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With 4:07 left in the fourth quarter and Michigan State down 10-7 to Rutgers, the Spartans needed a big play, something they didn’t have all Saturday evening.
No.17 Michigan State (5-1) overcame “the worst start in the history of basketball” as head coach Tom Izzo called it, and roared back to defeat Texas (5-1), 78-68 to win the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. This victory came on the strength of their indomitable junior backcourt and stifling second-half defense.
Watch seniors Khari Willis and Andrew Dowell, along with junior linebacker Joe Bachie and redshirt freshman quarterback Rocky Lombardi talk about the Spartans' game against Rutgers Saturday on Senior Day.
No. 11 Michigan State (4-1) won their opening game of the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational late Thursday night at the Orleans Arena, defeating No. 17 UCLA (4-1), 87-67. It was an unending first-half barrage of threes for the Spartans, shooting 10-17 from behind the arc in the first half, and 13-24 overall.
When senior safety Khari Willis enters Spartan Stadium for the last time against Rutgers Saturday, it’ll be his mom’s, Mary Catherine, first time.
Suzy Merchant, Michigan State head women’s basketball coach, received recognition Monday for her off-the-court services by way of the 2018 ATHENA Leadership award, the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce announced.
The Michigan State men's basketball team stood pat at No. 11 in the latest AP Top 25 Poll released early Monday afternoon after going 2-0 last week. The Spartans' two wins came from topping Louisiana Monroe 80-59 last Wednesday and dominating Tennessee Tech 101-33 to close out the weekend.
Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo has harped again and again about how difficult the upcoming six-game slate, after Sunday night's blow-out of Tennessee Tech, will be for the Spartans:
Coach Tom Izzo and the No. 11 Michigan State men’s basketball team (3-1) received quite the scare on Wednesday night in its 80-59 victory over Louisiana Monroe, when junior forward Nick Ward went down early in the first half with a non-contact ankle injury.
No. 11 Michigan State men’s basketball made easy work of Tennessee Tech Sunday night, winning 101-33. Junior forward Nick Ward returned from a right ankle sprain he suffered last Wednesday versus Louisiana-Monroe, and led the Spartans in scoring with 23 points.
Michigan State volleyball (17-14, 5-13 Big Ten) lost a 3-1 split against University of Michigan (20-9, 9-9) at the annual Jam Jenison event Saturday night at Jenison Fieldhouse.
Since starting Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke injured his right shoulder in a 21-17 win over Penn State on Oct. 13, the talk in East Lansing has been about the quarterbacks.
Following Michigan State’s (6-5, 4-4 in Big Ten) 9-6 loss to Nebraska (4-7, 3-5) Saturday afternoon, here’s football beat report Jonathan LeBlanc’s key takeaways. The Spartans will face Rutgers (1-10, 0-8) next Saturday at 4 p.m. on FOX in East Lansing.
Michigan State placekicker Matt Coghlin and Nebraska kicker Barret Pickering would be the only players on their respective teams put points on the scoreboard in a Saturday afternoon game dominated by field goals.
Friday night at Munn Ice Arena in its Big Ten opener against No. 8 Notre Dame (6-4-1, 3-2 Big Ten), Michigan State Hockey (4-5, 0-1 Big Ten) fell 3-1 despite a strong third period push.
The first round of the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament for Michigan State kicked off on Thursday night with a shut out victory on a snowy DeMartin Soccer Stadium field, as the Spartans beat University of Illinois-Chicago, 2-0.
In the last four seasons, Michigan State’s offense has continued to fall down the national rankings, as the final games of the season approach. Back in 2015, the offense ranked No. 73 in the nation and currently, the Spartans sit at No. 110.
Know Thy Enemy is a weekly Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State football's opponent.
In his first two seasons at Michigan State, Nick Ward struggled to clock consistent minutes, as his fitness and free throw woes often seated him next to his head coach Tom Izzo during crunch time.
Junior forward Nick Ward, who Michigan State coach Tom Izzo admitted was the Spartans’ primary offensive option in the game plan against Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday, went down early in the first half with a right-low ankle sprain.