Indiana basketball is 0-4 in Quad 1 games (against those in the top 25% of the nation) after an 81-60 loss to No. 12 Michigan State.
Lamar Wilkerson scores 19 points for the Hoosiers, who have trouble handing MSU’s halfcourt defense and run a 37-19 rebound deficit. Tucker DeVries scores 9, including 1-of-7 3-point shooting.
Jeremy Fears scores MSU’s first 10 points on the way to 23 with 10 assists, and Jaxon Kohler adds 16 and 10 rebounds.
IU (12-5, 3-3 Big Ten) hosts No. 23 Iowa on Saturday.
Indiana basketball score tonight vs. Michigan State
MSU 79, IU 55, 3:06 left 2H: Michigan State extends its run to 19 points before a Tucker DeVries basket with 4:33 to go. IU hadn’t scored since Lamar Wilkerson’s dunk with 11:34 remaining.
Conor Enright (6 points) fouls out with 5:23 to go. Reed Bailey commits a flagrant foul with 5:53 remaining, fouling him out with 5 points and 7 rebounds.
Michigan State expands lead vs. Indiana basketball
MSU 65, IU 53, 8:35 left 2H: MSU keeps converting IU turnovers into points. Another IU timeout after the Spartans extend their run to 12 points.
Coen Carr with the obligatory hammer dunk for Michigan State
MSU 60, IU 53, 10:06 left 2H: Coen Carr’s latest highlight-reel dunk caps a 7-0 Spartans run. Timeout IU, which has 2 quick live-ball turnovers leading to 5 MSU points.
Lamar Wilkerson keeps Indiana basketball close vs. Michigan State
MSU 53, IU 51, 11:38 left 2H: Lamar Wilkerson’s 5th 3-pointer with 13:09 to go ties the score at 51. IU is 9-of-23 on 3s (39%), MSU 6-of-23 (26%).
Indiana basketball score tonight vs. Michigan State
MSU 49, IU 46, 15:51 left 2H: Jaxon Kohler is up to 14 points for MSU. IU’s Lamar Wilkerson has 14 points. Tucker DeVries picks up his 3rd foul in the first minute of the second half. He has 7 points.
Michigan State basketball score tonight vs. Indiana
MSU 39, IU 32, halftime: The Spartans’ defense carries the final minutes of the half, leading by as many as 9.
Lamar Wilkerson has 8 points to lead IU, which is shooting 43% from the field with 8 turnovers.
Jeremy Fears has 19 points, Kur Teng 9 on 3-of-6 3-point shooting and Jaxon Kohler 8 for the Spartans.
Indiana basketball score tonight vs. Michigan State: Jeremy Fears is hot
MSU 29, IU 25, 3:55 left 1H: Jeremy Fears has 17 points with 2 steals to guide MSU. IU is having some trouble with MSU’s perimeter defense. Four Hoosiers starters have 2 fouls each (only Lamar Wilkerson doesn’t).
Michigan State basketball score tonight vs. Indiana
IU 17, MSU 15, 9:34 left 1H: Jeremy Fears scores off a steal. He has 12 points. Timeout, Indiana. Jaxon Kohler’s 3 at the 10:09 mark are MSU’s first non-Jeremy Fears points.
Jeremy Fears leads Michigan State basketball vs. Indiana
IU 14, MSU 10, 11:42 left 1H: MSU’s Carson Cooper has 2 fouls. IU gets inside a lot, with Sam Alexis dunking on consecutive plays. Jeremy Fears scores MSU’s first 10 points.
Indiana basketball score tonight vs. Michigan State
IU 6, MSU 4, 15:26 left 1H: IU has barely even passed the ball inside the 3-point line, with 4 of their 5 shots coming from deep. Jeremy Fears is the only MSU player to score.
Conor Enright has 2 fouls 1 minute into the game. Nick Dorn replaces him.
Tucker DeVries, shooting 26.5% on 3-pointers in Big Ten play, hits one on IU’s first play.
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The Indiana-Michigan State game is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan.
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