After the Spartans (2-2) beat Arkansas-Little Rock (2-3), 69-47, on Sunday at Breslin Center, Tom Izzo said there are certain growing pains he can deal with, and the lack of effort he saw from his team is not one of them.
Despite the 69-47 win Sunday at Breslin Center, Tom Izzo was unhappy with the performance of his team.
The MSU women’s basketball team lost 59-58 in a heartbreaker Saturday to Florida Gulf Coast on a last-second free throw by Sarah Hansen. Senior forward Lykendra Johnson finished with her second double-double of the season, scoring 15 points while grabbing 16 rebounds in a losing effort. The Spartans fell to 3-2 on the season and will return to action Tuesday night when they travel to Milwaukee.
At halftime of the MSU men’s basketball team’s second home game of the season, the Spartans lead Arkansas-Little Rock 32-22 at Breslin Center.
In MSU’s first two games this season, freshman guard Travis Trice had a lot of growing up to do. By the Spartans’ (1-2) third game and home-opener against Texas Southern, Trice made the most of his 20 minutes, impressed head coach Tom Izzo and added 11 points to MSU’s 76-41 victory over the Tigers (1-2) on Friday night at Breslin Center.
Despite another slow start, the MSU women’s basketball team eventually hit its stride and toppled the Western Michigan Broncos, 80-45, Thursday at Breslin Center.
The MSU men’s basketball team is happy to be back at Breslin Center with Friday’s 6:30 p.m.
After Tuesday’s 62-56 win against IPFW, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant was disappointed in her team’s performance.
The injury sustained by redshirt freshman center Madison Williams in Tuesday night’s MSU women’s basketball game against IPFW will be a costly one. After an MRI taken Wednesday, it was revealed that Williams tore her ACL in her left knee and will miss the remainder of the 2011-2012 season.
The MSU women’s basketball team received a National Letter of Intent from Cass Tech guard Branndais Agee, head coach Suzy Merchant announced Wednesday. The 5-foot-11 guard from Detroit is a four-star recruit nationally ranked as the fifth best guard and 27th best overall player by ESPN’s Hoopgurlz. “She is one of the best defensive players in the country, which will allow her to be impactful from the minute she steps on campus,” Merchant said in a statement to the MSU athletics department. Agee and fellow incoming guard Mariah Harris give MSU the 19th ranked recruiting class in the country, according to Dan Olsen of Collegiate Girls Basketball Report.
Mike Krzyzewski passed Bob Knight on the all-time wins list with Duke’s 74-69 victory against the MSU men’s basketball team Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.
In a game marked by physical play and inconsistent defense, the MSU women’s basketball team pulled out a 62-56 win against the IPFW Mastadons on Tuesday at Breslin Center. The Spartans (2-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) relied heavily on three-point shots early in their home opener, jumping out to a 14-6 lead on the strength of treys by senior guard Taylor Alton and guards Kiana Johnson and Porsche Poole. Senior forward Lykendra Johnson dominated the boards on the way to recording her 18th career double-double.
The No. 12 MSU football team (8-2 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) set out at the beginning of the season to play a 14-game season, and with two regular season games to go, the team’s goals are within reach. Because of the Spartans’ 37-21 victory over Iowa this weekend, they’re one step closer to their goals with a confidence boost from their second win on the road this season, head coach Mark Dantonio said at his weekly press conference Tuesday. “When you look at this football game, I thought it helped us control our own destiny,” he said.
Wherever the MSU men’s basketball team goes early this season, the college basketball world is sure to be following along. Four days after playing No.
In the middle of a 7-day stretch that sees the MSU women’s basketball team play four times, the Spartans are set to open their home season against IPFW Tuesday night. The Spartans (1-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) are coming off a weekend split in the Iona Tip-Off Tournament played in New Rochelle, N.Y., in which they were treated to a strong debut by freshman forward Becca Mills, who was named to the all-tournament team and the Big Ten Freshman of the Week.
Two games into her career as a Spartan, MSU women’s basketball freshman forward Becca Mills raked in Big Ten honors for her play during the weekend.
In Friday’s Quicken Loans Carrier Classic in San Diego, head coach Tom Izzo saw what appeared to be a return to the days of old.
While the men’s basketball team opened its season in San Diego, the women’s squad did the same on the opposite side of the country.
San Diego — In a game that won’t be remembered for the final score, the MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 North Carolina 67-55 in the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic on Friday.
San Diego — When most freshmen begin their college basketball careers, there usually is some time for adjustment — a period to get used to the drastic differences between playing in high school and playing NCAA Division I basketball.