Iowa Hoops: Michigan State Preview, How to Watch, and Fan Discussion

The Iowa Hawkeyes (7-0) returned from Palm Springs victorious and the owners of some shaky real estate in the top 25, coming in 25th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. They head to East Lansing, MI, a historical House of Horrors to face the 8th ranked Michigan State Spartans who also sport a 7-0 record on the season. It’s their best start since the 2015-16 season when they rattled off 13 straight to start the season.

In the new era of transfers and turnover, their minutes continuity is at 41.7%, second most in the conference and 51st in the country according to KenPom and their defense is a top 5 unit according to the same site. They’ll be tough because they’re almost always tough at the Breslin Center and this is the first true road game for Ben McCollum at Iowa.

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#8 Michigan State Spartans (7-0)
East Lansing, MI | Breslin Center
Tom Izzo (744—302 at Michigan State, 31st season)

How to Watch
Tonight, 12/2: Iowa at Michigan State
6:00 PM CST Peacock (Paul Burmeister and Nick Bahe)
Breslin Center, East Lansing, MI
Hawkeye Radio Network
Live Stats (StatBroadcast)

Stat Pack
KenPom ($): +25.86; 15th (118.5 Off; 37th | 92.7 Def; 5th)
BartTorvik: 14th (117.7 Off; 37th | 93.9 Def; 4th)
Sports-Ref:
PPG: 79.7 (146th) | 61.6 (11th)
RPG: 42.3 (35th) | 29.6 (20th)

Leaders (via Sports-Ref)
PPG: Jaxon Kohler (14.6); Jeremy Fears, Jr. (12.0)
RPG: Kohler (9.7, 3.9 off); Carson Cooper (6.0, 2.1 off)
APG: Fears, Jr. (9.9); Coen Carr (2.1)
FG%: Cameron Ward (61.4%); Cooper (57.4%)
3P%: Fears, Jr. (47.1%); Kohler (46.2%)

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Last 5 games
11/27: W v North Carolina (N): 74-58
11/25: W v East Carolina (N): 89-56
11/21: W v Detroit Mercy: 84-56
11/18: W v Kentucky (N): 83-66
11/13: W v San Jose St.: 79-60

Who wins the battle of the point guards?

In Bennett Stirtz’s first two games away from Carver-Hawkeye Arena this year, he struggled in ways we haven’t yet seen this season, going just 7/20 from 2 and 14/35 overall. His success was buoyed by 6/8 from deep in Iowa’s Acrisure Series opener against Ole Miss…

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Publish date : 2025-12-02 12:10:00

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