Overview
- Jeremy Fears Jr. led the Spartans with 19 points and seven assists, punctuating a career-high scoring night.
- North Carolina shot 38% from the field and 4-for-23 from three, while Michigan State went 5-for-10 from deep and won bench points 20-5.
- Michigan State erased a 22-15 deficit with a 13-0 first-half run, led 33-28 at the break, and sealed it with a late 9-0 surge.
- Jaxon Kohler posted 10 points and 11 rebounds, Carson Cooper added 14, and freshman Cam Ward scored 11 off the bench.
- The FOX broadcast averaged 5.49 million viewers, the network’s most-watched college basketball game ever, as MSU now hosts Iowa on Tuesday and UNC visits Kentucky.