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(03/20/23 8:30pm)
On Dec. 10, junior guard Davis Smith collected his first career points in the Spartans' contest against Brown. With 1:43 winding down on the game clock, Smith drove to the right of the basket and released a shot that hit the glass before falling through the net, putting the Spartans up by 13 and Davis on the stat sheet.
(03/13/23 1:25am)
It’s March and Michigan State is dancing. The Spartans are heading to Columbus, Ohio as a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, taking on No. 10 seed USC this Friday at 12:15 p.m.
(03/12/23 11:22pm)
During Sunday's NCAA selection show following the conclusion of conference tournament play, it was announced that No. 7 seed Michigan State will take on the soon to be Big Ten conference team, No. 10 seed USC in the East region first round.
(03/11/23 1:39pm)
Michigan State went into the Big Ten Tournament with an offense firing on all cylinders and a defense that had shown upside early in the year. Head men's basketball coach Tom Izzo stressed balance heading into the post-season, hoping to keep up that offensive flow but bring back some of that strong defense that was present for a majority of the season.
(03/11/23 2:22am)
The Spartans entered the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament eager to overcome No. 13 seed Ohio State for the third time this season, just five days after the two last met in East Lansing.
(03/10/23 10:26pm)
Michigan State men’s basketball traded in its usual home floor for the notorious United Center on Friday afternoon for the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The No. 4 seed Spartans took on No. 13 seed Ohio State in the Buckeyes third straight day of hoops in Chicago. Ultimately, inconsistency cost the Spartans a chance at the tournament title, allowing the Buckeyes to advance to the semifinals after a 68-58 victory.
(03/10/23 3:13pm)
After a wild Sunday of Big Ten basketball, the dust of the regular season has settled and Michigan State is officially the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament. It took some outside help, but a top four finish gives MSU a double-bye.
(03/07/23 12:07am)
MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo met with the media ahead of the tournament quarterfinals on Friday afternoon to discuss the latest matchups and what’s to come.
(03/06/23 3:31pm)
Michigan State has been named the No. 4 seed in the Big Ten Tournament, earning a double-bye.
(03/05/23 4:39pm)
Just a few short weeks ago, Michigan State took on Ohio State on a lazy Sunday afternoon in Columbus. It was a comically ugly affair. Both teams shot under 50% from the field (OSU shot just 28.3%) and bricks were aplenty. Neither offense could really put together consistent offensive series.
(03/05/23 4:20pm)
For Michigan State men’s basketball outlasted Ohio State 84-78 to complete the series sweep this season. To make the victory even more meaningful, the Spartans were able to do it in front of their home crowd on senior day.
(03/04/23 7:28pm)
Michigan State wrapped up the regular season Saturday afternoon with a 84-78 senior day win over Ohio State.
(03/04/23 1:03am)
Michigan State women’s basketball put up a strong fight against one of the best teams in the country, the Indiana Hoosiers, in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, but ultimately fell in the final minutes.
(03/04/23 12:34am)
The Michigan State women’s basketball team went down swinging during their down-to-the-wire 94-85 loss to No. 1 Indiana in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament.The Spartans held the advantage over the Hoosiers for most of the game, but the talented Indiana squad was able to regain control late in the second half to come out on top. A large part of the reason Michigan State was able to stay in the game for so long against a team like No. 1 seeded Indiana was the stellar performance from graduate student guard Kamaria McDaniel. McDaniel has been a constant fixture in the green and white during her one year in East Lansing, leading the Spartans in scoring with an average of 14.2 points per game. Friday afternoon was no different. McDaniel led all players in scoring and notched a season-high 32 points. Following the loss, McDaniel attributed a lot of her offensive success to the plays the rest of the Spartans were able to make on the other side of the court. “My teammates are amazing at giving me the ball, and we got defensive stops which opened up the open court and getting them fast breaks,” McDaniel said. “We were getting stops, and that was helping them momentum. When you're playing good defense, and your teammates are getting you the ball, I'm just able to kind of be myself and be that scorer that you know I've been.” Against Indiana McDaniel drove through to the net, fought through contact and even hit a perfect 3-3 from beyond the arc—in what will most likely be her final collegiate game. McDaniel was just three rebounds away from a double-double against the Hoosiers and grabbed the second most of any player on the floor—second only to senior guard Moira Joiner.MSU women's basketball acting head coach Dean Lockwood said that McDaniel is the type of player they want consistently shooting the ball no matter how many she may miss.“When she goes strong, and she plays with a high level of efficiency—Kamaria—she can score points. That was what she did today,” Lockwood said. “She took great shots, she attacked the basket, she took the shots when she was open, and again, she just played to who she was. That's again, so important for any player in any team. She was exactly true to who she was.” The Spartan’s time in the Big Ten Tournament came to a close Friday afternoon, but the possibility of an NCAA Tournament game is still up in the air. While MSU currently sits outside of the tournament bubble on ESPN's bracketology, the team will officially learn its fate Sunday at 8 p.m. on ESPN's selection show.
