{"id":935805,"date":"2026-10-21T05:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/935805\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T05:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:46:10","slug":"michigan-state-falls-short-against-uconn-in-exhibition-78-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/935805\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State Falls Short Against UConn in Exhibition, 78-70"},"content":{"rendered":"

EAST LANSING, Mich. \u2013 No. 6 Michigan State fell behind at the half and narrowed the gap in the second half before No. 4 UConn pulled away en route to a 78-70 win over the Spartans in an exhibition game at the Breslin Center on Tuesday night.<\/a><\/p>\n

Redshirt junior guard Jeremy Fears Jr.<\/a> scored 14 points and had seven assists and three steals to lead the Spartans, while freshman guard Jasiah Jervis<\/a> added 11 points.<\/p>\n

Recap
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\n\tMichigan State trailed by eight points, 30-22, at the break but quickly cut the lead to two points, 30-28, after baskets from senior forward Coen Carr<\/a>, sophomore forward Jordan Scott<\/a> and a layup from Fears.
\n\tA layup from freshman center Ethan Taylor<\/a> made it 32-30, but the Huskies pushed the lead back to seven points, 38-31, on a three-point play from Colben Landrew.
\n\tScott’s three-point play with 14:03 left cut the UConn lead to 41-38, and three more times over the next five minutes, MSU trailed by just four points, the last on a layup from Fears with 10:43 left, making it 50-46.
\n\tTaylor’s jumper with 9:50 left pulled MSU to within five points, 53-48, but Nils Machowski followed with a 3-pointer to start an 11-2 run over 2:25 to push the Huskies’ lead to 64-50 with 6:53 left.
\n\tFree throws from Fears (1:37) cut the lead to 71-64 and an alleyoop to redshirt sophomore forward Jesse McCulloch<\/a> made it 73-66 with 44 seconds left but that was as close as MSU would get. <\/p>\n

Key Stats<\/p>\n


\n\tMSU scored just 22 points and shot only 36.4 percent from the floor (8-of-22) in the first half.
\n\tThe Spartans committed 12 turnovers, including 10 in the first half.
\n\tMSU hit just 15.0 percent of its 3-point attempts (3-of-20). <\/p>\n

Notes<\/p>\n


\n\tThis was the second of three exhibition games for the Spartans.
\n\tThe game against UConn marked the second-straight year the teams have played (UConn posted a 76-69 win over MSU last year in Hartford.
\n\tMSU closes out exhibition play on Sunday, Oct. 25 at Marquette. <\/p>\n

Up Next<\/a>
\nThe Spartans play their final exhibition game on Sunday, Oct. 25, traveling to play Marquette. The game will tip at 1 p.m. (ET), with a live stream available on YouTube.
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