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Women's basketball defeats Wayne State 79-47
Entering the season, the MSU women’s basketball team’s strong suit was purported to be its depth.
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Great expectations
Every good group needs a set of leaders with a differing set of skills. In an episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the characters labeled one another as “The Looks,” “The Brains,” “The Muscle” and “The Wild Card” to reflect the different skills each brought to the gang’s latest escapade.
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Spartans to play season opener today
The No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team opens its season at 6:30 p.m. tonight against Wayne State at Breslin Center. It will be the first of two exhibition tilts for the Spartans this season, as they host Grand Valley State at 2 p.m.
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MSU chosen to finish 2nd, DeHaan named to preseason all-Big Ten team
If Purdue head coach Sharon Versyp only had one word to describe this year’s Big Ten lineup, it would be “tough.”
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MSU men, women picked to finish high in conference
If preseason expectations are anything, it’s going to be a fun winter in East Lansing.
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Season-ending game still irks Merchant
MSU’s women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant never has watched the tape of the biggest win of her career — MSU’s 63-49 win against Duke in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament.
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MSU returns loaded after Sweet 16 run
Brittney Thomas can’t help but get excited when thinking about how dangerous the point guard position will be for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
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Midnight Madness to honor MSU past
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their annual Midnight Madness event at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at Breslin Center.
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Women's basketball captains named
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced Monday that seniors Lauren Aitch, Allyssa DeHaan, Aisha Jefferson and Mandy Piechowski were selected as team captains for the 2009-10 season.
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Women to face difficult competition
The MSU women’s basketball team will face 15 teams that qualified for the 2009 postseason, and possibly 10 that played in the NCAA Tournament, in the upcoming 2009-10 basketball season.
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Iowa State loss still troubles MSU coach
About 10 minutes after her team’s season-ending loss to Iowa State, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant located a TV backstage at Haas Pavilion. For the first of what would prove to be many times, Merchant relived the anguishing final 87 seconds of the game. Since the March 28 loss, Merchant estimates she’s replayed the conclusion of the game at least 500 times.
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Team has lots to look forward to next season
As the buzzer sounded to end the MSU women’s basketball team’s season Saturday night, the players hung their heads.
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Season's finish isn't sweet
One minute away from the Elite Eight, the MSU women’s basketball team saw its dreams snatched from its grip, as Iowa State walked out of Haas Pavilion victorious 69-68 on Saturday in a Berkley Regional semifinal game.
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Team prepares for Sweet 16, focuses on defense
The MSU women’s basketball team got one last practice in Wednesday before it left for Berkeley, Calif., to meet Iowa State in the Sweet 16 on Saturday. The Cyclones, who are 26-8 on the season and finished in third place in the Big 12 with an 11-5 conference record, are very guard-oriented and remind the Spartans a lot of Middle Tennessee State, the team MSU beat in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Aitch, Johnson stars of MSU’s upset win against Duke
It is March Madness, but Tuesday night at Breslin Center was much more than an upset win for the MSU women’s basketball team.
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MSU women outhustle Blue Devils in win
They said it would take everything they had. On Monday, Aisha Jefferson said no team shows up in March Madness with more hustle than an opponent — it would come down to mental focus.
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Suzy's signature win
It had to be perfect. To beat No. 1-seed Duke, the No. 9-seed MSU women’s basketball team had to limit turnovers, storm the glass and play staunch defense.
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First 500 students get in free for MSU-Duke women's game Tuesday
The first 500 students to attend Tuesday’s second round women’s basketball NCAA Tournament game at Breslin Center will get in free with a valid college ID, the MSU athletics department announced Monday.
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DeHaan makes presence felt after slow start
Junior center Allyssa DeHaan has been often criticized for her lack of toughness and inability to come through in big-game situations — and sometimes rightfully so. But in the MSU women’s basketball team’s first round NCAA Tournament win on Sunday, Middle Tennessee State coach Rick Insell said that was not the case.
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Vocal crowd propels MSU to victory
Although the home team was dressed in an unfamiliar green jersey, the Breslin Center crowd knew exactly who to cheer for Sunday in the MSU women’s basketball team’s 60-59 win over Middle Tennessee State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.