Monday, November 3
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM
Michigan State University
1-0,0-0Big Ten
80
vs
69
Colgate
0-1,0-0Patriot
1
2
F
Colgate
34
35
69
Michigan St.
37
43
80
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography
Four in Double Figures as No. 22 Michigan State Uses Late Run to Pull Away from Colgate, 80-69
11/3/2025 9:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Four players scored in double figures and No. 22 Michigan State used a run late in the second half to open a 14-point lead and went on to an 80-69 win over Colgate in the season opener for both schools at the Breslin Center Monday night.
Senior forward Jaxon Kohler led Michigan State with a double-double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 15 rebounds, while redshirt sophomore guard Jeremy Fears Jr. had a double-double with 14 points and tying his career-high with 10 assists while setting a career-best with five steals.
Junior forward Coen Carr finished with 12 points and four rebounds and senior center Carson Cooper added 10 points and six rebounds.
Recap
Michigan State continues its season-opening homestand on Saturday, Nov. 8, hosting Arkansas at the Breslin Center. The game tips off at 7 p.m. on FOX, with Brandon Gaudin and Bill Raftery calling all of the action.
Senior forward Jaxon Kohler led Michigan State with a double-double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 15 rebounds, while redshirt sophomore guard Jeremy Fears Jr. had a double-double with 14 points and tying his career-high with 10 assists while setting a career-best with five steals.
Junior forward Coen Carr finished with 12 points and four rebounds and senior center Carson Cooper added 10 points and six rebounds.
Recap
- Michigan State took an early lead in the first half and led by six points four times but went into the second half with just a 37-34 lead.
- The Raiders tied the game at 39-all on a 3-pointer from Brady Cummins and the game was tied again at 41-all on a jumper from Andrew Alekseyenko with 16:23 to play in the game.
- With just over 13 minutes to play, the Spartans led by just two points, 47-45, when senior guard Trey Fort was fouled shooting a 3-pointer and hit all three shots to push the lead to five points, 50-45.
- That was the start of a 15-2 run over 4:22 with Michigan State taking its biggest lead of the game, 62-47, on a free throw from Cooper after two dunks from Carr and a jumper from Kohler.
- Colgate quickly cut the lead back to seven points, 62-55, but a 9-2 MSU capped by a layup from Kohler and free throws from freshman forward Jordan Scott pushed the lead back to 15 points, 72-57, with just over four minutes left and the Raiders did not get within nine points the rest of the way.
- Michigan State didn't hit a 2-point basket for the first 12-plus minutes, had more free throws (17-of-22) than field goals (7-of-20), committed eight turnovers, saw UConn score 16 points off those and still went into halftime trailing by just 11 points.
- The Spartans led by 10 points in the earlier minutes
- The Spartans went into the half by just three points, 37-34, after a 3-pointer from Colgate's Brady Cummins with one second left.
- MSU had jumped out to an early 8-3 lead after back-to-back 3-pointers from sophomore guard Kur Teng and Kohler and extended its lead to seven points, 13-6, on a layup from Fears at the 13:58 mark.
- Colgate took advantage of missed shots from the Spartans and crept back in, using a 7-1 run to pull within 14-13 on a 3-poitner from Josh Ahayere.
- Michigan State pushed its lead to six points on four occasions, including late at 37-31 on free throws from Fears with 1:15 left before Colgate cut the lead to 37-34.
- Michigan State had a 47-25 advantage in rebounding and collected 19 offensive rebounds.
- The Spartans finished with 20 second-chance points.
- MSU went to the free throw line 37 times, hitting 24 attempts (64.9 percent).
- The Spartans handed out 18 assists on 25 made field goals.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with Colgate 6-1.
- MSU has won the last six meetings and this was the first meeting since a Spartan win in Hamilton, N.Y. in 1933.
- Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo's career record improved to 738-302 at the start of his 31st season at the helm of the MSU program.
- The Spartans are now 98-29 all-time in season openers, with wins in 41 of the last 49 games.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 23-8 all-time in season openers.
- The Spartans have an all-time record of 161-47 in November, including a 105-4 mark at the Breslin Center.
- Head Coach Tom Izzo is 83-1 all-time at home in November, 126-43 for the month overall.
- Jaxon Kohler led MSU in scoring (16 points) and rebounds (15 rebounds).
- Kohler has scored in double figures 13 times for his career and has double figure rebounds in 13 career games.
- This was his 10th career double-double.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. finished with 14 points, while tying his career-high of 10 assists and recording a career-high five steals.
- This was the second double-double of his career.
- He has scored in double figures 13 times in his career and has three games with double figures assists.
- Coen Carr scored 12 points and had four assists.
- This was the 15th game in his career he reached double figures.
- Carson Cooper scored 10 points and grabbed six rebounds.
- This was his fifth career game scoring in double figures.
Michigan State continues its season-opening homestand on Saturday, Nov. 8, hosting Arkansas at the Breslin Center. The game tips off at 7 p.m. on FOX, with Brandon Gaudin and Bill Raftery calling all of the action.
Team Stats
Colg
MSU
FG%
.474
.417
3FG%
.379
.286
FT%
.667
.649
RB
25
47
TO
13
10
STL
6
8
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
6
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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