This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/michiganstate as How High is Michigan State Basketball's Ceiling. The Michigan State Spartans are riding high this college basketball season.

The Michigan State guard headed back down court celebrating a new career high in scoring with 19 points to cap a 74-58 win against North Carolina in the championship game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday. Here are quick takeaways and observations for the Spartans heading into a December dip into Big Ten play:

The North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan State Spartans clash in a top-20 Thanksgiving Day showdown in Fort Myers.

UNC gave up two scoring stretches to MIchigan State and shot a season-low 17 percent from 3-point range in the loss.

It's nearly Thanksgiving, which means it's "Feast Week" in the college basketball calendar, where tons of mid-season tournaments and fun, non-conference matchups are plentiful. Michigan State will be spending it in Florida for the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Tom Izzo of Michigan State University is on top of the world right now, and his team just beat North Carolina.

Ranked No. 17 in the USA TODAY coaches poll and 16th in the AP Top 25, the Tar Heels (6-0) have stacked six wins to start a season for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign, which ended with UNC winning the national championship.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/unc as Top Performances for UNC Players Against Michigan State. After losing to the Michigan State Spartans on Thursday night, the North Carolina Tar Heels' undefeated run in 2025 came to an end.