No. 10 Michigan State Falls on the Road to Wisconsin

Friday, February 13

Madison, Wis.

8 PM

Michigan State University

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Wisconsin

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Michigan St.

Wisconsin

Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography

2/13/2026 10:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Gamebook Michigan State at Wisconsin February 13, 2026 Wisconsin 92, Michigan State 71

Madison, Wis. – No. 10 Michigan State fell behind early and could not recover as Wisconsin beat the Spartans, 92-71, at the Kohl Center Friday night.

Junior forward Coen Carr scored 19 points to lead the Spartans, while redshirt sophomore guard Jeremy Fears Jr. had a double-double with 14 points and 12 assists, sophomore guard Kur Teng added 12 points off the bench and freshman forward Jordan Scott had 11 points and four rebounds.

Records
Michigan State falls to 20-5 overall and 10-4 in the Big Ten Conference, while Wisconsin improves to 18-7 overall and 10-4 in league play.

Recap

Michigan State fell behind by 17 points (51-34) at halftime and never led in the game as the Badgers led by as many as 24 points (78-54) in the second half.
A jumper from senior center Carson Cooper to open the second half cut the Wisconsin lead to 51-36 and a 3-pointer from senior forward Jaxon Kohler made it 59-43 with 15:26 but MSU would not get closer than 16 points the rest of the way.
The Spartans went into the break trailing by 17 points, 51-34, after Wisconsin hit 10 first half 3-pointers, including seven in the first 12 minutes.
The Badgers jumped to an early 14-7 lead after a pair of three's from Andrew Rohde and one from John Blackwell as MSU struggled from the floor in the opening minutes.
Carr scored the first seven points for the Spartans before a 3-pointer and a jumper from Teng pulled the Spartans to within 14-10 with 14:44 to play.
A jumper from Cooper at 13:08 narrowed the gap to 17-14, but Wisconsin went on a 15-0 run over 4:21, extending their lead to 32-14 on a 3-pointer from Austin Rapp.
After going scoreless for more than five minutes (5:09), the Spartans used a 9-0 burst and pulled to within 36-27 after back-to-back 3-pointers from Scott.
Three free throws from Fears with 4:14 to play pulled MSU to within 39-30, but the Badgers outscored the Spartans, 12-4, to push the gap to 17 points at the break.

Key Stats

Wisconsin hit 15 shots from 3-point land, including 10 in the first half when they connected on 58.8 percent (10-of-17) and finished the game at 42.9 percent (15-of-35).
MSU finished tied with Wisconsin in rebounding (38-38) but the Badgers collected 11 offensive rebounds and scored 19 second-chance points.
While the Spartans committed just nine turnovers, Wisconsin scored 21 points off of those, including 13 in the first half.
MSU shot just 36.4 percent from the floor (24-of-66), including 31.3 percent in the first half (10-of-32).
The Spartans connected on just 29.6 percent of their 3-point attempts (8-of-27).

Notes

Michigan State leads the all-time series with Wisconsin, 87-71, but the Badgers have won four of the last five games.
- MSU has an all-time record of 28-50 on the road against the Badgers.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is now 36-27 all-time against Wisconsin.
Izzo's career record is now 757-307 in his 31st year at the helm of the MSU program.
MSU is 4-3 on the road this season.
The Spartans are 1-2 in February and 1-3 in games played on Friday.
The Spartans are 5-3 when trailing at the half.
- This was the fifth-straight game the team has trailed at the half.
Michigan State gave up 92 points, the second time this season allowing more than 90.
This was just the fifth time this season an opponent has out-shot the Spartans (48.4% to 36.4%) … MSU is 1-4 in those games.
This was the second game this season the Spartans tied the rebounding battle (0-2 in those games) and just the third time this season did not out-rebound their opponent (0-3 in those games).
MSU scored 71 points, just the third time losing when scoring at least 70 points (18-3).
The 21-point deficit was the widest margin of loss for the Spartans since an 86-60 loss at Iowa on Feb. 22, 2022.
This was the seventh game this season the Spartans had fewer than 10 turnovers.
Coen Carr scored a team-high 19 points to lead the Spartans.
- This was his 14th game in double figures this year and the 28th of his career.
- He has led the team in scoring four times this year and seven in his career.
Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 14 points and handed out a game-high 12 assists.
- Fears has scored in double figures in each of the last 13 games.
- He has scored in double figures 19 times this year and 31 for his career.
- This was the 11th time this season with at least 10 assists and the 13th of his career.
- He recorded his eighth double-double of the season and the ninth of his career.
- Fears has led the team in assists 25 times this year and 47 for his career.
- His 12 assists pushed his season total to 231, the sixth-most in a single season in MSU history … He needs 11 more to pass Cassius Winston (241, 2017-18) and Denzel Valentine (241, 2015-16) for fourth place.
Jordan Scott scored 11 points and grabbed four rebounds in his third career start.
- This was his fifth career game in double figures.
Kur Teng scored 12 points off the bench.
- This was 10th game in double figures this year and the 10th for his career.

Up Next
Michigan State returns home to the Breslin Center on Tuesday, Feb. 17, hosting UCLA. The game tips off at 8:30 p.m. on NBCSN (and Peacock), with John Fanta and Jess Settles on the call.