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Saturday Spotlight

When ESPN decided before the season that it would send its College GameDay crew to East Lansing this Saturday, I doubt anyone at the network thought they would be seeing a game between two teams fighting to make the NCAA Tournament in MSU and Illinois.

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Despite loss, many positives from OSU game

It was a valiant effort, but the MSU men’s basketball team simply ran out of gas. Playing with a severely limited junior forward Delvon Roe and an invisible senior guard Durrell Summers, the Spartans still nearly escaped Columbus, Ohio, with a monumental victory. Yes, the Spartans are just three games above .500, but there were so many positives to take out of Tuesday’s 71-61 loss to No.

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Buckeye Bummer

Columbus, Ohio – The MSU men’s basketball team fell to No. 2 Ohio State, 71-61, on Tuesday night at Value City Arena. MSU falls to 14-11 overall and 6-7 in the Big Ten.

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Spartans play the Spartan way

For the last three weeks, nothing about the MSU men’s basketball team jumped out at you and said, “Now that is Spartan basketball.” Quite the opposite, fans were leaving games or turning off the TV wondering what happened to a program that has developed a reputation for running teams to death while also physically beating the living daylights out of them just for good measure.

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MSU shuts down Lady Lions

After holding No. 23 Penn State without a basket for nearly 8 minutes, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team cruised to a victory and in the process, took sole control of first place in the Big Ten. The Spartans(21-3 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) defeated the Lady Lions(20-6, 9-3), 60-49, not allowing Penn State to even approach the 80-point mark they have been averaging this season and proving again great defense trumps great offense. With 6:20 remaining in the first half, the score was 19-18 with MSU holding the one-point advantage.