Though MSU won by eight, Samford led by 13 early and had the lead with just over four minutes left in the first half.
MSU men's basketball took on Samford at the Breslin Center on Tuesday night. Starting 0-for-9, MSU made a comeback and finished the game 83-75.
Here's an overview and analysis of both sides ahead of Tuesday night.
Michigan State men’s basketball needed a reality check and got one in their fourth game of the season against Bowling Green Saturday night.
It’s early in the season, but slow starts riddled with offensive struggles have been common themes for the Spartans through four games.
After a 77-69 loss against No. 1 Kansas on Tuesday at the annual Champions Classic, Michigan State men’s basketball is back in East Lansing to face Bowling Green for both teams’ fourth game of the season.
Michigan State men’s basketball will face its first real challenge of the season this Tuesday, Nov. 12 in Atlanta and a taste of what’s to come for a team still toying with lineups and rotations.
In the 2023-24 season, MSU was ranked preseason No. 4, ahead of the reigning and eventually repeating champion UConn Huskies. Now, two games into the 2024-25 season, the Spartans are on the outside looking in.
Men's basketball guard Jase Richardson to start his freshman season 25 years after his father made his debut at the Breslin Center.
Here’s what we learned from the Spartans’ feel-good triumph over the Purple Eagles Thursday night, their final chance to tighten screws before a matchup with Kansas next Tuesday.
In the first meeting between the two programs, MSU defeated Niagara 96-60 Thursday night in a game the Spartans showed sound teamwork and a balanced offense, especially in the second half.
Niagara matchup is MSU men's basketball's final evaluation before playing the preseason No. 1-ranked Kansas Jayhawks at the Champions Classic in Atlanta.
MSU senior guard Jaden Akins flipped the script Monday night in MSU’s first game of the season, turning in one of the best performances of his four-year career.
Before Michigan State men’s basketball’s season opener against Monmouth, head coach Tom Izzo said he wanted his team to produce more down low, penetrate open lanes, pass better and play solid defense. The Spartans were able to do all of that in their 81-57 home win Monday night.
Last November, MSU's men's basketball lost its season opener at home in a crushing, 79-76 overtime loss against James Madison University. A year later, the Spartans have their season opener at home again, versus Monmouth University. They're looking to heighten their potential early on and prove they can control games at Breslin Center.
Tom Izzo and Michigan State men’s basketball can chalk up an 18-point win over Ferris State, a game featuring equal parts good and bad from the Spartans, and move on. But moving on doesn't mean ignoring some of the glaring issues within the Spartan's play.
Early in an exhibition against Ferris State Tuesday night, Michigan State men’s basketball was fast-paced, earned points in the paint and rebounded well on both sides. It's exactly what head coach Tom Izzo wanted to see out of the Spartans this season. But the 30-year MSU coach made it clear after the game that his group has a ways to go.
The new age of college basketball has driven out many of its Hall of Fame head coaches, but not Tom Izzo.
Michigan State’s men’s basketball program has landed its second verbal commitment in the 2025 recruiting class: Cam Ward, a 6-foot-7 forward from Upper Marlboro, MD.
With a younger roster, MSU men's basketball's upcoming season will be more experimental than in years past, mostly due to new roles for many players and four new schools in the Big Ten.