Overview
- The Spartans beat the Titans 84-56 at Breslin Center, leading wire-to-wire after a 17-4 start and taking a 41-25 edge into halftime.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. posted 18 points and 11 assists to pace an unselfish offense that produced 11 different scorers.
- Coen Carr added 13 points and seven rebounds, with Jaxon Kohler scoring 13 and Carson Cooper 12 as Michigan State won the boards 42-31.
- The win marked MSU’s first 5-0 start in five years and followed an 83-66 defeat of No. 12 Kentucky after an earlier victory over then-No. 14 Arkansas.
- Tom Izzo used an 11-man rotation and praised his core while urging consistency, with East Carolina up Tuesday and a likely Top 25 test against North Carolina later in Fort Myers.