Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET Monday at the Breslin Center with television coverage on FS1.
- FanDuel lists Michigan State as a 27.5-point favorite with a total of 157.5 points.
- Cornell leads Division I in made threes per game (14.2) and shoots around 41% from deep, paced by scorer Cooper Noard at 20.6 points per game.
- Izzo warns Cornell’s high-volume perimeter offense “poses problems,” as MSU focuses on sharper three-point defense and cleaner play after recent lapses.
- Both teams return from the holiday break, with Cornell in just its second game in 22 days, and an MSU win would secure a 12-1 start before Friday’s trip to Nebraska.