Career games from freshman guard Tori Jankoska and redshirt junior center Madison Williams made the difference for the women’s basketball team Sunday afternoon.
Junior center Madison Williams was the difference for MSU in the first half. After missing two of the previous three games, she blocked a career-high six shots in 10 minutes of action, spurring a 13-0 run to help the Spartans take a 37-32 lead over Ohio State on the road at halftime.
Sophomore guard Gary Harris and senior guard Keith Appling might have carried the No. 3 MSU men’s basketball team as far as they could Saturday night, but it was the unsung heroes that nearly pulled the game out. Players like junior guard Russell Byrd, freshman guard Alvin Ellis and freshman forward Gavin Schilling stepped up and mad big plays to keep the Spartans in it. “I had some guys who stepped up,” head coach Tom Izzo said.
At times it was ear-splitting at Breslin Center, as the MSU faithful saw their No. 3 Spartans control the better part of the game against the No.
You can probably hear it from wherever you are sitting, but the fans at Breslin Center like what they’re seeing against their No.
The Breslin Center was electric nearly ten hours before tip-off as ESPN’s College GameDay returned to East Lansing for the first time since 2011.
No. 14 Michigan used three third period goals, two within 51 seconds, to win 5-2 and complete the sweep of MSU on Friday night. U-M freshman forward JT Compher and senior forward Derek DeBlois stole the show on Friday, each scoring two goals.
Before he was an analyst on ESPN’s College GameDay, Jalen Rose spent his college days playing for one of Michigan’s greatest teams. Now, with the show heading to East Lansing, Rose is spending some time back in enemy territory, and MSU fans are making sure he knows it. “People are going to say stuff, or say ‘Hey Jalen, what you doing up here?’ or remind me of games where they won or when they yelled things at me,” Rose said while meeting with the media on Friday.
A philanthropy event once associated with drinking and provocative dancing was a wholesome pageant at the Kellogg Center Thursday night. Sigma Pi fraternity hosted the thirteenth annual Miss Greek beauty pageant, which raised more than $2000 for the American Cancer Society. Sigma Pi’s philanthropy chairman Spenser Frania said they did things differently this year to alleviate some of the Greek life stereotypes. “In past years it’s been at a bar or club, which was not good,” Frania said.
MSU’s undergraduate student government ASMSU announced during their general assembly meeting on Thursday the creation of a new sportsmanship initiative. The main aim of What Would Sparty Do?
Project 60/50 is more than a commemoration of two landmark civil rights victories that will celebrate milestone anniversaries this year.
A prominent issue in the MSU community, sexual assault, received attention on the national stage this week when President Barack Obama addressed the issue directly in a speech delivered to the White House Council on Women and Girls. A White House report on the issue estimates 20 percent of female college students are sexually assaulted, while only about 12 percent of victims report it. In an October interview with The State News, Sexual Assault Program Coordinator Shari Murgittroyd said she estimated only one in five assaults at MSU ever reach official ears. Jayne Schuiteman, interim director of the Women’s Resource Center at MSU, said she thought the president “hit the nail on the head” with his remarks, but acknowledged the issue was not a new one. “It would have been ideal to have this addressed sooner, but I think Vice President (Joe) Biden has a great track record at looking at issues of violence against women,” Schuiteman said.
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids sent out an advisory that will be in effect from 1 a.m.
Lansing – The Capitol was buzzing on Thursday afternoon as members of the Michigan House of Representatives introduced 13 bills sponsored by 17 state representatives that would call for harsher penalties for individuals and groups involved in sex trafficking.
The continuous snowfall and sub-zero temperatures in East Lansing have been posing a threat to student drivers on and across campus since the start of the semester.
For Boxer/Pitbull mix Daley, donating blood isn’t a ruff time. In fact, it often ends with treats.
Three new witnesses testified in the trial of the alleged I-96 shooter on Thursday at the Livingston County Circuit Court in Howell, Mich. MSU alumnus Raulie Casteel, 44, has been accused of the shooting spree that occurred in October of 2012ka on I-96ka. On Oct.
No ancient language had a word for blue. Instead, they just referred to the color as a shade of black, or in some instances, green.
While watching TV clips from MSU’s game against Indiana on Thursday, junior forward Branden Dawson let his anger get the best of him — and his right hand.
DETROIT — There’s a fine line between winning and losing, and the joy and disappointment that comes with it only rises when it comes against an archrival. On Thursday night, MSU experienced the latter.