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BASKETBALL

Women's basketball tops Indiana 72-57

Zach Libby
January 28, 2015

EAST LANSING - Team and individual achievements were made on Wednesday for the Spartans.  Tori Jankoska, who came into her tenth Big Ten matchup of the season against Indiana, recorded a career-high 28-points en route to a 72-57 victory at the Breslin Center.  The senior guard hit 56-percent of her shots from beyond the arc, finishing the game as one-of-two Spartans (11-10, 3-7 B1G) who found themselves with over 20-points scored.  Aerial Powers, the Detroit product from Country Day, led the team in field-goal (22) and three-point attempts (10). Her aggressiveness on the offensive side of the floor matched Jankoska's point total with 28.  Both players' shot making abilities helped garner MSU's largest conference victory this season.

BASKETBALL

Halftime: Women's basketball leads Indiana 39-25

Zach Libby
January 28, 2015

Down by three-points with seven minutes into the first half following a jumper from the key by Indiana Hoosiers guard Karlee McBride, the shots were immediately converting for the Spartans.  MSU went on a 12-0 run to record their second largest lead of the evening before going into halftime with a 39-25 lead at the Breslin Center.  Tori Jankoska, the senior guard, was 4-of-6 from beyond the arc to lead the Spartans with 19-points. She was responsible for the final four-points of the half after being fouled after converting a three-pointer.  Aerial Powers, the Detroit product, has added 16-points and Becca Mills has recorded four-points, the only three players who have garnered any points in the first 20-minutes.  The Spartans are currently shooting 37 percent from the floor (13-of-35), compared to Indiana, who has converted just 32 percent of their shots (9-of-28).  Six players have garnered stats in the points column for the Hoosiers, with Karlee McBride leading the team with six-points.

BASKETBALL

Izzo adjusting to hand-checking rules

Omari Sankofa II
January 26, 2015

Foul trouble crippled the men's basketball team early against No. 16 Maryland on Saturday. Senior forward Branden Dawson, sophomore forward Gavin Schilling, junior forward Branden Dawson and junior guard Denzel Valentine each picked up two in the first half, and head coach Tom Izzo was forced to turn to his bench sooner than he would have preferred.  It wasn't the first time Valentine got himself into early foul trouble this season.

SPORTS

BREAKING: MSU vs. Rutgers postponed due to potential northeastern blizzard

Omari Sankofa II
January 26, 2015

With a potentially historic snowstorm looming, the men's basketball team's Tuesday 9 p.m. game against Rutgers has been postponed indefinitely, Rutgers men's basketball announced through its Twitter handle.  To avoid the storm, head coach Tom Izzo said the men's basketball team moved its flight up to 3 p.m. Rutgers announced the game had been cancelled about an hour before MSU was scheduled to leave East Lansing. 

FOOTBALL

Trae Waynes to participate in all-star game challenge Friday

Zach Libby
January 26, 2015

Trae Waynes, the former MSU standout, will get another opportunity to further showcase his skills as a defensive back before the NFL Draft in the 2015 Quicken Loans All-Star Football Challenge.  Scheduled to participate in the Hands Competition, Waynes is set to take on Landon Collins (Alabama) and Quinten Rollins (Miami OH.) on Friday, Jan.

SPORTS

Gymnastics falls to Minnesota

Matthew Argillander
January 25, 2015

In the annual annual Jan Howard Memorial Breast Cancer Awareness Meet the MSU women's gymnastics team the  Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday evening.  The Spartans began the night on the vault with junior Nicola Deans coming in first in the competition, while MSU was on the vault, Minnesota had a quality team performance on the bars.