No. 17 Michigan State Beats San Jose State, 79-60, for Third-Straight Win

Senior ahead Jaxon Kohler led 4 gamers in double figures, scoring 17 factors and grabbing 18 rebounds for his second double-double this season.

Senior heart Carson Cooper added 17 factors and 7 rebounds, redshirt sophomore guard Jeremy Fears Jr. added 15 factors, 9 assists and 5 rebounds, whereas sophomore guard Kur Teng completed with 10 factors.

Records

Michigan State improves to 3-0 this season, whereas San Jose State falls to 1-3..

Recap

• Michigan State went into the break main by 23 factors, 46-23, however San Jose State outscored MSU, 8-2, over the opening 2:39 and pulled to inside 46-31, on a 3-pointer from Jermaine Washington.
• A dunk from Cooper gave MSU a 48-31 lead, however San Jose State a jumper from Colby Garland and a three-point play from Washington narrowed the hole to 48-36 with 15:20 to play.
• The Spartans responded with a 10-2 run over 4:49 and took a 58-38 lead on a 3-pointer from Kohler at 12:05 and saved the lead at 20 factors, 60-40, on a dunk from Ward on the 11:09 mark.
• San Jose State continued to chip away and used a 15-5 run over a 4:41, pulling to inside 10 factors, 65-55, on a 3-pointer from Sadraque NgaNga with 5:40 to play.
• Fears hit a pair of 3-pointers within the closing two minutes and a reverse dunk from junior ahead Coen Carr with 2:21 left helped MSU shut out the sport with a 12-3 run over the ultimate 3:37 for the win.
• Michigan State went into the break with a 23-point lead, 46-23, with Cooper main the way in which with 12 factors and Teng added 10.
• The Spartans jumped out to an early, with a quick break layup from Cooper on the 16-minute mark giving MSU an 8-2 lead, forcing San Jose State to name a timeout.
• That was a part of a 12-0 run over 3:39 because the Spartans took a 16-2 lead on a quick break layup from Teng on the 12:48 mark.
• Free throws from Kohler with 4:18 to play pushed MSU’s result in 21 factors, 34-13, and the Spartans took their greatest lead of the half, 37-15, on a 3-pointer from Teng with 2:02 to play.
• San Jose State lower the result in 19 factors, 42-23, with 1:19 to play however a layup from freshman ahead Cam Ward on the buzzer pushed the MSU result in 23 factors (46-23) on the break.

Key Stats

• Michigan State opened up a 23-point lead (46-23) on the break, connecting on 55.2 % of its pictures from the ground (16-of-29).
• MSU completed the sport capturing a season-high 48.3 % from the ground (28-of-58), regardless of capturing 41.4 % within the second half (12-of-29).
• MSU handed out 25 assists on 28 made area objectives.
• The Spartans out-rebounded San Jose State, 45-26, collected 13 offensive rebounds and scored 15 second-chance factors.
• The Spartans outscored San Jose State, 24-8, on the quick break.

Notes

• Michigan State leads the all-time sequence with San Jose State, 4-0.
• MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 8-3 all-time towards San Jose State Head Coach Tim Miles, together with 10 video games when the latter coached at Nebraska.
• Izzo’s profession report improved to 740-302 at first of his thirty first season on the helm of the MSU program.
• The Spartans have an all-time report of 163-47 in November, together with a 107-4 mark on the Breslin Center.
• Head Coach Tom Izzo is 85-1 all-time at house in November, 128-43 for the month general.
• Jaxon Kohler led Michigan State in scoring and rebounding with 17 factors and 18 boards.

  • It was his second double-double this season and the eleventh of his profession.
  • His 18 rebounds had been a career-best and marked the 14th recreation of his profession with no less than 10 boards.
  • The 18 rebounds had been probably the most by a Michigan State participant since Miles Bridges grabbed 21 towards Savannah State on Dec. 31, 2017.

• Carson Cooper scored a career-high 17 factors and grabbed seven rebounds whereas including a career-best 4 steals.

  • He has scored in double figures twice this season and 6 instances for his profession.

• Jeremy Fears Jr. completed with 15 factors, 9 assists and 5 rebounds.

  • He has scored in double figures twice this season and 14 for his profession.
  • Fears has handed out no less than 9 assists in all three video games this season.

• Sophomore guard Kur Ten scored a career-high 10 factors. 

Up Next
Michigan State hits the highway subsequent, touring to play No. 9 Kentucky within the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The recreation ideas off on the World’s Most Famous Arena at 6:30 p.m. and can air on ESPN, with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas calling all the motion.