.
2433
(1:06) Braylon Mullins bad pass turnover.
(0:51) Jaxon Kohler misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:48) Alex Karaban Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:43) Solo Ball makes driving layup (Silas Demary Jr. assists).
2535
+2 (0:23) Jeremy Fears Jr. makes driving layup.
2735
(0:02) Alex Karaban bad pass turnover.
(0:02) Jaxon Kohler Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

MSU

CONN

63Points67

23-58(39.7%)Field Goal(%)24-52(46.2%)

4-16(25.0%)3-Point(%)9-21(42.9%)

13-18(72.2%)Free Throw(%)10-16(62.5%)

39(13)Rebounds(Offensive)30(6)

13Assists20

6Steals8

3Blocks6

10Turnovers10

15(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

2Largest Lead19

Game Details

Friday, March 27, 2026 · 9:55 PM

Capital One Arena · Washington, D.C.

attendance: 19,445 (94.4%)

tv: CBS

spread: CONN -2.5

over/under: 136.5