Thursday, March 28, 2024

Spartans' season full of achievements

They may have lost to Baylor, and they didn't bring home the title, but regardless of the big game, this year's team had more accomplishments than any women'sbasketball team in MSU history.

MSU women's basketball team school records:

• 17 straight victories to finish the season

• First appearance in an NCAA Championship

• Tied a women's Final Four record by overcoming a 16-point deficit to beat Tennessee in the semifinals

• 2005 marks the first time in Big Ten history that the conference has had a team in the title games for the men and women

• MSU has 13 wins over ranked opponents this season

• First Big Ten championship

• First Big Ten Tournament championship.

• This is the first time MSU has reached 30 victories in a season, breaking its previous best record by 10 wins

• MSU's senior class is the winningest class in school history, winning 91 during its four seasons. Kristin Haynie and Kelli Roehrig played in 180 out of the 182 combined wins.

Four players with more than 1,000 points: Kelli Roehrig, Lindsay Bowen, Kristin Haynie and Liz Shimek.


Individual records:

• Junior guard Lindsay Bowen broke her own single-season 3-point record against Tennessee.

• Junior forward Liz Shimek tied the MSU single-season scoring record.

• Senior guard Kristin Haynie became only the fourth player in Big Ten history to reach career totals of 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 500 assists and 300 steals.

• Haynie became the first player in women's NCAA Tournament history, and only the second MSU player ever, to record a triple-double.

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