Michigan State basketball may have identified its next go-to scorer in Trey Fort

Losing Jase Richardson and Jaden Akins this offseason was a big hit for Michigan State basketball. Then you throw in losses of Tre Holloman and Xavier Booker, and you realize that Michigan State is down some top role players, too, and guys who could have been go-to scoring options.

Returning were Jeremy Fears Jr., Carson Cooper, Coen Carr, and Jaxon Kohler which meant that there weren't many true go-to scoring options left.

None of those guys really carry the label "go-to scoring option" as Fears is more of a facilitator, Cooper is a defensive-minded big, Kohler could be the go-to post option, and Carr is more of an all-around player who could score in bunches but doesn't quite have the jumper to be considered the top scoring option.

So where do the Spartans go?

Enter, Trey Fort.

Samford's leading scorer from last season joined Divine Ugochukwu and FAU's leading scorer, Kaleb Glenn, as the three-man incoming transfer class before the Spartans added Denham Wojcik to make it a four-man group of veterans joining the roster. One of them surely had to be the go-to option, right?

Well, Glenn's recent injury is going to keep him out the entire year and Ugochukwu is much more of a driver and passer than he is an all-around scorer. And Wojcik is the third option at point guard.

So that leaves Fort as the top option. And so far, he looks the part.

At the Moneyball Pro-Am this week, he made a splash, scoring 58 points and looking like the team's next go-to scorer, draining shots from everywhere while flashing his athleticism.

You have to take Moneyball results with a grain of salt because little to no defense is being played, but he still has to make shots, and he did. He scored 58 and was the talk of the Pro-Am.

Fort eased a lot of Michigan State fans' minds this week with his Moneyball performance.

It looks like he's going to be the next go-to scoring option.