The No. 11 MSU men’s basketball team now controls its own destiny in the regular season Big Ten title race following its 58-48 win at No. 3 Ohio State Saturday.
Football Saturdays at MSU are characterized by many iconic traditions, including Sparty, sounds from the “Michigan State Fight Song” filling the air and for much of the last decade, Zeke the Wonder Dog catching Frisbees at halftime. Zeke the Wonder Dog II, who performed at MSU football games from 2001 to 2007, died at about 10:30 a.m. Saturday from old age, said Zeke’s trainer Jim Foley. Jim and his wife, Terri Foley, rescued and trained the black labrador and pointer mix at their Holland, Mich., home. Zeke II was more than 16 years old when he died.
Fans raised signs and chanted their respective fight songs. Both benches clamored for the next shift and remained on edge as the puck seemed to volley from one end of the rink to the other. And each goal held the implications of victory and the weight of a series. Another typical weekend of college hockey’s fiercest rivalry between the No. 17 MSU hockey team and No. 4 Michigan.
Tom Izzo walked off the Value City Arena floor Saturday without showing much emotion. If you didn’t know, you might not have guessed that moments ago his No. 11 MSU men’s basketball team upset No. 3 Ohio State 58-48 and moved into a tie for first place in the Big Ten.
In his first year leading the program, MSU hockey head coach Tom Anastos always has seen two sides to every weekend series.
After coming from behind to even the score at halftime, the MSU women’s basketball team fell flat in the second half, losing to Iowa 74-57.
It wasn’t pretty, but thanks to a late swing in MSU’s favor, the Spartan gymnastics team pulled out its third straight win, 193.875-193.475 over Pittsburgh.
It may not have been pretty, but the MSU women’s tennis team survived its first and only doubleheader this weekend, beating Bowling Green 4-3 and then taking down Toledo 5-2.
When MSU’s men’s tennis team took the court against Ohio State, who was ranked as the third best team in the nation and undefeated at 7-0, optimism reigned.
Although they left Edinboro, Penn., without a win, the Spartan wrestlers continued to show improvement in their 18-15 dual loss to the No. 20 Fighting Scots and in their individual performances in the Edinboro Open on Saturday.
Detroit – For the second time this season, the No. 17 MSU hockey team played in-state rival No. 4 Michigan and went to overtime at Joe Louis Arena.
Detroit – Even if the No. 17 MSU hockey team was cognizant of the past, it couldn’t stop history from repeating itself. In the shadow of in-state rival Michigan’s banner from the Great Lakes Invitational, the No. 17 MSU hockey team lost possession of the puck in front of its own net in overtime, and U-M forward Kevin Lynch scooped it up and scored to give the No. 4 Wolverines the 3-2 victory at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.
The MSU gymnastics team won its third straight meet at Jenison Field House, 193.875-193.475, over Pittsburgh Saturday night.
Columbus, Ohio — Sometimes lost in the ups and downs of the offense, the No. 11 men’s basketball team’s defense was the key in the 58-48 win in at No.
Columbus, Ohio — The No. 11 MSU men’s basketball team ended No. 3 Ohio States 39-game home court winning streak with a 58-48 victory tonight in Columbus, Ohio.
Torey Krug knows what’s at stake when his team plays Michigan. With in-state bragging rights and respect of the college hockey world on the line, the junior defenseman and team captain stepped up and scored two goals and added an assist before a season-high crowd of 7,103 fans. He sent the No. 17 MSU hockey team ahead of the Wolverines, 3-2, Friday at Munn Ice Arena.
No matter how you measure it, the MSU and Ohio State men’s basketball teams find themselves in a neck-and-neck battle as the regular season winds down.
With the finish line looming up ahead, Lykendra Johnson is doing everything she can to be ready.
Even with each series carrying significant importance this time of year for the No. 17 MSU hockey team, this week is slightly different. Every word, every practice, every gym session and team meal carries a distinct buzz radiating from the coaches down to the Zamboni driver. It’s Michigan week.
Although the Big Ten season is in the books, the MSU wrestling team still has some work to do before the conference tournament in the first week of March.