Overview
- Tip is 7 p.m. ET at the Breslin Center, with betting lines around MSU -26.5 to -27.5 and an over/under near the mid-150s.
- Michigan State enters 11-1 and No. 9 in the AP and Coaches polls, with outside shooting trending above 40% over the past nine games.
- Cornell is 6-5 and leads Division I with 14.2 made threes per game on roughly 41% accuracy, led by senior guard Cooper Noard at about 20.6 points per game.
- Izzo warns that Cornell’s volume from deep “poses problems,” after recent opponents hit 37% and 46% from three as MSU works to cut turnovers and tighten coverage.
- Coen Carr is coming off a 22-point outing and Jaxon Kohler paces MSU in scoring and rebounding, with Nebraska next on Friday after this nonconference finale.