Spartan Brew 11/24: Fears Factor

Jeremy Fears Jr. scored a career high over the weekend!

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Spartan Brew Crew
November 24, 2025

What else do we have brewing today?

⚽️ Elite Eight
🏀 Fears Factor
💚 And much, much more

🔼 Elite Eight! No. 2 seed Michigan State women’s soccer has punched its ticket to the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time in program history thanks to a 2-1 win over Colorado at DeMartin Stadium on Sunday!

Bella Najera was fantastic for the Spartans, scoring both goals, while Noelle Henning made a career-best seven saves in the victory.

🔼 Still Streaking. No. 17 Michigan State men’s basketball pushed its record to 5-0 over the weekend, winning 84-56 over Detroit Mercy at the Breslin Center.

Jeremy Fears Jr. was fantastic once again for the Spartans, scoring a career-high 18 points while dishing out 11 assists, his third game this season with at least 10 dimes. Coen Carr (13 points), Jaxon Kohler (13 points) and Carson Cooper (12 points) also scored in double figures.

🔼 Triple Digits. No. 22 Michigan State women’s basketball crossed the 100-point mark for the third time this season on Sunday, beating Oakland at the Breslin Center by a 102-41 final score to improve to 6-0 on the season.

Kennedy Blair (25 points), Grace VanSlooten (14 points) and Theryn Hallock (10 points) scored in double digits for the Spartans.

🔼 All-American. Michigan State men’s tennis’ Ozan Baris bowed out of the NCAA Singles Championships in the quarterfinal round over the weekend, earning All-American status for the fourth time in his career.

🔼 Top 25! Michigan State cross country crossed the finish line of its season on Saturday morning, with the men’s team finishing 23rd at the NCAA Championships in Columbia, Mo.

Rachel Forsyth also ran individually to represent the women’s team, finishing 48th in a season-best time of 19:30.5.

🔼 Wisler On Top. Michigan State placed nine wrestlers on the podium at the Keystone Classic in Philadelphia on Sunday, with Kael Wisler claiming the title at 197 pounds at the historic Palestra.

🔼 Iced Out. No. 1 Michigan State hockey dropped a pair of games to No. 7 Wisconsin over the weekend, salvaging one point during Saturday’s 2-1 loss in overtime to the Badgers.

🏒 RECAPS: Game 1 | Game 2

🔼 Heartbreak In The Heartland. Michigan State football led Iowa 17-7 heading into the fourth quarter on Saturday in Iowa City, but the Hawkeyes ended the game on a 13-0 run to win, 20-17.

Making his third career start at quarterback, redshirt freshman Alessio Milivojevic completed 25-of-42 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns. Senior tight end Jack Velling recorded career bests for receptions (8) and receiving yards (88) while redshirt junior Chrishon McCray had six catches for 75 yards, including two TD grabs (45 and 5 yards).

🔼 B1G Matches. Michigan State volleyball dropped a pair of Big Ten road matches over the weekend, in three sets at No. 24 Penn State on Friday and in four sets at Ohio State on Sunday.

🏐 RECAPS: Penn State | Ohio State

💚 ONE BIG THING

🔼 The Shift! "The Shift,” presented by Pepsi, takes you inside the reigning back-to-back Big Ten Champion Michigan State Hockey program for the 2025-26 season.

Episode 3 showcases third-string goalie Dolan Gilbert’s Spartan debut in South Bend, a special moment in front of family and friends, and highlights the continued growth of sophomore Shane Vansaghi.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

*All times ET

Monday, November 24
No scheduled events

Tuesday, November 25
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. East Carolina @ 1 p.m. (Fort Myers, Fla.)

Wednesday, November 26
🏐 Volleyball vs. USC @ 6 p.m. | B1G+
🏒 Hockey vs. Colgate @ 7 p.m.

Thursday, November 27
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. North Carolina @ 4:30 p.m. (Fort Myers, Fla.) | FOX

💚 Have a great Monday, everyone!