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Spartans advance, 56-51
Indianapolis — The third time’s a charm for the MSU women’s basketball team.
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Thomas stifles Gophers star in win
Indianapolis — Going into Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game against Minnesota, the MSU women’s basketball team knew, above all else, it would have to contain Golden Gophers guard Emily Fox.
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Suton honored by Big Ten
Junior center Goran Suton nailed his first collegiate 3-pointer Sunday afternoon against Indiana, snapping an 0-for-15 attempt record. Could it have been karma?
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Spartans torch Indiana, 103-74
You know what they say about paybacks. After losing by 19 points to Indiana on Feb. 16, the MSU men’s basketball team responded by crushing the Hoosiers, 103-74, on Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center.
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Badgers down Spartans, 57-42
Madison, Wisc. — At times, it wasn’t clear what was icier — the 19-degree Wisconsin weather or MSU’s offense.
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Breakdown
Spartans fans — what is your profession? It could be to grab the foam finger, body paint, rowdy rags, hair dye and Sparty helmet — there’s no other game at Breslin Center quite like this one.
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Senior memories
The top Spartan seniors discuss some of the highlights of their basketball careers.
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Naymick, Neitzel excel on, off court
When Drew Neitzel and Drew Naymick walk the length of their home floor on Sunday for senior day celebrations, they’ll be leaving a trail. The trail — of records, statistics, charity work and tenacity — will go down as a culmination of their character, more commonly referred to as a legacy.
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Anderson, Smith in close battle for Big Ten Player of Year
With the Big Ten regular season coming to a close Sunday with a logjam near the top of the league, it’s no surprise to see the same tight race near the top of the individual stat sheet.
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Team hopes to send seniors out with win
Emotions will be running high for the MSU women’s basketball team when it meets Illinois tonight for its regular-season finale. Not only is position on the line for the Big Ten Tournament, but also it will mark the last home game for seniors Courtney Davidson and Alisa Wulff.
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Spartans expect battle in rivalry game
Every time Tom Izzo travels to Madison, Wis., he takes a number with him. That number — zero — is the amount of victories the MSU men’s basketball head coach has brought home with him on those road trips in the last seven seasons.
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Morgan a bright spot heading into tough final stretch
Five wins, 17 losses. It’s no secret – conference road games haven’t been one of the MSU men’s basketball team’s strong points the last three seasons. And the road games won’t get any easier while the team finishes up its Big Ten season, as the Spartans still travel to Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio State – in three arenas known to rattle the opposition.
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Rebounds are Spartans' Achilles' heel
When a basketball player misses a shot, every person in the paint is supposed to attack the boards in a fight for the ball, correct? That theory, which MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has described as being far from “rocket science,” has been ignored by her team more often than not.
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Rolling off 4 straight wins, MSU gets derailed
After gaining momentum to put together a train of wins, the MSU women’s basketball team’s streak was halted at four by Purdue on Sunday. The Boilermakers (15-13 overall, 11-6 Big Ten) took revenge and then some against the Spartans (17-12, 9-8) — setting the record straight as they shut down MSU, 69-59, to split the season series.
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Poor offense, rebounding leads to defeat
Murphy’s Law was in full effect for the MSU women’s basketball team Sunday against Purdue
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Men's basketball earns Izzo's 300th win
There seemed to be some extra emotion at Breslin Center Saturday afternoon.
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Bench big factor as Spartans end 2-game losing streak
Mike Kebler hit a jump shot with less than a minute to go Wednesday night, extending the MSU men’s basketball team’s lead against Penn State to 86-47.
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Big Ten Roundup: Struggling Iowa heads to Breslin Center
Iowa comes into Breslin Center with a record of 1-3 in its last four games and — just like any good coach — Todd Lickliter knows what the problem is: defense.
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Determined
It’s 2:30 on a Tuesday afternoon in the Duffy Daugherty Football Building weight room, and less than a dozen MSU athletes are working out. Aisha Jefferson, a 6-foot-1 junior forward on the MSU women’s basketball team, has already been going hard for close to an hour, and the perspiration is building on her forehead.
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Spartans dominate Penn State, rekindle intensity
Oh, how things change when Penn State doesn’t attempt 51 free throws in a game. The MSU men’s basketball team kept the fouls to a minimum and the high-speed to a maximum, defeating the Nittany Lions, 86-49, Wednesday night at Breslin Center.