Head coach Suzy Merchant wouldn’t go as far as to call it a return to form, but Sunday’s upset win over No. 19 Purdue is surely a step in the right direction.
Despite a slow start, the women’s basketball team leads No. 19 Purdue 39-38 at halftime. Redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers has nine points, seven rebounds, and four assists at halftime, leading MSU in each category.
MSU essentially failed at every facet of basketball as the No. 7 Spartans fell to Georgetown, 64-60, at Madison Square Garden.
On a night where the Spartans played a little too much one-on-one ball, as has been the case in the past few games, it was junior guard Kiana Johnson that kept the offense moving on Thursday against Wisconsin in a 71-67 MSU victory.
The day before the Super Bowl kicks off just outside of New York City, the No. 7 men’s basketball team will be playing on one of the biggest stages in basketball — Madison Square Garden.
All Tom Izzo wants for his birthday is a healthy basketball team.
The women’s basketball team started off hot but couldn’t hold off Wisconsin redshirt junior center Michala Johnson down the stretch as MSU enters halftime with a 30-27 lead.
_It’s Saturday, the day before Super Bowl Sunday, and I’m walking into the world-famous Madison Square Garden.
After two consecutive disappointing home losses last week against weaker competition, the women’s basketball team (13-7 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) regained its rhythm on the road Sunday, defeating Ohio State 82-68.
It took a mob. It couldn’t have been just two people to make noise in place of Branden Dawson and Adreian Payne against the Hawkeyes on the road – it needed to be a mob. Luckily for MSU, the Byrd took the slew of role players on his wings down the stretch.
The last team to beat Iowa in Iowa City was the MSU men’s basketball team, and they did it again Tuesday night as the No.
In a game that few thought would be low scoring, MSU trails Iowa 30-26 at the half in Iowa City, Iowa.
The women’s basketball team’s return to form on offense happened with the subtraction of a key player on Sunday — junior guard Kiana Johnson.
It doesn’t get any easier from here on out. Following the No. 7 MSU men’s basketball team 80-75 “loss to No.
After Thursday’s loss to Illinois, the women’s basketball team had no answers for the two-game slump.
Two days after sitting in the locker room with tears in his eyes after losing to Michigan, senior guard Keith Appling was nearly all smiles at Monday’s press conference.
Career games from freshman guard Tori Jankoska and redshirt junior center Madison Williams made the difference for the women’s basketball team Sunday afternoon.
Sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior guard Keith Appling might have carried the No. 3 MSU men’s basketball team as far as they could Saturday night, but it was the unsung heroes that nearly pulled the game out. Players like junior guard Russell Byrd, freshman guard Alvin Ellis and freshman forward Gavin Schilling stepped up and mad big plays to keep the Spartans in it. “I had some guys who stepped up,” head coach Tom Izzo said.
At times it was ear-splitting at Breslin Center, as the MSU faithful saw their No. 3 Spartans control the better part of the game against the No.
You can probably hear it from wherever you are sitting, but the fans at Breslin Center like what they’re seeing against their No.