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Spartan Nation Reacts to Up and Down Win Against Toledo

MSU won their 10th game against Toledo, and Spartan Nation was along for the ride.
Nathan Berry|
Michigan State's fans celebrate after a Coen Carr dunk against Duke during the first half on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
Michigan State's fans celebrate after a Coen Carr dunk against Duke during the first half on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. | Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

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Michigan State was raring up to go headfirst into their match against Toledo, hoping that they would leave their home court with their 10th win of the season.

Spartan Nation had the same hopes and, although low in numbers do to the smaller matchup, were trying to have energy and excitement for the game.

MSU came out to a quick start through the high level of play from Jaxon Kohler and Jeremy Fears, being up 12-6 in the first four minutes.

Despite the atmosphere that the Spartans were trying to create, there were almost no fans watching either on campus or online through Peacock, and that was the only thing noticed aside from Kohler.

In fact, Kohler took all the attention that may have been left for anybody else and brought it all to himself with his excellent play.

He got ahead of his entire team in only the first nine minutes, having stats that could make up for a whole game at times, with five rebounds, one assist, and a terrifying 14 points.

The Spartans continued to pull away at an unrivaled pace by attaining a 20-point lead before the first half even ended, heavily mirroring their last match against the Rockets.

The vast lead only grew and reached 30 points by the time the second half was set to begin, and the few Spartan faithful who were online tried to

With so much going right for the team, the only gripe that anybody could even manage to make was about Denham Wojcik, who was not producing well at all in his five minutes on the court with only a singular assist to show for it.

All MSU needed to do was hold off with their massive lead, and that is exactly what they did in the second half, holding it at exactly 30 at times.

Only official accounts were posting during this time for the most part, all except for a couple of arguing people and one Jaxon Kohler aficionado.

The Spartans' lead began to slip near the end of the game, which of course caught some attention, but the lead was still so vast that MSU would not be able to lose the game.

In actuality, the Spartans were mimicking their last match against Toledo to a tee, as they actively lost ground in the final minutes of the game.

They were great at in many regards, but failing in the most important, namely the turnover battle in a struggle to play clean basketball that they had just gone through against Penn State not long ago.

The messy play only continued by the time the team reached the final three minutes of the second half, in which their lead dropped to less than 20, and it looked like everything that they had done well to begin with fell off a cliff at halftime.

The Spartans finished the game with a 92-69 victory, officially making their win count reach double digits, and although it would normally be met with celebration, it was met with mixed feelings.

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Nathan Berry
NATHAN BERRY

Nathan Berry is a senior at NCCS and was raised a Michigan State Spartan fan. With a great interest in sports and writing, journalism is a great avenue to pursue both.