SEATTLE (AP) — Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 19 points and No. 12 Michigan State beat Washington 80-63 on Saturday for its fourth straight victory.
The Spartans (16-2, 6-1 Big Ten) won in their first game at Washington since 1957.
Fears was 6 of 9 from the field and made 7 of 8 free throws in his fourth straight game with at least 15 points. He also had five assists.
Kur Teng added 11 points, hitting three 3-pointers.
Zoom Diallo led Washington (10-8, 2-5) with 18 points, and Hannes Steinbach had 17 points and nine rebounds. The Huskies have lost four of five, three of them against teams ranked 12th or better.
Washington was without guard Desmond Claude. He announced Friday on social media that he was “stepping away from all on-court activities” due to health concerns stemming from a sprained ankle in fall workouts that forced him to miss the first four games of the season. In 12 games (nine starts), he averaged 13.3 points.
Michigan State: At Oregon on Tuesday night
Washington: At No. 8 Nebraska on Wednesday night.
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Michigan State guard Jeremy Fears Jr. (1) looks to shoot as Washington forward Hannes Steinbach (6) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Nate Schmidt scored two goals and assisted on two others to lead the Utah Mammoth to a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Saturday.
Lawson Crouse added a goal and two assists to help Utah win its third straight and for the sixth time in seven games. Kevin Stenlund, Nick Schmaltz and Barrett Hayton also scored for the Mammoth and Karel Vejmelka made 18 stops.
Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers, and Chandler Stephenson scored goals for the Kraken, who lost their third straight and are 1-3-2 over their last six. Philipp Grubauer had 24 saves.
Schmidt snapped the puck past Ryker Evans' stick and Grubauer's glove with 5:30 left in the third after the Kraken had erased a two-goal deficit late in the second period to tie it at 3.
Eberle boosted his season tally to 17 goals only 69 seconds into the game, squeezing a backhand shot over Vejmelka’s shoulder to put Seattle up 1-0.
Utah equalized on a short-handed goal at the 2:47 of the first, just 11 seconds into a Kraken power play, when Stenlund tapped in the puck off a feed from Crouse.
The Mammoth took the lead 28 seconds into the second period on Schmidt’s long-distance shot. Schmaltz’s 18th goal of the season made it 3-1 for Utah at 4:31 of the second. He snapped the puck down the middle off a precise pass from Crouse.
Beniers pulled one back with 4:49 left in the second. He dug the puck out while battling two defenders and tapped in a two-foot wrist shot behind an out-of-position Vejmelka. Stephenson leveled the score on another close-range wrist shot with 2:17 to go in the second.
Kraken: host Pittsburgh on Monday night.
Mammoth: host Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
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Seattle Kraken center Chandler Stephenson (9) moves the puck on the ice against Utah Mammoth defenseman Mikhail Sergachev (98) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Seattle Kraken fight on the ice against the Utah Mammoth during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Seattle Kraken center Ryan Winterton (26) goes down after the puck against the Utah Mammoth during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
Utah Mammoth center Kevin Stenlund (obscured) celebrates with teammates after he scored against the Seattle Kraken during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak)
