The Michigan State men’s basketball team will get back on the road Thursday to take on No. 10 Illinois after its tough 88-74 loss to Northwestern Sunday night.
Ever since Michigan State’s men’s basketball team’s 77-70 loss at Nebraska on Dec. 10 to drop to 0-2 in conference play, the Spartans have played like an entirely different team.
This unexpected challenge Michigan State took after the holiday break resulted in one of their strongest wins so far this season. But based on how they were playing in November, it was not likely a game the Spartans would have won.
The Spartans finished their up-and-down December with an 87-75 victory over the red-hot Indiana State Sycamores, marking their fourth straight win after losing consecutive conference games to open the month.
Michigan State basketball’s Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot in the leg late Friday/early Saturday and underwent surgery, the team announced Saturday afternoon.
The Spartan squad dished out 33 assists on 38 made field goals on the night headlined by ten assists each from senior guard A.J. Hoggard and freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr.. Prior to the matchup against the Seawolves, Fears had logged a career-high five assists in the Nov. 19 game against Alcorn State—now that number is doubled.
The 99-55 win marked MSU’s third straight after it dropped two straight in conference play to fall below .500 just two months after being ranked No. 4 to start the season.
In the Monday night 79-62 home victory over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, Tyson Walker logged his 1,000th career point with the Spartans—the 24th fastest to do so in just 80 games.
The Spartans rode the wave of momentum from their 24-point crushing of Baylor on Saturday with a 79-62 win over the Grizzlies, pushing them over the .500 mark at 6-5 and putting themselves in a relatively comfortable position confidence-wise in their current string of non-conference games.
In a press conference Thursday, head coach Tom Izzo reflected on the start of the season and said the team needed to get back the identity they had since Izzo took the helm 28 years ago: defend, rebound and run. Michigan State’s Saturday afternoon 88-64 beatdown of Baylor was a near-textbook performance of Izzo’s mantra.
MSU executed the Hall-of-Fame coach’s slogan to a tee Saturday afternoon in its unforeseen 88-64 beatdown of Baylor. The team controlled the glass, swallowed the Bears up defensively and turned their missed shots and turnovers into points on the other end.
Ahead of a Saturday matinee matchup with No. 6 Baylor at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, head coach Tom Izzo said neither he nor his team are panicking. But they know they need to start picking up quality wins, starting with what Izzo said would be a “big-time win” against the Bears.
The Spartans, in danger of falling way behind in the Big Ten title conversation, will look to shut down Nebraska on defense and find enough flow offensively to come away with a much-needed road victory.
Michigan State mens basketball’s offense was nowhere to be found for the first 22 minutes of its Tuesday night matchup with No. 23 Wisconsin. Then, it came to life for seven minutes, only to fizzle out again in the game’s home stretch.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team fell to Wisconsin 70-57 after yet another slow start for the green and white.
The Spartans welcome to town a Wisconsin team riding high off a convincing win against No. 3 Marquette. The Badgers are ranked for the first time this season at No. 23 in the AP Top 25. They’ll be the Spartans’ third ranked opponent of the season.
Michigan State basketball fans caught a glimpse of the team’s future in the backcourt during the Spartans’ blowout win over Georgia Southern Tuesday night.
Michigan State dominated the Georgia Southern Eagles, ending Tuesday night's game with a score of 86-55.
Fresh off a loss against No. 3 Arizona on Thanksgiving Day, the Michigan State’s men’s basketball team returns home for a matchup with Georgia Southern on Tuesday night.
Another slow start for MSU was the root of its 74-68 loss to the Wildcats on Thanksgiving Day in Palm Springs, Calif.. The Spartans started 3-for-15 from the field and trailed by 14 points midway through the first half.