Michigan State Loses at Marquette, 86-79, in Final Exhibition Game

Sunday, October 25

Milwaukee, WI

1 PM

Michigan State University

0-0,0-0Big Ten

Marquette (exhibition)

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Team	1	2	F
Michigan St.	31	48	79
Marquette	43	43	86

Jasiah Jervis during the exhibition game at Marquette in 2026

Photo by: Matthew Mitchell

10/25/2026 5:34:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Gamebook Michigan State at Marquette Oct. 25 2026

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – No. 6 Michigan State fell behind by 12 points at the break and narrowed the gap to five points near the mid-point of the second half but would get no closer in an 80-70 exhibition loss to Marquette on Sunday afternoon at Fiserv Forum.

Freshman guard Jasiah Jervis scored 19 points to lead Michigan State, while sophomore forward Jordan Scott added 18 points, three rebounds and three steals, while redshirt junior guard Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 18 points and handed out seven assists and senior forward Coen Carr had 11 points.

Recap

Trailing by 12 points (43-31) at halftime, Marquette extended its lead to 16 points, 49-33, on a driving layup from Nigel James Jr. at 17:45.
A 3-pointer from Marquette's Royce Parham kept the lead at 16 points, 52-36, before MSU went on an 11-0 run and pulled to within five points, 52-47, on free throws from Fears with 12:10 left in the game.
The Spartans went into the break down by 12 points after hitting just 25.9 percent of its first half shots (7-of-27) and allowing Marquette to connect on 65.2 percent of its shots (15-of-23), five from 3-point land.

Up Next
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