Jeremy Fears Jr., Carson Cooper lead team to Moneyball Pro-Am championship
Fears and Cooper capped off a strong showings in this year's Moneyball Pro-Am with a championship victory on Thursday evening. The two anticipated Spartans starters helped lead Tri-Star to the title over Faygo -- led by Jaxon Kohler and Divine Ugochukwu.
Thursday night's semifinals and finals matchups were the last games of this year's event. This was the 20th annual Moneyball Pro-Am, which hopefully will be back again next summer as well.
The Moneyball Pro-Am event is historically an opportunity for fans to get a look at the Spartans' offseason growth and itch the basketball scratch in the middle of summer. Cooper was a perfect example of watching offseason growth as he demonstrated an improved three-point shot during the event.
Congratulations to Fears and Cooper on winning this year's Moneyball Pro-Am event. We will see if that strong play during the pro-am will continue onto the court this fall as Michigan State looks to defend their Big Ten title next season.
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