Following Friday night’s 26-point loss against Baylor, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team responded with a complete effort against Detroit Mercy on Sunday, dominating the Titans, 82-42, at Breslin Center.
A giant challenge awaits the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team today in Waco, Texas.
With a later-than-usual 10 p.m. tip-off as a part of ESPN’s Tip-Off Marathon, the MSU men’s basketball team didn’t perform like the No. 2 team in the country, committing 19 turnovers and shooting 50 percent from the free-throw line in an 82-73 victory over South Carolina on Tuesday night at Breslin Center.
Despite being just a freshman, Annalise Pickrel took control in a late game situation. The 6-foot-3 guard for the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team (2-0) showed flashes of inside-outside brilliance in the final five minutes of the team’s 74-62 victory against Dayton on Monday night at Breslin Center.
When the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team takes on South Carolina at 10 p.m. Tuesday at Breslin Center, Izzo said his players likely will get a taste of their own medicine.
Austin Thornton came to MSU four years ago as a lights-out shooter. But in the three years since his redshirt season, head coach Tom Izzo said Thornton had yet to put that jumper on display. On Friday, Thornton found his stroke, going 3-for-5 from the field and making all four of his free throw attempts.
The No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team is looking to use its effort to grab more rebounds. The Spartans take on Dayton on Monday at Breslin Center.
The No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team opened on a 15-2 run and didn’t look back en route to a 90-62 win against IPFW in its season-opener Saturday at Breslin Center.
Led by senior guard Kalin Lucas’ 18 points and 6 assists, MSU beat Eastern Michigan, 96-66, Friday at Breslin Center.
After back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team will look to continue its success and reach its goal of the 2011 Final Four.
On Wednesday afternoon, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo announced that all four of MSU’s class of 2011 recruits have signed their National Letters of Intent and officially will be joining the Spartans next season.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced Wednesday that three players — Jasmine Hines, Becca Mills and Akyah Taylor — signed National Letters of Intent to play for MSU, beginning in fall 2011.
In its final tune-up game before the regular season tips off Friday, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Nebraska-Omaha, 102-72, Monday in an exhibition game at Breslin Center.
The MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved contract extensions for men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant and hockey head coach Rick Comley on Friday.
Powered by an unrelenting defense, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team forced 23 turnovers on its way to a win over Grand Valley State.
The contracts of MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant and hockey coach Rick Comley have been extended, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved Friday.
For the first time in eight months, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team took the court at Breslin Center to play opponents aside from just each other in practice, defeating Saginaw Valley State, 90-40 Thursday.
Senior guard Kalin Lucas scored a game-high 13 points and dished out three assists in his first game since rupturing his Achilles’, as the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team beat Saginaw Valley State, 88-44, on Tuesday at Breslin Center.
Women’s basketball freshman center Madison Williams will miss the 2010-11 season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament, MSU announced today.
In preparation for its first game of the season Thursday, the MSU women’s basketball team held its annual Green and White scrimmage Sunday at Breslin Center.