Tuesday, January 13
East Lansing, Mich.
7 PM
Michigan State University
vs
Indiana
Photo by: Matthew Mitchell Photography
No. 12 Michigan State Closes Three-Game Homestand, Hosting Indiana at the Breslin Center at 7 p.m.
1/12/2026 4:37:00 PM | Men's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 12 Michigan State plays the third game of a three-game homestand on Tuesday, Jan. 13 (7 p.m., FS1), hosting Big Ten foe Indiana at the Breslin Center. The Spartans, who are 9-1 at home this year, are coming off a 76-66 win over Northwestern on Thursday, with Carson Cooper scoring a career-best 18 points.
Tuesday's game will air live on NBCSN and Peacock, with Brandon Gaudin and Robbie Hummel 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, Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst and Zach Surdenik as the studio host. The game can also be heard on channel 85 on SiriusXM or on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
Tuesday's game will air live on NBCSN and Peacock, with Brandon Gaudin and Robbie Hummel 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, Matt Steigenga serving as the color analyst and Zach Surdenik as the studio host. The game can also be heard on channel 85 on SiriusXM or on the SiriusXM app.
About the Spartans
- Michigan State enters Tuesday's game with a 14-2 overall record (4-1 Big Ten) and are coming off a 76-66 win over Northwestern on Thursday.
- The Spartans are No. 12 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll and the ESPN Coaches poll.
- MSU is No. 14 in the NCAA Net Rankings and No. 13 per KenPom.
- The Spartans are No. 11 in the country in assists (19.1 apg), with Jeremy Fears Jr. second in the country with 8.8 apg.
- MSU ranks No. 3 in the country in rebound margin (+13.7) and Kohler is 3rd in the Big Ten, and No. 19 nationally, with 10.1 rpg.
- The Spartans are No. 14 nationally in scoring defense (64.5 ppg) and ranks No. 3 nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency per KenPom.
- MSU's captains (Carson Cooper, Jaxon Kohler, Coen Carr, Jeremy Fears Jr.) have combined for 61.2% of the team's scoring (772 of 1262 points).
- Through 16 games, the Spartans have four players scoring in double figures, seven averaging at least 5.0 ppg and nine averaging at least 10.0 minutes.
- Kohler leads the team in scoring with 14.3 ppg and tops the team with 10.1 rpg (3rd B1G, #19 nationally) ... Kohler, who became the first player in MSU history under Head Coach Izzo to have five-straight double-doubles and ranks No. 9 nationally with nine this season, has scored in double figures 16 times this year.
- Fears Jr., who leads the team with 30.5 minutes played, is second on the team with 12.1 ppg and is handing out 8.8 assists per game, second in Division I ... His 140 total assists are No. 2 in the country.
- Carr, one of the most athletic players in all of college basketball, is third on the team with 11.6 ppg, third on the team with 5.2 rpg and second with 1.5 apg in 27.9 mpg.
- Cooper, who had 16 points and a career-best 16 rebounds vs. Duke and scored a career-high 18 points in the win over Northwestern, is playing a career-high 25.3 minutes, is fourth on the team with 10.3 ppg and second with 7.3 rpg, ninth in the B1G.
- Kur Teng, who scored a career-high 15 points against Kentucky, is averaging 7.3 ppg and has scored in double figures in four of the last six games.
- Cam Ward is sixth on the team with 5.7 ppg and fourth with 4.3 rpg and Divine Ugochukwu, who scored a career-high 23 points at Penn State, is averaging 5.2 ppg in 14.5 mpg.
- Senior Trey Fort is tallying 4.6 ppg, freshman Jordan Scott adds 3.9 ppg and 3.4 rpg in 16.3 mpg (5.4 ppg, 3.6 rpg in B1G) and redshirt freshman Jesse McCulloch is averaging 3.4 ppg and 1.6 rpg.
- The Spartans are 9-1 at the Breslin Center this year, the lone loss a 66-60 decision to then-No. 4 Duke.
- In the last year-plus, the Spartans are 24-2 at home.
- The Spartans have an all-time record of 496-77 (.866) at home since the Breslin Center opened in 1989, including a 264-60 (.815) in Big Ten play.
- Under Head Coach Tom Izzo, the Spartans are 422-62 (.872) at the Breslin, including a 223-47 (.826) conference record.
- Tom Izzo has consistently played one of the toughest schedules in America.
- With a willingness to play at home, on the road or a neutral site, his list of regular-season non-conference opponents reads like a who's who of top college basketball programs.
- MSU ranks No. 26 nationally in the NET Strength of Schedule and No. 78 in non-conference strength.
- The 2025-26 home schedule is arguably the best in program history, with home non-conference games against Arkansas (W, 69-66) and Duke (L, 66-60) ... In addition to 10 Big Ten contests, MSU will host 12 power conference opponents for the first time in the Izzo Era.
- Michigan State's challenging schedule through the opening month-plus has provided opportunities for the Spartans as well.
- The Spartans have a combined six wins over Quad 1 and 2 teams through 16 games, one of only 14 schools nationally with at least six among Q1/2.
- MSU's 14-2 record through 16 games is tied for the fifth-best start under Head Coach Tom Izzo in his 31 years at the helm of the program.
- The win over Cornell on Dec. 29 improved MSU to 12-1, the sixth time in Izzo's 31 seasons the Spartans have gotten through Christmas with one loss or fewer.
- Indiana enters the game on Tuesday with a 12-4 overall record and a 3-2 mark in the Big Ten Conference following an 83-77 loss at home to Nebraska on Saturday.
- The Hoosiers had won four-straight games, including conference win at home against Washington and at Maryland, before the loss on Saturday.
- Indiana is 1-2 on the road this season, opening conference play with a 73-64 loss at Minnesota, falling at Kentucky (72-60) and then beating Maryland, 84-66, last week.
- The Hoosiers rank among the nation's leaders in free throw percentage (11th, 78.2%), 3-pointers per game (23rd, 10.6), field goal percentage defense (35th, 39.7%) and three-point field goal percentage defense (40th, 29.8%).
- Indiana ranks 4th in the league in scoring offense (85.0 ppg) and 7th in scoring defense (67.0 ppg) ... In Big Ten games, the Hoosiers are second in scoring offense (87.8 ppg) and 7th in scoring defense (72.8 ppg).
- Indiana leads the all-time series with Michigan State, 75-59.
- Indiana has won the last two meetings, including a 71-67 win at the Breslin Center last year (more below), and three of the last four overall.
- Ten of the last 15 games in the series have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including eight games decided by six or fewer.
- Tom Izzo is 29-20 in his career against Indiana.
- The Spartans are 41-24 at home against Indiana and have won three of the last four games played at the Breslin Center.
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