Michigan State 91-87 Rutgers (Mar 5, 2026) Final Score

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Rutgers Scarlet KnightsRUTG

87–91

Final

Michigan State SpartansMSU

Team Season Averages

Rutgers Scarlet KnightsLeads 0 of 4

Michigan State SpartansLeads 4 of 4

Offense

41.5%Field goal percentage46.9%

Defense

75.3Points allowed per game64.4

3-Point

31.7%Three-point percentage35.6%
73.6%Free throw percentage75.7%

Highlighted values lead the matchup; for points allowed, turnovers and similar stats, lower is better.

Odds

Sportsbook	Spread (MSU)	Total	RUTG ML	MSU ML
DDraftKings	-20.5	142.5	+2000	-6500
FFanDuel	-19.5	142.5	+1600	-4500
BBetMGM	-20.5	142.5	+1350	-5000
CCaesars	-18.5	141.5	+1450	-4000
BBetRivers	-19.5	141.5	+1150	-5000
FFanatics	-20	142	+1700	-5000
KKalshi	-19.5	142.5	+2757	-2757
PPolymarket	-19.5	142.5	+2147	-2147

Game Information

Venue to be announced

Stadium

Mar 5, 2026

8:00 PM EST

Gametime weather

Conditions pending

Rankings

Team	Overall	Offense	Defense	Rebound	3-Point
RUTG	138th	276th	85th	255th	277th
MSU	14th	115th	9th	19th	76th

Matchup

RUTGMSU

29Games played29
4Rest days4

Scores

Team	H1	H2	T
RUTG	30	57	87
MSU	31	60	91

Team Stats

RUTGStatMSU

87Points91
31-65 (47.7%)FG31-53 (58.5%)
10-18 (55.6%)3PT4-12 (33.3%)
15-19 (78.9%)FT25-30 (83.3%)
21Rebounds35
16Assists19
9Steals4
1Blocks7
7Turnovers15

Player Stats

RUTG

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Tariq FrancisG	32	25	0	5	3	0	0	8/17	4/5	5/5	—
Lino MarkG	26	14	0	4	0	0	2	6/11	1/1	1/2	—
Emmanuel OgboleC	20	13	6	0	1	0	2	6/7	0/0	1/1	—
Kaden PowersG	15	11	1	2	2	0	1	4/7	3/4	0/0	—
Darren Buchanan Jr.G	35	9	5	3	1	0	0	3/8	1/3	2/3	—
Chris NwuliF	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	1/1	1/1	3/4	—
Harun ZrnoG	14	4	0	1	1	0	0	2/3	0/1	0/0	—
Dylan GrantF	24	3	6	0	1	1	2	1/8	0/2	1/2	—
Jamichael DavisG	18	2	3	1	0	0	0	0/3	0/1	2/2	—
Baye FallC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Max FradkinG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Bryce DortchF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Dorian JonesG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Gevonte WareC	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Denis BadalauF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

MSU

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Coen CarrF	32	21	6	0	0	0	0	6/9	1/2	8/8	—
Jeremy Fears Jr.G	28	21	1	8	2	0	3	7/10	1/2	6/9	—
Jaxon KohlerF	29	15	7	2	1	0	2	6/11	1/4	2/2	—
Carson CooperC	29	14	6	0	0	2	2	4/6	0/0	6/8	—
Cam WardF	20	9	9	1	1	3	0	4/6	0/0	1/1	—
Jordan ScottF	29	5	2	2	0	2	4	2/4	1/2	0/0	—
Kur TengG	17	4	3	3	0	0	2	2/6	0/2	0/0	—
Trey FortG	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	0/1	0/0	2/2	—
Kaleb GlennF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Colin WaltonF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Nick SandersG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Denham WojcikG	12	0	0	3	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Brennan WaltonF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Jesse McCullochF	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—
Divine UgochukwuG	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0/0	—

Scoring Summary

112 events · 102 scoring

1st Half

18:48MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2
0-1
18:48MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2
0-2
18:34RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes 4-foot hook shot
2-2
18:19MSU
Carson Cooper makes 5-foot hook shot (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
2-4
17:28RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper
5-4
16:45RUTG
Lino Mark makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
8-4
16:30MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2
8-5
16:30MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2
8-6
14:56RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
9-6
14:56RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
10-6
13:47MSU
Cam Ward makes layup
10-8
13:46MSU
Cam Ward makes free throw 1 of 1
10-9
12:13RUTG
Dylan Grant makes 9-foot hook shot (Tariq Francis assists)
12-9
11:05MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Jordan Scott assists)
12-11
10:30MSU
Cam Ward makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
12-13
10:00MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaxon Kohler assists)
12-16
8:35RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
14-16
8:17MSU
Carson Cooper makes 7-foot alley oop dunk (Denham Wojcik assists)
14-18
7:40RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 6-foot jumper
16-18
7:25RUTG
Harun Zrno makes layup
18-18
7:04MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes 13-foot turnaround jump shot (Kur Teng assists)
18-20
6:40RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
21-20
6:14MSU
Carson Cooper makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot
21-22
5:51RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes 5-foot jumper (Lino Mark assists)
23-22
5:01RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup (Darren Buchanan Jr. assists)
25-22
4:31MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes layup
25-24
2:37RUTG
Kaden Powers makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
28-24
2:28MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
28-25
2:00MSU
Cam Ward makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
28-27
1:28RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes layup
30-27
0:57MSU
Coen Carr makes layup
30-29
0:03MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2
30-30
0:03MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2
30-31

