Illinois Fighting Illini @ Michigan State Spartans
13-5, 5-3 Big Ten
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13-5, 5-3 Big Ten
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
ILL | 36 | 42 | 78 |
MSU | 36 | 44 | 80 |
16-2, 7-0 Big Ten
80
16-2, 7-0 Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
| 35 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 28 | 13 | 6-13 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | 3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | 13 | 5-13 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
| 5 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | 19 | 7-17 | 2-3 | 3-6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 21 | 7 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
78 | 28-66 | 5-24 | 17-27 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 20 | |
42% | 21% | 63% |
Michigan State Spartans
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
| 20 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | 17 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 7-8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | 8 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF |
| 21 | 11 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | 11 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 4 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | 4 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
80 | 28-65 | 3-10 | 21-27 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 20 | |
43% | 30% | 78% |
ILL @ MSU Videos
Michigan State crowd hyped after alley-oop, and-1 buckets
Illinois' Kylan Boswell throws no-look to Tomislav Ivisic for the dunk
Michigan State's Jaden Akins flips in circus and-1
Game Information
East Lansing, MI
Referee:Mike Littlewood
Referee:James Breeding
Referee:Jeffrey Anderson
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Big Ten Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 19-1 | - | 37-3 |
| Nebraska | 15-5 | 4 | 28-7 |
| Michigan State | 15-5 | 4 | 27-8 |
| Illinois | 15-5 | 4 | 28-9 |
| Wisconsin | 14-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Purdue | 13-7 | 6 | 30-9 |
| UCLA | 13-7 | 6 | 24-12 |
| Ohio State | 12-8 | 7 | 21-13 |
| Iowa | 10-10 | 9 | 24-13 |
| Indiana | 9-11 | 10 | 18-14 |
| Minnesota | 8-12 | 11 | 15-18 |
| USC | 7-13 | 12 | 18-14 |
| Washington | 7-13 | 12 | 16-17 |
| Rutgers | 6-14 | 13 | 14-20 |
| Northwestern | 5-15 | 14 | 15-19 |
| Oregon | 5-15 | 14 | 12-20 |
| Maryland | 4-16 | 15 | 12-21 |
| Penn State | 3-17 | 16 | 12-20 |
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