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SPORTS

Front and center

The State News recently caught up with former MSU running back T.J. Duckett in Southfield at a community reading event. • What he's been up to since the football season ended … "Well, I have two dogs and I've been spending a lot of time with them, and just been hanging out.

SPORTS

From the road

Women's basketball reporter Ethan Conley writes about how MSU should follow Illinois' example to spice up a game.

ICE HOCKEY

Slim pickings

With Saturday's game against Notre Dame tied at one heading into the second intermission, the message in the Spartans' locker room was clear. "We just said, 'Those are our two points and we need them,'" senior forward David Booth said.

ICE HOCKEY

From the road

Hockey reporter Eric Fish spent the evening in South Bend, Ind., where MSU has not lost when he covers a game.

BASKETBALL

Davis contributes 16 points in game back after head injury

Evanston, Ill. — After missing a week because of a head injury sustained in practice, senior center Paul Davis returned to practice Friday and was deemed well enough to start Saturday against Northwestern. "There was a decision made (Friday) that we would probably start him, but we did not know how long he could play," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.

BASKETBALL

Rebounds key MSU victory vs. Wildcats

Evanston, Ill. — With the Big Ten as tough as it is this season, any win, especially on the road, will be greeted with a smile. That is why MSU's 77-66 road win over Northwestern on Saturday is much bigger than it seems. With Illinois' and Michigan's losses Saturday, the No.

SPORTS

Monday Musings

Sunday marked the annual return of the sporting world's most prestigious, most storied, most dramatic event.

SPORTS

Spartans clamp down on defense

Champaign, Ill. — Whenever the No. 17 MSU women's basketball team loses a game, the players and coaches always stress defense as the primary reason for their failures. Down the stretch of Sunday's game against Illinois, the Spartans defense couldn't have been any better. The two teams battled neck and neck for the duration of the game, with neither team holding more than an eight-point lead in the second half.

SPORTS

WEB EXTRA: Gymnastics team to compete in state tournament

By Katherine LaLonde For The State News Students walking on campus might have heard Michael Jackson's "Beat It" blaring from the third floor of Jenison Field House on Thursday afternoon. If students had been there, they would have seen hula hoops, spirit fingers and oversized exercise balls whirling around the women's gymnastics practice area. The No.

SPORTS

WEB EXTRA: Grapplers return home to face Purdue

By Jessica Sipperley For The State News The No. 18 MSU wrestling team is looking to bounce back from a cross-town loss at Michigan when the Spartans compete in their first home Big Ten meet of the season against Purdue tonight. The 27-12 loss to No.

ICE HOCKEY

Comley sticks with Lerg as rookie shines in net

Although he stands between the pipes at a less than intimidating 5-foot-6, freshman goaltender Jeff Lerg has given college hockey teams plenty of reason to fear him. "That's kind of what my point is to everyone when I get on the ice," Lerg said.