Northwestern vs Michigan State Final

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Northwestern

8-8

Big Ten

66 - 76

Final

Michigan State

15-2

Big Ten

Thursday, January 08, 2026

05:00 AM EST

Breslin Center

Pre-Game Analysis Game Recap

Box Score

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Northwestern	35	31	66
Michigan State	28	48	76

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Game Analysis

Northwestern

Points

Michigan State

38.0%

Northwestern

Field Goal %

49.0%

Michigan State

Northwestern

Total Rebounds

Michigan State

Northwestern

Assists

Michigan State

23.0%

Northwestern

Three Point %

28.0%

Michigan State

80.0%

Northwestern

Free Throw %

70.0%

Michigan State

Northwestern

Turnovers

Michigan State

Statistic	NU	MSU
SCORING
Total Points	66	76
FIELD GOALS
Field Goals Made-Attempted	22-58	24-49
Field Goal Percentage	38.0%	49.0%
Two Point FG Made-Attempted	16-32	19-31
Two Point FG Percentage	50.0%	61.3%
Three Point FG Made-Attempted	6-26	5-18
Three Point FG Percentage	23.0%	28.0%
Effective Field Goal Percentage	43.1%	54.1%
True Shooting Percentage	49.4%	59.8%
FREE THROWS
Free Throws Made-Attempted	16-20	23-33
Free Throw Percentage	80.0%	70.0%
Free Throw Rate	34.5%	67.3%
REBOUNDING
Total Rebounds	25	42
Offensive Rebounds	8	11
Defensive Rebounds	17	31
Offensive Rebound Percentage	32.0%	26.2%
BALL HANDLING & ASSISTS
Assists	14	17
Turnovers	6	15
Turnover Ratio	9.2%	22.7%
DEFENSE
Steals	9	3
Blocks	2	2
FOULS
Total Fouls	24	15
Technical Fouls	0	0
Flagrant Fouls	0	0
ADVANCED ANALYTICS
Possessions	65	66
Points Per Possession	1.02	1.15
Team Rating	101.5	115.2
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Fast Break Points	19	15
Points Off Turnovers	17	13
Points in Paint	30	32
GAME FLOW
Largest Lead	8	10

Player Statistics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Nick Martinelli #2 • Forward	39	28	5	0	1	0	8-11	6-8	2-3	10-10	1	3	1	4	72.7	75.0	66.7	100.0	81.8	90.9	0.0	90.9	20.0	23.1	172.0	117.5	+54.5	24.2
Jayden Reid #4 • Guard	29	8	2	8	4	0	3-14	3-12	0-2	2-2	0	2	1	1	21.4	25.0	0.0	100.0	21.4	26.9	-	14.3	50.0	28.2	85.3	106.5	-21.2	9.2
Justin Mullins #20 • Guard	20	4	2	1	0	0	2-6	2-3	0-3	0-0	1	3	1	1	33.3	66.7	0.0	0.0	33.3	33.3	1.0	0.0	50.0	19.2	68.1	123.1	-55.0	0.1
Jordan Clayton #11 • Guard	20	1	1	0	0	0	0-4	0-0	0-4	1-2	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	10.2	-	50.0	0.0	13.4	23.9	123.8	-99.9	-2.3
Tre Singleton #8 • Forward	19	3	5	1	1	0	1-4	1-2	0-2	1-2	1	4	2	3	25.0	50.0	0.0	50.0	25.0	30.7	1.0	50.0	40.0	17.0	72.0	110.2	-38.2	1.6
Max Green #10 • Guard	24	6	2	1	2	0	2-8	0-1	2-7	0-0	1	2	1	1	25.0	0.0	28.6	0.0	37.5	37.5	1.0	0.0	50.0	20.6	74.7	113.1	-38.4	3.1
Angelo Ciaravino #44 • Guard	17	5	3	0	0	2	2-5	1-2	1-3	0-0	0	1	0	3	40.0	50.0	33.3	0.0	50.0	50.0	-	0.0	0.0	16.2	97.6	111.8	-14.2	4.2
Arrinten Page #22 • Forward	11	2	1	0	1	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	0-2	1	4	0	1	50.0	50.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	34.7	0.0	100.0	0.0	19.4	45.3	107.7	-62.4	-1.1
Jake West #3 • Guard	11	0	0	3	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	-	10.0	58.1	126.1	-68.0	0.0
Tyler Kropp #1 • Forward	10	9	1	0	0	0	3-3	2-2	1-1	2-2	0	3	1	0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	116.7	116.0	-	66.7	100.0	21.3	239.2	124.7	+114.5	7.6

