Did Jeremy Fears Jr. trip another opponent? After a week of discussion about the topic, it was once again a topic in the MSU vs. Illinois game.
EAST LANSING — Did Jeremy Fears Jr. trip another opponent?
In the first half of the Michigan State vs. Illinois game at the Breslin Center on Saturday, Feb. 7, MSU was on a fastbreak when Fears fired a pass to the left wing.
Seconds after the pass, Illinois' Davi Mirkovic was running up the court and fell and went down hard to the floor after tripping on Fears' foot. But did he stick it in his way on his way on purpose?
After Mirkovic fell, Fears got the ball back and passed to Jaxon Kohler who hit an open 3.
Immediately after the sequence, Illinois coach Brad Underwood started losing it on the referee and shortly after called a timeout for a review.
The refs deemed that there was nothing to support a technical on Fears, but after the last two games in which Fears was called out by Michigan coach Dusty May for "dangerous" plays and then got a technical for a kick to a Minnesota defender's groin, in addition to other questionable plays, he's not going to get the benefit of the doubt.
Do you think Fears purposely tripped Mirkovic?
Here's the replay from the Fox broadcast:
Jeremy Fears Jr with another trip? pic.twitter.com/nMovtrrsR9
— The Field of 68 (@TheFieldOf68) February 8, 2026
Andrew Birkle is an assistant sports editor for the Free Press. Contact him via email at [email protected].
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