No. 15 Michigan State Hosts Ohio State on Sunday Afternoon at the Breslin Center

Sunday, February 22

East Lansing, Mich.

1 PM

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No. 15 Michigan State Hosts Ohio State on Sunday Afternoon at the Breslin Center

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East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State plays its penultimate home game of the regular season on Sunday, Feb. 22, hosting Ohio State in the lone meeting of the year between the teams (CBS, 1 p.m.). The Spartans are coming off an 82-59 win over UCLA at home on Tuesday.

Sunday afternoon's game will air live on CBS, with Kevin Harlan 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 83 on SiriusXM or on the SiriusXM app.

About the Spartans

Michigan State enters Sunday's game with a 21-5 overall record (11-4 Big Ten) following an 82-59 win over UCLA at home on Tuesday.
The Spartans are No. 15 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 and ESPN Coaches polls.
MSU is No. 12 in the NCAA Net Rankings and No. 10 per KenPom and is one of 17 schools w/at least six Quad 1 wins and are one of 17 schools nationally with at least 10 Quad 1/2 wins.
MSU is No. 10 in the country in assists (18.6 apg), with Jeremy Fears Jr. No. 1 nationally with 9.3 apg.
MSU ranks No. 3 in the country in rebound margin (+12.5) and Jaxon Kohler is second in the B1G (No. 29 nationally) with 9.3 rpg.
The Spartans are No. 23 nationally in scoring defense (66.4 ppg) and rank No. 6 nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency per KenPom.
MSU ranks No. 11 nationally, and lead the B1G, in fast break points (17.3 ppg).
MSU's captains (Cooper, Kohler, Carr, Fears Jr.) have combined for 62.5% of the team's scoring (1,283 of 1,970 points) and average 49.3, ppg, 24.3 rpg and 13.2 assists.
MSU is 13-2 at home, averaging 80.9 points per game.
Through 26 games, MSU has four players scoring in double figures and eight averaging at least 5.0 ppg.
Jeremy Fears Jr., who leads the team with 31.6 minutes played, leads the team with 15.1 ppg and is handing out 9.3 assists per game, first in Division I ... His 241 total assists rank No. 1 in the country.
Jaxon Kohler is second on the team in scoring with 12.4 ppg and tops the team with 9.3 rpg (2nd B1G, #27 nationally) ... Kohler, who became the first player in MSU history under Head Coach Izzo to have five-straight double-doubles and ranks No. 23 nationally with 11 this season, has scored in double figures 21 times.
Coen Carr, one of the most athletic players in all of college basketball, is third on the team with 11.9 ppg, third on the team with 5.2 rpg and 1.4 apg in 28.4 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 26.0 minutes, is fourth on the team with 10.0 ppg and second with 7.2 rpg, tied for eighth in the B1G ... He has scored in double figures 14 times.
Jordan Scott, who scored 15 points at Minnesota in his first career start, is averaging 5.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg in 18.8 mpg (7.7 ppg, 3.2 rpg in B1G) and Cam Ward is averaging 5.1 ppg and is fourth on the team with 4.3 rpg.
Kur Teng is averaging 7.1 ppg and 2.1 rpg, while senior guard Trey Fort is tallying 4.0 ppg, redshirt freshman Jesse McCulloch is averaging 2.6 ppg and 1.4 rpg and senior guard Denham Wojcik averages 1.3 assists in 5.8 minutes.
Divine Ugochukwu, out for the season with a left foot injury, averaged 5.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg and 1.6 apg in 16.9 mpg in 22 games.

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. 21 nationally in scoring defense (66.4 ppg), No. 3 nationally in rebound margin (+12.5), No. 14 in rebounds per game (41.1 rpg) and No. 11 nationally in fast break points per game (17.1 ppg).
In addition, the Spartans rank No. 6 nationally, per KenPom, in adjusted defensive efficiency.

Core Four

MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo has said that the success of the Spartans this season would largely depend on the team's captains, seniors Carson Cooper and Jaxon Kohler, junior Coen Carr and redshirt sophomore Jeremy Fears Jr.
Through 26 games, the team's core four are averaging a combined 49.3 points, 24.3 rebounds and 13.2 assists.
They have accounted for 62.5 percent of the team's points (1,283 of 2,052), 59.2 percent of the team's rebounds (632 of 1,068) and 70.5 percent of the team's assists (342 of 485).

Series History

Michigan State and Ohio State have played 144 times, with MSU leading the all-time series 81-63.
MSU has won seven of the last 12 meetings and 14 of the last 20 overall ... The Spartans won last year's lone meeting, 69-62, at Ohio State.
The Buckeyes won the last meeting in East Lansing, 80-70, in 2024.
MSU is 49-18 all-time at home against the Buckeyes, including a 22-6 record at the Breslin Center.
MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo is 36-20 all-time against the Buckeyes.