Overview
- The No. 17 Spartans made a season-high 11 three-pointers and won the boards 42-28 to improve to 4-0.
- Jaxon Kohler led with 20 points, Kur Teng posted a career-best 15 off the bench, and Jeremy Fears Jr. logged 13 assists.
- No. 12 Kentucky fell to 3-2 after shooting 35% from the field and 7-for-30 from deep, spending most of the game in a double-digit hole.
- Point guard Jaland Lowe missed his fifth straight game and remains out indefinitely with a dislocated right shoulder.
- Elsewhere in the showcase, Kansas held out five-star freshman Darryn Peterson with a hamstring strain as Duke’s Cameron Boozer drew national attention.