No. 10 Michigan State Travels to Play at Minnesota on Wednesday Night

Wednesday, February 4

Minneapolis, Minn.

7 PM

Michigan State University

Minnesota

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No. 10 Michigan State Travels to Play at Minnesota on Wednesday Night

2/3/2026 3:21:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State hits the road for a Big Ten Conference matchup at Minnesota on Wednesday, Feb. 4 (BTN, 7 p.m.), the fourth road game in the last six.

Wednesday's game will air live on BTN, with Cory Provus, Jordan Taylor and Andy Katz calling all of the action. The Spartan Media Network radio call can be heard state-wide and on the web at MSUSpartans.com, with Will Tieman handling the play-by-play, Kevin Pauga serving as the color analyst and Zach Surdenik as the studio host. The game can also be heard on channel 117 or 196 on SiriusXM or on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Wednesday's game with a 19-3 overall record (9-2 Big Ten) and are coming off an 83-71 loss to Michigan at home on Friday.
The Spartans are ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press and ESPN Coaches polls and are 1 of 12 schools nationally with at least 10 Quad 1/2 wins.
MSU is No. 10 in the country in assists (18.6 apg), with Fears second nationally with 8.8 apg.
MSU ranks No. 2 in the country in rebound margin (+13.1) and Jaxon Kohler is 2nd in the Big Ten, and No. 31 nationally, with 9.1 rpg.
The Spartans are No. 12 nationally in scoring defense (64.4 ppg) and rank No. 2 nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency per KenPom.
MSU ranks No. 13 nationally, and lead the B1G, in fast break points (17.1 ppg).
MSU's captains (Cooper, Kohler, Coen Carr, Fears Jr.) have combined for 63.0% of the team's scoring (1,097 of 1,741 points) and average 49.9, ppg, 24.3 rpg and 12.9 assists.
Through 22 games, MSU has four players scoring in double figures, seven averaging at least 5.0 ppg and 9 averaging at least 10.0 minutes.
Jeremy Fears Jr., who leads the team with 30.9 minutes played, leads the team with 14.9 ppg and is handing out 8.8 assists per game, second in Division I ... His 193 total assists rank No. 2 in the country.
Fears, who averaged 30.0 points and 8.0 assists in two games last week, was named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week for the second-straight week.
Jaxon Kohler is second on the team in scoring with 13.1 ppg and tops the team with 9.1 rpg (2nd B1G, #31 nationally) ... Kohler, who became the first player in MSU history under Head Coach Izzo to have five-straight double-doubles and ranks No. 19 nationally with 10 this season, has scored in double figures 20 times.
Coen Carr, one of the most athletic players in all of college basketball, is third on the team with 11.4 ppg, third on the team with 5.3 rpg and 1.4 apg in 28.0 mpg.
Carson Cooper, who had 16 points and a career-best 16 rebounds vs. Duke and scored a career-high 19 points at Oregon, is playing a career-high 26.1 minutes, is fourth on the team with 10.5 ppg and second with 7.3 rpg, eighth in the B1G ... He has scored in double figures 13 times.
Kur Teng, who scored a career-high 15 points against Kentucky, is averaging 6.8 ppg and has scored in double figures in eight games.
Divine Ugochukwu, who had nine points, and set season-highs with six rebounds and six assists at Rutgers, is averaging 5.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg and 1.6 apg in 16.5 mpg.
Cam Ward is sixth on the team with 5.0 ppg and fourth with 4.4 rpg and Jordan Scott adds 4.7 ppg and 3.2 rpg in 17.4 mpg (6.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg in B1G).
Senior guard Trey Fort is tallying 3.9 ppg, redshirt freshman Jesse McCulloch is averaging 3.0 ppg and 1.5 rpg and senior guard Denham Wojcik averages 1.4 assists in 6.2 minutes.

Defend, Rebound & Run

One of the staples of Michigan State men's basketball under Head Coach Tom Izzo has been to Defend, Rebound & Run.
This year, the Spartans have been doing just that ... MSU ranks No. 12 nationally in scoring defense (64.4 ppg), No. 2 nationally in rebound margin (+13.1), No. 17 in rebounds per game (41.2 rpg) and No. 13 nationally in fast break points per game (17.2 ppg).
In addition, the Spartans rank No. 2 nationally, per KenPom, in adjusted defensive efficiency.

Core Four

MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo has said since the start of the season that the success of the Spartans would largely depend on the team's captains, seniors Carson Cooper and Jaxon Kohler, junior Coen Carr and redshirt sophomore Jeremy Fears Jr.
Through 22 games, the team's core four are averaging a combined 49.9 points, 24.3 rebounds and 12.9 assists.
They have accounted for 63.0 percent of the team's points (1,097 of 1,741), 59.1 percent of the team's rebounds (535 of 906) and 69.1 percent of the team's assists (284 of 411).

Series History

The game on Wednesday will be the 142nd meeting all-time between Michigan State and Minnesota.
Michigan State leads the all-time series with Minnesota, 79-62 and has won the last three games in the series, six of the last seven and 11 of the last 13.
MSU is 29-38 on the road in the series and has won four of the last six games at Williams Arena.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 41-13 all-time against Minnesota.