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3 Michigan State basketball takeaways from night 8 of Moneyball

By Trevor Michael

Michigan State freshman and Team Faygo's Jase Richardson, left, moves the game against Team Snipes in the game on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, during the Moneyball Pro-Am at Holt High School.
Michigan State freshman and Team Faygo's Jase Richardson, left, moves the game against Team Snipes in the game on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, during the Moneyball Pro-Am at Holt High School. / Nick King/Lansing State Journal / USA
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3. I expect more from Jeremy Fears and Xavier Booker

Jeremy Fears Jr. and Xavier Booker need to be some of the best players for Michigan State this season. And with that being the case I was hoping to see both players play extremely well each night at Moneyball.

On Thursday, Booker and Fears scored 20 and 21 points, respectively. Now don't get me wrong, those are solid point totals and something I'm not going to panic over, but I honestly was hoping to see a little more from these two.

I think Fears and Booker could be a deadly combo together on the court. Whether in pick and roll or in the open floor, I think this duo could be one of the best in the Big Ten. But the reason Thursday night wasn't enough for me was because 20 and 21 points really aren't that much at Moneyball for the stars of the team.

Scoring 20 and 21 points at Moneyball translates to single digit scroing nights duirng the regular season, and Michigan State can't have that from these two this year.

So hopefully these performances are just an outlier and they'll both bounce back next week as well.

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