Spartans Fall Short Against No. 1 Kansas, 77-69, in Champions Classic

Atlanta, Ga. – Michigan State was locked in a back-and-forth contest over the primary 30-plus minutes towards No. 1 Kansas, however the Jayhawks pulled away late in a 77-69 win over the Spartans within the Champions Basic Tuesday night time at State Farm Area.

Senior ahead Frankie Fidler had 12 factors and eight boards to steer the Spartans, whereas junior ahead Jaxon Kohler scored 12 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second-straight double-double, whereas and redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. completed with 9 factors, six assists and three rebounds.

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Michigan State falls to 2-1 total, whereas Kansas improves to 3-0.

Atlanta, Ga. – Michigan State was locked in a back-and-forth contest over the primary 30-plus minutes towards No. 1 Kansas, however the Jayhawks pulled away late in a 77-69 win over the Spartans within the Champions Basic Tuesday night time at State Farm Area.
senior ahead Frankie Fidler had 12 factors and eight boards to steer the Spartans, whereas junior ahead Jaxon Kohler scored 12 factors and grabbed 10 rebounds for his second-straight double-double, whereas and redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. completed with 9 factors, six assists and three rebounds.
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Michigan State falls to 2-1 total, whereas Kansas improves to 3-0.
 
Recap

• The Spartans went into the half trailing by six factors (30-24) as each groups struggled from the sphere within the opening 20 minutes of play.
• MSU pulled to inside two factors, 30-28, after free throws from Fears and Fidler within the opening minute-plus of the second half and from that time ahead, it was neck-and-neck.
• Trailing by 5 factors, 37-32, the Spartans went on a 7-2 run, with junior guard Tre Holloman hitting a step-back jumper and Kohler following with a hook shot and a traditional three-point play to tie the sport at 39-all with 14:04 left to play, the primary of 5 ties within the second half.
• Kansas twice took leads of 5 factors the latter at 52-47 however free throws from Fidler and a 3-pointer from Kohler with 8:39 to play tied the sport at 52-all, forcing KU to name a timeout.
• The Jayhawks responded with a 6-0 burst and took a 58-52 lead on a free throw from Hunter Dickinson with 7:17 left.
• A layup from Fidler (6:27) and an and-one from the senior switch (5:55) twice reduce the result in three factors, the latter at 60-57, however back-to-back baskets from Dajuan Harris gave KU a 68-59 lead with 4:25 left to play.
• MSU was in a position to pull inside 74-69 on a 3-pointer from Fidler with 29 seconds left however would get no nearer.
• After falling behind early within the first half, the Spartans began to seek out their footing and had the lead six occasions, the final on a floater from Fears with 5:30 left, giving MSU an 18-16 lead.
• Kansas used a 14-2 run over 4:52 and took a 30-20 lead earlier than freshman guard Jase Richardson was fouled whereas making a 3-pointer and the Spartans went to the break trailing, 30-24.

Key Stats

• Michigan State shot simply 25.8 p.c from the ground (8-of-31) within the first half and solely 9.1 p.c from 3-point land (1-of-11).
• The Spartans completed the sport taking pictures 12.5 p.c from 3-point land (3-of-24), together with 15.4 p.c within the second half (2-of-13).
• MSU shot 42.1 p.c from the ground within the second half (16-of-38) and hit 56.0 p.c of their 2-point makes an attempt (14-of-25).
• Kansas out-rebounded Michigan State, 47-43.
• The Spartans dedicated 11 turnovers, together with seven within the first half.

Notes

• Michigan State is now 5-9 all-time within the Champions Basic, together with a 2-3 file towards Kansas.
• This was the fourth time the Spartans had performed a crew ranked No. 1 within the Champions Basic and their third loss (1-3), beating No. 1 Kentucky in 2013 (78-74).
• Michigan State has an all-time file of 5-23 towards groups ranked No. 1 within the nation.
• Kansas leads the all-time sequence with Michigan State, 9-7, and has received the final 4 conferences between the groups.
• Michigan State Head Coach Tom Izzo now has a profession file of 709-296.
• Senior ahead Frankie Fidler scored 15 factors and had eight rebounds to steer the Spartans.
  • His 15 factors are an MSU career-high via his first three video games and this was his second-straight recreation scoring in double figures.
  • He has scored in double figures 77 occasions in his profession and has 1,542 factors in 97 video games (15.9 profession common).
• Junior ahead Jaxon Kohler completed with 12 factors and 10 rebounds for his second-straight double-double.
  • Kohler is the primary MSU participant with back-to-back double-double’s since Joey Hauser did so in video games towards Western Michigan (12/6/20) and Oakland (12/13/20).
  • Kohler scored in double figures for the second-straight recreation and the fourth time in his profession.
  • It was his third profession recreation with 10-plus rebounds.
  • Kohler has led MSU in rebounding twice this season and 5 occasions in his profession.
• Redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. led the crew in assists (6) for the third time this season.
  • In 15 profession video games, he has handed out no less than 5 assists six occasions. 

Up Subsequent
Michigan State returns residence this weekend, internet hosting Bowling Inexperienced on Saturday, Nov. 16 on the Breslin Heart (6 p.m.)

 
Up Subsequent
Michigan State returns residence this weekend, internet hosting Bowling Inexperienced on Saturday, Nov. 16 on the Breslin Heart (6 p.m.).
 

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