Jeremy Fears Jr. inspired the Spartans' road comeback and finished with a season-high 29 points and nine assists.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Following Michigan State’s 43-point blowout win against Maryland last week, coach Tom Izzo called it one of this team’s best performances in years. The same can’t be said about the follow-up but the Spartans still survived.

Michigan State avoided disastrous defeat to Rutgers behind career performance from Jeremy Fears.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (WILX) - No. 7 Michigan State trailed by as many as 12 points but fought back late before Divine Ugochukwu nailed a game-tying three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to send the game to overtime, where the Spartans outscored Rutgers 15-6 to take the victory 88-79.

The Spartans are continuing to rise in the projected brackets.

The Michigan State Spartans visit the Rutgers Scarlet Knights for a 6:30 p.m. ET contest Tuesday in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Check out the best moments from this showdown between the No. 7 Michigan State Spartans and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

The Spartans' "floor general" is the first Michigan State player to win this award in some time.