3 bold predictions for Michigan State basketball vs. Western Michigan

Michigan State's Jase Richardson gets excited after his teammate Szymon Zapala dunks and draws a foul during the first half in the game against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in East Lansing.
Michigan State's Jase Richardson gets excited after his teammate Szymon Zapala dunks and draws a foul during the first half in the game against Florida Atlantic on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in East Lansing. | Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
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2. Coen Carr records a double-double

For the first time in his young Spartan career, Coen Carr is going to record a double-double.

And over the next 1-2 years, we're going to see him add a lot more to his resume. While he's not a prototypical "big", he's a freak athlete who can play the wing or power forward and still manage to be living on the glass. He's going to out-work opponents about 99 percent of the time and that's why we see him on the floor 20-plus minutes per game off the bench.

Carr is coming off his best game as a Spartan against FAU on Saturday, scoring 17 points with eight rebounds and a block and he was dangerously close to his first career double-double.

He reaches that on Monday.

Carr will have yet another big game throwing the ball down and running the floor with the best of 'em, he will also crash the boards hard and finish with a career-high 10 rebounds to go along with his 14 points. If he keeps playing at this level, Tom Izzo is going to have to start him.