As the No. 5-seed Spartans prepare to play the No. 9-seed Northern Iowa Panthers on Friday night in the Sweet 16, Spartans fans from East Lansing and St. Louis are ready to cheer on their team.
After being on the road for its first 27 games, the MSU softball team returned to East Lansing on Wednesday afternoon and defeated Western Michigan, 5-3, in the team’s home opener at Old College Field.__
Starting Friday, freshman Jacob Jarzen will compete in one butterfly and two backstroke events at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio, looking to use the experiences of a successful freshman season to put together a good showing as the first Spartan to qualify for the championships in five years.
Heading into the Sweet 16, the Spartans hope to overcome injuries. Junior guard Kalin Lucas will be sidelined for four to six months after rupturing his left Achilles tendon. Delvon Roe continues to fight through pain in his right knee. Junior guard Chris Allen did not practice Tuesday, but both Allen and Roe are expected to play.
The MSU softball team is more than ready to come home. After being on the road for 27 straight games dating back to Feb. 12, the Spartans will play their home opener at 4 p.m. Wednesday against Western Michigan at Old College Field.
Fifteen years ago, Kordell Stewart made waves with his athleticism as a multiple-weapon threat with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. On Tuesday, the opening day for MSU football spring practice, head coach Mark Dantonio seemed convinced the Spartans have found their own “Slash.”
Four football players have been reinstated to the MSU football program, while two others have chosen to transfer following November’s Rather Hall incident, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio announced Tuesday. Sophomore wide receiver B.J.
MSU’s four seniors deserved better than the way their careers ended Monday. The Spartans’ 70-52 loss to Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday at Freedom Hall signaled the end for Lauren Aitch, Allyssa DeHaan, Aisha Jefferson and Mandy Piechowski, and the ugly loss was an unfortunate final chapter for four women who gave everything they had to the program for their entire careers. It wasn’t just that the Spartans loss — by seeding, No.
Kentucky’s scrappy and swarming play leads to edge on glass, 70-52 victory over MSU in second round of women’s basketball NCAA Tournament.
Louisville, Ky. – After a physical first half, No. 4-seed Kentucky’s aggressive, relentless attack was too much for the No. 5-seed Spartans to handle as fatigue took over and the Wildcats cruised to a 70-52 win Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Freedom Hall.
Kalin Lucas ruptured his left Achilles tendon in MSU’s 85-83 second-round win over Maryland on Sunday in the NCAA Tournament, and the junior guard will miss the remainder of the NCAA Tournament, the MSU men’s basketball program announced in a statement. Head coach Tom Izzo said in a statement Monday that “there is no doubt he will make a full and complete recovery.” Recovery time is expected to be four to six months.
The most popular way to spell consistency for the MSU men’s basketball team is to denote the Spartans’ impressive five Final Fours in the last 11 seasons — something no other program has done in that time.
Annalise Pickrel and Madison Williams met at halfcourt Saturday at Breslin Center, each looking to cap their high school basketball careers with a state championship.
Saturday at Breslin Center, Klarissa Bell and the East Lansing High School girl’s basketball team finally got the one trophy that had eluded them.
Already a 2009 state champion and a 2010 McDonald’s All-American, Keith Appling can add another award to his mantle.
Posted on a wall in the MSU men’s basketball team’s players’ lounge back in East Lansing is an acronym. PP-TPW. Players play. Tough players win. Fifteen proud Spartans are heading to St. Louis next weekend because they played 40 minutes with a mentality sturdier than Sparty’s helmet.
One former MSU football player and one current player will see jail time for their involvement in a Nov. 22, 2009, altercation at Rather Hall. Former junior safety Roderick Jenrette and sophomore wide receiver Fred Smith were sentenced Friday at East Lansing’s 54-B District Court, along with former redshirt freshman defensive end Jamiihr Williams, junior offensive lineman J’Michael Deane and junior cornerback Chris L. Rucker.
Spokane, Wash. — With junior guard Kalin Lucas injured on the bench for the second half of the MSU men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament game Sunday, junior guard Durrell Summers picked up the slack for his childhood friend — and then some.
It’s been four seasons since MSU and Kentucky met in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. That game, played in Chicago, saw the Spartans advance to their second straight Sweet 16 with a 67-63 win.
If the MSU women’s basketball team were to stare at Kentucky in the mirror, it would notice its exact opposite.