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	2PT	3PT	FT	TO	PF	OREB	DREB	FG%	2PT%	3PT%	FT%	eFG%	TS%	A/TO	FTR	OREB%	USG%	ORTG	DRTG	NET	GmSc
Carson Cooper #15 • Center	33	18	9	0	0	1	6-6	6-6	0-0	6-8	1	3	1	8	100.0	100.0	0.0	75.0	100.0	94.5	0.0	133.3	11.1	16.2	167.8	97.7	+70.1	17.0
Jaxon Kohler Forward	30	15	8	1	0	1	5-9	2-3	3-6	2-2	6	2	0	8	55.6	66.7	50.0	100.0	72.2	75.9	0.2	22.2	0.0	27.0	87.6	96.6	-9.0	7.7
Jeremy Fears Jr. #1 • Guard	29	15	1	5	0	0	4-11	4-10	0-1	7-7	0	2	0	1	36.4	40.0	0.0	100.0	36.4	53.3	-	63.6	0.0	24.7	143.5	108.3	+35.2	11.9
Coen Carr #55 • Forward	26	8	6	0	2	0	3-6	3-4	0-2	2-6	0	2	2	4	50.0	75.0	0.0	33.3	50.0	46.3	-	100.0	33.3	16.9	105.5	93.1	+12.4	7.2
Divine Ugochukwu #99 • Guard	22	1	2	5	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-2	3	1	0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	26.6	1.7	200.0	0.0	11.3	67.5	106.1	-38.6	0.6
Kur Teng #2 • Guard	20	6	6	2	0	0	2-5	1-1	1-4	1-2	0	2	2	4	40.0	100.0	25.0	50.0	50.0	51.0	-	40.0	33.3	15.0	134.7	101.6	+33.1	6.1
Jordan Scott #6 • Forward	18	6	2	2	0	0	1-4	0-0	1-4	3-5	1	1	2	0	25.0	0.0	25.0	60.0	37.5	48.4	2.0	125.0	100.0	20.4	112.2	109.7	+2.5	4.2
Cam Ward #3 • Forward	15	7	7	0	0	0	3-5	3-5	0-0	1-1	1	1	4	3	60.0	60.0	0.0	100.0	60.0	64.3	0.0	20.0	57.1	21.9	119.6	101.7	+17.9	7.0
Trey Fort #9 • Guard	3	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Denham Wojcik #10 • Guard	3	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	0.0
Jesse McCulloch #35 • Forward	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0

Column Legend

MIN: Minutes Played

PTS: Points

REB: Total Rebounds

AST: Assists

STL: Steals

BLK: Blocks

FG: Field Goals Made-Attempted

2PT: Two-Point Field Goals

3PT: Three-Point Field Goals

FT: Free Throws Made-Attempted

TO: Turnovers

PF: Personal Fouls

OREB: Offensive Rebounds

DREB: Defensive Rebounds

FG%: Field Goal Percentage

2PT%: Two-Point Percentage

3PT%: Three-Point Percentage

FT%: Free Throw Percentage

eFG%: Effective Field Goal %

TS%: True Shooting Percentage

A/TO: Assist-to-Turnover Ratio

FTR: Free Throw Rate

OREB%: Offensive Rebound Rate

USG%: Usage Rate

ORTG: Offensive Rating

DRTG: Defensive Rating

NET: Net Rating (ORTG - DRTG)

GmSc: Game Score