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Watch Jeremy Fears Jr.’s insane assist to Coen Carr for MSU basketball

Jeremy Fears Jr, had an insane assist to Coen Carr during MSU’s blowout win over Nebraska

Michigan State basketball absolutely blew out Nebraska on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Cornhuskers, 89-52. The win, with a ton of positives to takeaway, also had some highlight worthy plays in the game.

One highlight in particular took social media by storm. Jeremy Fears Jr. was knocked down midway through the first half, but while he was on the ground, he found Coen Carr for a beautiful alley-oop pass.

Watch the insane highlight via X by clicking here

The Spartans now improved to 2-0 in Big Ten play, while improving to 8-2 on the season before a matchup with Oakland at Little Caesars Arena next Tuesday.

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Michigan State basketball blows out Nebraska, 89-52

MSU improves to 2-0 in B1G play after blowing out Nebraska

Michigan State basketball opened Big Ten conference play on Wednesday with a 90-72 victory over Minnesota, in Minneapolis, and on Saturday, the Spartans returned home to face Nebraska. It was once again a dominating display from the Spartans, who improve to 2-0 in the conference after a 89-52 victory over the Cornhuskers.

After a competitive first half, that resulted in a 10-point Spartan lead, Michigan State outscored Nebraska 48-21 in the second half.

Three Spartans finished in double figures with Jaden Akins (18 points), Jase Richardson (16 points) and Xavier Booker (11 points) leading the way. Jaxon Kohler once again was hot for the Spartans as well, finishing with 8 points and 12 rebounds.

MSU will look to improve their 8-2 record on Tuesday, Dec. 17 against Oakland University at Little Caesars Arena.

Tom Izzo talks Michigan State basketball loss to Nebraska

Quotes from Tom Izzo following MSU’s loss to Nebraska:

Michigan State dropped its second straight game and opened the Big Ten season 0-2 with a loss to Wisconsin last week and a loss to Nebraska on Sunday.

For a team ranked in the preseason top five, this start has been abysmal. The road loss to Nebraska dropped the Spartans below .500 (4-5 overall, 0-2 Big Ten).

Following the loss to Nebraska, Tom Izzo spoke to the media and discussed the state of his team.

See what the coach had to say:

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Michigan State football ends losing streak, beats Nebraska on senior day

Harlon Barnett collects his first win at the helm of Michigan State, knocking off Nebraska:

It was senior day in East Lansing when Michigan State (2-6, 0-5 B1G) welcomed in the Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-3, 3-2 B1G) to Spartan Stadium. Behind an outstanding defensive effort, Michigan State was able to end Nebraska’s three game winning streak, while simultaneously ending their own six game losing streak, beating the Cornhuskers 20-17.

The Spartans offense had a decent day, something MSU fans haven’t been able to say for a while. In total, the Spartans gained 295 yards.

Both quarterbacks saw action in the game, with Houser getting majority of the work, finishing 13/20 for 165 yards and a touchdown. Sam Leavitt went 1/2 for 25 yards, also adding a touchdown. Both looked like plus players when in the game.

On defense, Jaden Mangham and Khalil Majeed both secured interceptions, while Cal Haladay recovered a fumble. The team also had 7 sacks, with true freshman, Detroit native Jalen Thompson leading the way with 2, while forcing the fumble Haladay recovered.

The win marks the first for Harlon Barnett since taking over as the interim head coach of the program.

Michigan State will look to carry this momentum on the road to Columbus next week when the Spartans match up with Ohio State.

Click here to check out the best photos from MSU’s win over Nebraska 

BREAKING: Katin Houser to start for MSU football vs Nebraska

Katin Houser will start, Sam Leavitt will play, according to Harlan Barnett in his pregame radio show

On his pregame radio show ahead of Michigan State’s game against Nebraska, Harlan Barnett has announced that Katin Houser was going to be the starting quarterback for Michigan State against Nebraska.

