The last time these two teams met, the Spartans fell 71-68 in one of their better-played games of the season, but the Spartans came out on top 89-80.
After yet another loss on the road, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will look to get back on track at home Saturday against No. 10 Illinois. The game between Michigan State and Illinois will tip-off at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Breslin Center. Streaming will be available on Paramount+.
Fresh off an intense defensive 63-54 win over Maryland, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will hit the road Tuesday to once again take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team pulled off a 63-54 win over a defensively sound Maryland team Saturday night.
After an 81-62 triumph over Michigan at home Tuesday night, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will close out its two-game home stand with a rematch against Maryland.
Michigan State head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo celebrated his 69th birthday in style with his 700th win over one of his biggest rivals at home.
After a rocky game against Minnesota that ended in the Spartans pulling ahead with a 76-66 victory, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will once again hit the road to take on Maryland on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to hit .500 in conference games.
Graduate student forward Malik Hall has been a staple on the Michigan State men’s basketball team since he came in as a freshman in 2019. Now 135 games into his career, the Spartan veteran has surpassed 1,000 points.
After returning to the winning column Sunday afternoon against Rutgers, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will be back home Thursday night to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 6:30 p.m.
The Spartans and the Fighting Illini both shot 42% from the floor Thursday night. Where Michigan State had seven turnovers, Illinois had eight. Where Michigan State had 37 rebounds, Illinois had 34. Pretty much everything on paper Thursday in Champaign looked nearly identical—until you looked at the free-throw column.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team will get back on the road Thursday to take on No. 10 Illinois after its tough 88-74 loss to Northwestern Sunday night.
To kick off the new year, the Michigan State men’s basketball team dominated the Penn State Nittany Lions 92-61 for both teams’ third Big Ten matchup of the season.
The Spartan squad dished out 33 assists on 38 made field goals on the night headlined by ten assists each from senior guard A.J. Hoggard and freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr.. Prior to the matchup against the Seawolves, Fears had logged a career-high five assists in the Nov. 19 game against Alcorn State—now that number is doubled.
MSU will take on the University of Evansville in its fourth and final game at the Breslin Center before they hit the road for the first time of the season. The Spartans and the Aces have a short history with each other only playing once before. The Spartans have control of the only win of that series after defeating the Aces 73-53 in their previous meeting.
The Spartan defense contributed a big part today in the win over Butler. Carson Cooper also had a good defensive performance in his first career start for MSU.
The No. 18 Michigan State men’s basketball team fell to No. 9 Duke 74-65 during what was yet another sluggish offensive performance—although better than during the first two games of the season.
After a tough opening night loss to James Madison, the Michigan State men’s basketball team found a way to win its first game of the season. Following the loss to JMU, head coach Tom Izzo admitted he was disappointed with some of the leaders in the starting lineup and could potentially look into some changes in the lineups in the games following.
Sometimes teams just have an off-night, and that seems to be precisely what happened to the Michigan State men’s basketball team during its 79-76 season opener loss against James Madison. The Spartans shot a combined 62.2% from the free throw and just 5.0% from the three.
When Michigan State University basketball player Mady Sissoko left his home of Tangafoya, Mali at 15 years old to play basketball in the United States, he knew he wanted to eventually give back to the people in his village. Seven years later, Sissoko started the Mady Sissoko Foundation School, helping hundreds of children gain accessible education.
