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Watch Michigan State basketball’s post UNC victory press conference

Tom Izzo, Tre Holloman and Xavier Booker spoke to the media after a thrilling OT win over North Carolina

Michigan State basketball closed out their trip to Maui with a third place game victory over No. 12 North Carolina, defeating the Tar Heels in a 94-91 overtime thriller.

After the game Tom Izzo took the media stand with two of his players, Tre Holloman and Xavier Booker, both of whom had their best games of the 2024-25 campaign. Holloman finished with a career high 19 points, meanwhile Booker had 12 points and 7 rebounds while playing the final ten minutes of the game for MSU.

Watch Izzo and his two standout players in their post game interview:

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Watch Tre Holloman talk postgame with Andy Katz

Tre Holloman spoke to Andy Katz after his career high performance against UNC

Michigan State closed out their trip to the Maui Invitational with a 2-1 record after defeating North Carolina in an overtime thriller in the third place game, 94-91.

The Spartans were able to win, in large part, due to the play of their co-captain and junior guard Tre Holloman, who finished with a career high 19-points in the contest.

Holloman was the stable and steady force for the Spartans in the absence of Jase Richardson.

The Spartans picked up a huge win, that will go a long way come March, and Holloman talked about it with Andy Katz after the game.

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Watch highlights from MSU basketball’s OT thriller over UNC

Check out the highlights from MSU’s thrilling OT win over UNC

Michigan State basketball closed the Maui Invitational in style. The Spartans closed out the third place game with a 94-91 overtime victory over the No. 12 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels.

The win did not come easy, with the Spartans squandering a late three possession lead, but the team persevered and ultimately got the huge early season victory.

An outstanding performance from the team top to bottom, the Spartans had six players finish with more than a dozen points on their way to victory.

Check out the highlights from the win by clicking here

Michigan State will close feast week feeling good after a 2-1 showing in Maui.

Michigan State basketball wins OT thriller over No. 12 North Carolina

MSU wins overtime thriller over North Carolina to conclude trip to Maui

Michigan State basketball went into the third place game of the Maui Invitational against No. 12 North Carolina without arguably their best player, Jase Richardson, but the Spartans still found a way to win in an overtime thriller.

The Spartans defeated North Carolina, 94-91, overcoming their own choke job to win a big time nonconference game.

Michigan State led 80-73 with just under 90 seconds to go, but closed the game terribly, resulting in an 82-82 game heading to overtime.

In overtime, the Spartans found a way to win the game, even with Jaden Akins fouling out of the game.

A big part of this game was the coming out party of Xavier Booker, who played 25 minutes, and every minute in overtime, en route to a 12 point, 7 rebound performance.

While the Spartans had six in double figures, Tre Holloman led the way with 19 points, meanwhile, Frankie Fidler had by far his best game of the year, scoring 13 points on 5/6 shooting.

Michigan State will leave Maui in third place with a 2-1 record in the tournament.

The Spartans will be back in action next Wednesday when they open up Big Ten play against Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Armando Bacot in attendance for Michigan State football season opener

An MSU basketball foe is in attendance supporting the Spartans against FAU:

A foe that Spartan basketball fans know so well, former North Carolina center Armando Bacot has made his way to East Lansing. Bacot is in attendance for Michigan State’s season opener against Florida Atlantic, standing on the sidelines and wearing an MSU jersey.

Bacot is at the game supporting Lejond Cavazos, a defensive back transfer from North Carolina.

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Gallery: MSU basketball’s NCAA Tournament loss to North Carolina

Michigan State basketball saw their season come to an end on Saturday evening, dropping a Round of 32 NCAA Tournament game to North Carolina, 85-69.

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Michigan State basketball ends season in loss to North Carolina

MSU’s season comes to an end at the hands of No. 1 seeded North Carolina

That is a wrap on the 2023-24 season as the Spartans have dropped a Round of 32 NCAA Tournament game against North Carolina, 85-69.

The Spartans opened the game hot, and looked like they were a team that was ready to take down a 1-seed, going up by as many as 12 in the first half. It all came to screeching halt as the first half closed.

North Carolina went on a 26-5 run to end the first half to turn a 26-14 lead into a 40-31 halftime deficit.

The Spartans recovered early in the second half, cutting the deficit to 2, at 48-46, but again was met by another UNC run, putting the final daggers into the MSU season.

Tyson Walker finished the game with 24 points, while Malik Hall added 17 points and 9 rebounds and Jaden Akins had 11 points. A.J. Hoggard finished with 3 points on 1-of-10 shooting.

Be on the lookout for the Spartans offseason moves in the coming weeks.