He did mention, true freshman Sam Leavitt was going to get some playing time in this game as well, meaning a 2-QB system could be on the horizon.

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Michigan State basketball overcomes huge deficit, defeats Nebraska in Lincoln

It was very bad, but it then turned into very good in Lincoln when the Spartans overcame a 15-point deficit to defeat Nebraska:

It was an emotional roller coaster for Spartan Nation, but the Spartans were able to overcome a 15-point deficit to defeat the Nebraska Cornhuskers 80-67 in Lincoln on Tuesday night.

The first half could not have gone any worse for MSU, the team shot 27% from the field and could not stop anything Nebraska did. The deficit got as bad as 15 when the Cornhuskers took a 36-21 lead.

MSU was able to chip 3-points off of that lead, but went into the break down 38-26.

Shots started to fall in the second half for MSU, and the Spartans started mounting their comeback. MSU cut the lead to 3, but a quick 7-0 Nebraska run gave Nebraska a 55-45 lead. From that point on, it was all Spartans.

The Spartans went on a 35-12 run to end the game, storming back and winning a huge game on the road. Overall they outscored Nebraska 54-29 in the second half.

AJ Hoggard was a standout in the game, recording a double-double with 10 points and 14 assists in the game. Joey Hauser (20 points), Tyson Walker (19 points) and Jaden Akins (17 points) all had huge performances to will Michigan State to a win.

Michigan State will be back in action to close the regular season on senior day against Ohio State on Saturday at noon.

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Michigan State basketball shakes off turnover filled first half, beats Nebraska 79-67

Max Christie scored a career-high en route to a Michigan State 79-67 win over Nebraska

Michigan State survived another sluggish first half, stepping up in the second half to defeat Nebraska at home, 79-67. The win improves the Spartans to 13-2 and 4-0 in Big Ten play.

The first half consisted of a story that Michigan State fans wish would really go away, as the Spartans turned the ball over 11 times in their first 17 possessions. Salvaging the back end of the first half, the Spartans only had one turnover in the final 20 possessions of the half. Gabe Brown’s 10 points was a major factor as well, giving MSU a 38-34 lead heading into the break.

As we have seen in the last few games, Michigan State came out of the locker room looking like a whole new team on the defensive side of the floor, which ultimately turned into solid offensive possessions.

The Spartans efforts scoring the basketball was led by Max Christie who posted a new career-high, scoring 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting. Other Spartans posting double-figure points include Gabe Brown, Malik Hall and Tyson Walker.

MSU will need to continue fixing their turnover problem, as they turned the ball over 19 times in the game.

The Spartans will be back in action on Saturday for a rivalry matchup in Ann Arbor against Michigan.

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Michigan State football up 5 spots to No. 16 in latest AFCA Coaches Poll

Michigan State football up 5 spots to No. 16 in latest AFCA Coaches Poll

The latest AFCA Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY is live and Michigan State football is up 5 spots to No. 16 in the polls after a thrilling 23-20 overtime victory over Nebraska.

Michigan State had put themselves on the map with a huge road victory against the Miami Hurricanes a week ago. Coming off of a huge road win, the Spartans were challenged to follow it up with a home game against a Nebraska team that has been trending upwards. The Spartans prevailed in a game that they were shown a lot of adversity and came away with a 23-20 victory in overtime.

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The Spartans will look to continue their climb in the rankings next week when they host Western Kentucky.

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Michigan State football bringing back the block ‘S’ for game against Nebraska

The block ‘S’ will be back on the Michigan State helmets this weekend

A weekly tradition amongst the Michigan State Twitter, revealing the uniform combo for the upcoming game to the fans.

It is something that is always worth looking forward to, and helps get everybody excited for the game ahead.

In this weeks edition of the reveal, the Spartans are bringing back a logo that is known to be a fan favorite.

The block ‘S’ will be returning to the Spartans helmets this Saturday against the Cornhuskers. Green jerseys and white pants will round out the outfit.

A great uniform combination for a huge game that lies ahead.

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