(03/04/23 1:30pm)
In Michigan State’s final road matchup of the regular season, the Spartans outlasted Nebraska 80-67 after a late second half comeback. The green and white played a puzzling first half, unable to sort things out especially on the offensive end of the floor.
(03/03/23 8:28pm)
Despite a heroic 32-point and seven rebound effort from graduate student guard Kamaria McDaniel, Michigan State women’s basketball wasn’t able to knock off the second best team in the country in the Indiana Hoosiers. The Spartans ultimately fell to the No. 1 seeded Hoosiers 94-85.
(03/03/23 1:30pm)
Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo discussed Senior Day after practice Thursday evening. MSU will celebrate its potentially departing seniors against Ohio State Saturday afternoon. The game is MSU’s last of the regular season. After this, it’s onto the tournaments.
(03/02/23 10:35pm)
Being able to force turnovers is a skill that can greatly contribute to the success of a basketball team, but it is a fruitless endeavor if a team cannot convert turnovers into points. That is the position that the Michigan State women’s basketball team found themselves in earlier in the season. When the Spartans took on Michigan back in February, Michigan State accumulated just 14 points off of 20 Wolverine turnovers, while Michigan had the same amount of points on just half the number of Spartan turnovers. MSU ultimately lost that game, and senior guard Moira Joiner voiced her frustration post-game with the team’s inability to turn opportunities like turnovers into tangible points. The 67-64 win against No. 8 Nebraska in the second round of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament turned out to be a different story for the green and white. “I think we're very self-aware. We know that (converting turnovers to points) has been an ongoing thing during the season,” Joiner said. “Like we just talked about it, we do execution drills—stuff like that. We just know we need to take the right shots—shot selection and things—and look for each other.”Michigan State women’s basketball is ranked 15th in the nation and second in the Big Ten in forced turnovers with an average of 20.54 forced turnovers per game. The Spartans are also ranked 13th in the nation in steals with 11.1 steals per game. MSU looked like that highly-ranked defensive team during their first tournament game against Nebraska with 11 steals and 18 opponent turnovers. The difference now in comparison to earlier in the season—the Spartans were taking those steals and turnovers, and taking them to the rim. “I feel like our defense is what makes us,” sophomore guard DeeDee Hagemann said. “I feel like if we go locked in on defense—that always translates into offense.”Michigan State was averaging one point per Nebraska turnover in Thursday afternoon's game for a total of 18 points from turnovers alone.The Spartans have the ability to make huge plays in transition, and that is what they have been demonstrating as the season has progressed—especially in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament. “We're very proud of this team—that grit and resilience,” Interim head women's basketball coach Dean Lockwood said. “I think this team has really committed defensively here more in recent days, and it's shown. These two players here (Joiner and Hagemann) are stalwarts for us defensively, but just our team—this was all about our team.”Michigan State will take the floor once again in Minneapolis on Friday at 12:30 p.m. EST against No. 1 Indiana for the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament. The game will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.
(03/02/23 11:00pm)
Just a month ago, Michigan State women’s basketball sat at an 11-12 record after losing their second and final game of the season to rival Michigan. Since then, the team is 5-1, with their only loss in the six-game stretch coming from No. 8 Maryland.
(03/02/23 8:05pm)
It came down to the final seconds, but Michigan State women’s basketball escaped with a three-point win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament after the Nebraska Cornhuskers failed to tie the game on their last possession, missing two three-pointers.