Michigan State basketball is hosting San Jose State on Thursday night for a non-conference clash after taking care of business against Arkansas in its last contest. San Jose State will be desperate, looking for its first win of the season after losing to both Utah and UC Santa Barbara to start the year.
Below, you can keep track of all the action and highlights through the game.
You can find the TV details here.
Final: Michigan State 79 – San Jose State 60
It wasn’t without some tough stretches, but MSU finally put San Jose State away to win comfortably by 19 points.
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Michigan State finally put San Jose State down behind some sharpshooting from Jeremy Fears Jr. and a MASSIVE alley-oop dunk from Coen Carr. Career-high 15 points for Jeremy Fears Jr..
2H Michigan State 67 – San Jose State 57
Michigan State has let the lead slip thanks to some horrendous shooting and some impressive play from Colby Garland and Yaphet Moundi of San Jose State. Garland has 22, and Moundi has made it to the free-throw line 16 times.
2H Michigan State 62 – San Jose State 46
San Jose State continues to chip into MSU’s lead, but the Spartans (Michigan State) are staying in front. Notably, Divine Ugochukwu scored his first field goal as a Spartan. He scored his first points on a free throw in the first half.
2H 10:41 Michigan State 60 – San Jose State 40
Michigan State squashes San Jose State’s run to start the second half behind a double-double from Jaxon Kohler.
2H 15:57: Michigan State 48 – San Jose State 31
San Jose State started the second half on an 8-0 run before MSU was finally able to start the bleeding with a Carson Cooper dunk. Cooper now has a career-high 14 points.
Halftime: Michigan State 46 – San Jose State 23
Michigan State heads to the half up by double over the other Spartans. Carson Cooper leads MSU with 12 points despite missing four free throws. Kur Teng has 10 points. Colby Garland leads San Jose State (and all scorers) with 14.
1H 2:53 Michigan State 37 – San Jose State 17
Kur Teng hits another three. He’s up to 10 points. Colby Garland of San Jose State leads all scorers with 11 points.
Michigan State 26 – San Jose State 9
As we near the back half of the first half, MSU continues to dominate. Kur Teng is now leading all scorers with seven points.
Michigan State 16 – San Jose State 2
Coen Carr went ballistic, as we’ve grown accustomed to. The Spartans are rolling on the Spartans heading into the second media timeout following a Cam Ward foul. You can watch Carr’s dunk, which put MSU up 10-2, below:
Michigan State 8 – San Jose State 2
Michigan State heads to the first media timeout following a foul by Jeremy Fears Jr. on San Jose State. Fears is starting the game strong with two assists, including a nice cross-court lob to a running Carson Cooper in transition for a nice bucket.
Michigan State 0 – San Jose State 0: Starting Lineup
To kick things off, Michigan State will go forward with Trey Fort in the starting lineup for the second straight week. Here is the full lineup:
PG Jeremy Fears Jr.SG Trey FortSF Coen CarrPF Jaxon KohlerC Carson Cooper
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