Thursday, November 13
East Lansing, Mich.
6:30 PM
Michigan State University
3-0,0-0Big Ten
79
vs
60
San José State
0-3,0-0Mountain West
1
2
F
San Jose St.
23
37
60
Michigan St.
46
33
79
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography
No. 17 Michigan State Beats San Jose State, 79-60, for Third-Straight Win
11/13/2025 9:18:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 17 Michigan State opened up a 23-point lead at halftime and San Jose State cut the lead to 10 points in the second half but the Spartans pulled away for a 79-60 win on Thursday night at the Breslin Center.
Senior forward Jaxon Kohler led four players in double figures, scoring 17 points and grabbing 18 rebounds for his second double-double this season.
Senior center Carson Cooper added 17 points and seven rebounds, redshirt sophomore guard Jeremy Fears Jr. added 15 points, nine assists and five rebounds, while sophomore guard Kur Teng finished with 10 points.
Records
Michigan State improves to 3-0 this season, while San Jose State falls to 1-3..
Recap
Michigan State hits the road next, traveling to play No. 9 Kentucky in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The game tips off at the World's Most Famous Arena at 6:30 p.m. and will air on ESPN, with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas calling all of the action.
Senior forward Jaxon Kohler led four players in double figures, scoring 17 points and grabbing 18 rebounds for his second double-double this season.
Senior center Carson Cooper added 17 points and seven rebounds, redshirt sophomore guard Jeremy Fears Jr. added 15 points, nine assists and five rebounds, while sophomore guard Kur Teng finished with 10 points.
Records
Michigan State improves to 3-0 this season, while San Jose State falls to 1-3..
Recap
- Michigan State went into the break leading by 23 points, 46-23, but San Jose State outscored MSU, 8-2, over the opening 2:39 and pulled to within 46-31, on a 3-pointer from Jermaine Washington.
- A dunk from Cooper gave MSU a 48-31 lead, but San Jose State a jumper from Colby Garland and a three-point play from Washington narrowed the gap 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 kept the lead at 20 points, 60-40, on a dunk from Ward at the 11:09 mark.
- San Jose State continued to chip away and used a 15-5 run over a 4:41, pulling to within 10 points, 65-55, on a 3-pointer from Sadraque NgaNga with 5:40 to play.
- Fears hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final two minutes and a reverse dunk from junior forward Coen Carr with 2:21 left helped MSU close out the game with a 12-3 run over the final 3:37 for the win.
- Michigan State went into the break with a 23-point lead, 46-23, with Cooper leading the way with 12 points and Teng added 10.
- The Spartans jumped out to an early, with a fast break layup from Cooper at the 16-minute mark giving MSU an 8-2 lead, forcing San Jose State to call a timeout.
- That was part of a 12-0 run over 3:39 as the Spartans took a 16-2 lead on a fast break layup from Teng at the 12:48 mark.
- Free throws from Kohler with 4:18 to play pushed MSU's lead to 21 points, 34-13, and the Spartans took their biggest lead of the half, 37-15, on a 3-pointer from Teng with 2:02 to play.
- San Jose State cut the lead to 19 points, 42-23, with 1:19 to play but a layup from freshman forward Cam Ward at the buzzer pushed the MSU lead to 23 points (46-23) at the break.
- Michigan State opened up a 23-point lead (46-23) at the break, connecting on 55.2 percent of its shots from the floor (16-of-29).
- MSU finished the game shooting a season-high 48.3 percent from the floor (28-of-58), despite shooting 41.4 percent in the second half (12-of-29).
- MSU handed out 25 assists on 28 made field goals.
- The Spartans out-rebounded San Jose State, 45-26, collected 13 offensive rebounds and scored 15 second-chance points.
- The Spartans outscored San Jose State, 24-8, on the fast break.
- Michigan State leads the all-time series with San Jose State, 4-0.
- MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 8-3 all-time against San Jose State Head Coach Tim Miles, including 10 games when the latter coached at Nebraska.
- Izzo's career record improved to 740-302 at the start of his 31st season at the helm of the MSU program.
- The Spartans have an all-time record of 163-47 in November, including a 107-4 mark at the Breslin Center.
- Head Coach Tom Izzo is 85-1 all-time at home in November, 128-43 for the month overall.
- Jaxon Kohler led Michigan State in scoring and rebounding with 17 points and 18 boards.
- It was his second double-double this season and the 11th of his career.
- His 18 rebounds were a career-best and marked the 14th game of his career with at least 10 boards.
- The 18 rebounds were the most by a Michigan State player since Miles Bridges grabbed 21 against Savannah State on Dec. 31, 2017.
- Carson Cooper scored a career-high 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds while adding a career-best four steals.
- He has scored in double figures twice this season and six times for his career.
- Jeremy Fears Jr. finished with 15 points, nine assists and five rebounds.
- He has scored in double figures twice this season and 14 for his career.
- Fears has handed out at least nine assists in all three games this season.
- Sophomore guard Kur Ten scored a career-high 10 points.
Michigan State hits the road next, traveling to play No. 9 Kentucky in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The game tips off at the World's Most Famous Arena at 6:30 p.m. and will air on ESPN, with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas calling all of the action.
Team Stats
SJSU
MSU
FG%
.357
.483
3FG%
.296
.240
FT%
.667
.680
RB
26
45
TO
9
9
STL
6
7
Game Leaders
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
6
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
15
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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