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Live Blog: FINAL — Michigan State 77, Indiana basketball 64

6I5A5606by: Drew Rosenberg03/01/26drew_rosenberg2

Indiana Basketball is back in action in Bloomington where they will host the No. 13 Michigan State Spartans.

The Hoosiers are coming off three straight losses, with the most recent coming against Northwestern. They have dropped to 17-11 (8-9) on the season, but their NCAA tournament chances remain alive with three games left.

Michigan State is coming off of a huge road win over Purdue and have won their last three games to improve to 23-5 (13-4) on the season. Head coach Tom Izzo is in his 31st season with the Spartans having gone 760-306 over his tenure.

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Indiana Basketball is a 2.5-point underdog against Michigan State with an over/under of 144.5 points per BetMGM.

Tip is set for 3:45 PM ET on CBS.

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Below is a full live blog with updated coverage throughout the game.

Media Timeout 15:47: Michigan State 11, Indiana Basketball 5

03/01/2026 03:04:58 PM

Michigan State wins the tip and Sam Alexis picks up an early foul on the opening possession.

Tucker DeVries knocks down a pull up three for Indiana’s first points of the game.

Kohler knocks down a three and he has an early 7 for Michigan State.

Lamar Wilkerson draws a foul on the other end and converts both free throws.

Kohler gets another and he has 9 of the Spartans’ first 11.

Media Timeout 11:24: Michigan State 21, Indiana Basketball 10

03/01/2026 03:15:29 PM

Indiana’s offense is struggling right now. Just 1-8 from the field so far.

After a MSU three, Sam Alexis gets a tough and one bucket to fall.

Tucker DeVries gets a steal and goes coast to coast for the transition bucket to cut the deficit to 4.

Kur Teng answers with a three and a Fears pull up on the following possession has Michigan State back up by 9.

Tucker DeVries is fouled on a three and will shoot free throws after the timeout.

Media Timeout 7:58: Michigan State 30, Indiana Basketball 20

03/01/2026 03:27:46 PM

Tucker DeVries goes 3-3 from the line out of the break.

Jaxon Kohler knocks down another three as he has yet to miss a shot so far.

Reed Bailey picks up his 2nd foul and Kohler knocks down both free throws.

Nick Dorn knocks down a corner three off an Enright feed.

Enright picks up his 2nd foul as Fears draws contact on a drive.

Lamar Wilkerson knocks down a three for his first bucket after an 0-4 start.

Nick Dorn draws a foul on a blockout after a Kohler’s first miss and goes 1-2 at the line.

Sam Alexis picks up his 2nd foul and Carson Cooper knocks down both free throws.

Tucker DeVries draws a foul and will shoot two free throws after the break.

Indiana Timeout 4:22: Michigan State 39, Indiana Basketball 25

03/01/2026 03:36:26 PM

DeVries knocks down both free throws out of the timeout.

Teng answers with a tough three at the end of the shot clock.

Alexis draws a foul on the other end, but Alexis cannot convert at the line.

Sam Alexis makes up for it with a nice drop step into a dunk.

Teng buries another three to get the lead back up to 12.

Alexis gets another layup for Indiana after the MSU three.

Teng hits his fourth three of the game as Darian DeVries calls timeout.

Final 4:22 of 1st Half.

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Wilkerson knocks down a tough mid range jumper out of the break.

He then buries a three out of a baseline out of bounds play, but Jeremy Fears Jr. answers with a bucket.

Enright hits a corner three to beat the shot clock on the next possession.

Sam Alexis picks up his 3rd foul.

Fears Jr. finds Carr for an alley oop and one over Reed Bailey who picks up his third foul.

DeVries answers with a three and Tom Izzo calls a timeout.

Out of the timeout, Fears Jr. misses a mid range jumper, but Indiana turns it over on their final possession of the half.

HALFTIME: Michigan State 45, Indiana Basketball 37

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Media Timeout 15:43: Michigan State 50, Indiana Basketball 41

03/01/2026 04:11:25 PM

Sam Alexis draws a foul on Carson Cooper who goes to the bench with three. Alexis makes 1-2 at the line for the first points of the half.

Jaxon Kohler picks up where he left off in the first half as he hits another three. He has a game-high 17 points.

After a Spartan bucket, DeVries answers with a three. He now has 16 points.

Media Timeout 11:58: Michigan State 57, Indiana Basketball 50

03/01/2026 04:22:53 PM

Lamar Wilkerson now has 12 points after a layup, but MSU answers with a layup of their own.

Wilkerson gets right back to the rim and finishes the tough layup.

After a DeVries successfully challenges an out of bounds call Wilkerson knocks down a three to cut the deficit to 6.

MSU answers with another Teng three after two offensive rebounds on the possession.

DeVries responds with a tough mid range jumper.

Indiana Timeout 9:51: Michigan State 65, Indiana Basketball 55

03/01/2026 04:28:50 PM

Wilkerson gets a layup to go, but Indiana can’t get back on defense in time as MSU pushes it and it leads to an open three for Teng.

Lamar Wilkerson answers with another three this time off the DeVries assist.

Jordan Scott answers with a three as these teams continue to trade buckets.

Indiana Timeout 8:20: Michigan State 69, Indiana Basketball 57

03/01/2026 04:34:45 PM

After a Spartan bucket, Wilkerson answers with a bucket of his own. He now has 24 points.

After another transition bucket for MSU, DeVries calls a timeout with IU down 12.

Media Timeout 3:36: Michigan State 72, Indiana Basketball 62

03/01/2026 04:43:23 PM

Sam Alexis is back in the game for Indiana.

Wilkerson buries another three to get Indiana back within 10.

Jeremy Fears Jr. knocks down a three to put MSU back up by 12.

Wilkerson uses his off hand for another bucket. He has 19 second half points.

Alexis picks up his 4th foul.

Final 3:36

03/01/2026 04:46:53 PM

Out of the timeout, DeVries scores a tough bucket to get Indiana within 10.

Miles is called for a foul on the other end and Cooper misses both free throws.

Indiana turns it over on the following possession.

Fears Jr. hits another mid range jumper to put MSU back up by 10. He has been excellent with 18 points and 9 assists.

FINAL: Michigan State 77, Indiana Basketball 64

03/01/2026 04:57:42 PM

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