2nd Half

19:43MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 10-foot jumper
30-33
19:05MSU
Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2
30-34
19:05MSU
Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
30-35
18:22MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Scott assists)
30-38
17:25RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
32-38
17:19MSU
Coen Carr makes 4-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
32-40
16:47RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists)
35-40
16:33MSU
Coen Carr makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
35-42
16:06MSU
Coen Carr makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
35-44
15:34MSU
Jordan Scott makes 4-foot dunk (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
35-46
15:19RUTG
Harun Zrno makes 6-foot jumper (Jamichael Davis assists)
37-46
15:05MSU
Coen Carr makes layup (Jeremy Fears Jr. assists)
37-48
14:45RUTG
Dylan Grant makes free throw 2 of 2
38-48
14:36MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
38-49
14:36MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
38-50
13:57MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes layup
38-52
13:35RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
40-52
13:34RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 1 of 1
41-52
13:26MSU
Cam Ward makes 6-foot alley oop dunk (Kur Teng assists)
41-54
13:07RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes free throw 1 of 2
42-54
13:07RUTG
Jamichael Davis makes free throw 2 of 2
43-54
12:34MSU
Carson Cooper makes layup (Denham Wojcik assists)
43-56
12:06MSU
Kur Teng makes layup (Denham Wojcik assists)
43-58
10:56RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 2
44-58
10:56RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 2 of 2
45-58
10:42RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
48-58
10:07MSU
Kur Teng makes 17-foot jumper (Jaxon Kohler assists)
48-60
9:49RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup (Harun Zrno assists)
50-60
9:28MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes 0-foot tip in layup
50-62
9:16RUTG
Lino Mark makes free throw 1 of 2
51-62
8:50MSU
Jordan Scott makes 26-foot three point jumper (Cam Ward assists)
51-65
8:26RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
52-65
8:08MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes layup
52-67
7:43MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 9-foot jumper
52-69
7:18RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 15-foot jumper
54-69
7:10MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 16-foot jumper
54-71
6:40RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 2 of 2
55-71
6:17MSU
Coen Carr makes 25-foot three point jumper (Denham Wojcik assists)
55-74
5:48RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 1 of 2
56-74
5:48RUTG
Chris Nwuli makes free throw 2 of 2
57-74
5:21MSU
Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
57-75
4:59RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup
59-75
4:01RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup
61-75
3:37RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup
63-75
3:17MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes layup (Kur Teng assists)
63-77
2:54MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes 14-foot jumper
63-79
2:36RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes layup (Kaden Powers assists)
65-79
2:36RUTG
Emmanuel Ogbole makes free throw 1 of 1
66-79
1:55MSU
Carson Cooper makes free throw 1 of 2
66-80
1:55MSU
Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
66-81
1:44RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 13-foot jumper (Kaden Powers assists)
68-81
1:19MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 1 of 2
68-82
1:19MSU
Jaxon Kohler makes free throw 2 of 2
68-83
1:11RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists)
71-83
1:11RUTG
Tariq Francis makes free throw 1 of 1
72-83
0:57RUTG
Kaden Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
75-83
0:50MSU
Trey Fort makes free throw 1 of 2
75-84
0:50MSU
Trey Fort makes free throw 2 of 2
75-85
0:44RUTG
Kaden Powers makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lino Mark assists)
78-85
0:39MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
78-86
0:27RUTG
Tariq Francis makes 7-foot jumper
80-86
0:20RUTG
Kaden Powers makes layup
82-86
0:17MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 1 of 2
82-87
0:17MSU
Coen Carr makes free throw 2 of 2
82-88
0:12RUTG
Lino Mark makes layup
84-88
0:11RUTG
Foul on Kaden Powers.
84-88
0:11MSU
Carson Cooper misses free throw 1 of 2
84-88
0:11MSU
Michigan State Deadball Team Rebound.
84-88
0:11MSU
Carson Cooper makes free throw 2 of 2
84-89
0:05RUTG
Darren Buchanan Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tariq Francis assists)
87-89
0:02RUTG
Chris Nwuli subbing out for Rutgers
87-89
0:02RUTG
Harun Zrno subbing in for Rutgers
87-89
0:02RUTG
Foul on Chris Nwuli.
87-89
0:02MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2
87-90
0:02MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2
87-91
0:00RUTG
Lino Mark bad pass turnover
87-91
0:00MSU
Jeremy Fears Jr. Steal.
87-91
0:00
End of 2nd half
87-91
0:00
End of Game
87-91

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