The MSU wrestling team (2-2) hoped to come out of the weekend with two wins, but left with one win and one loss as they fell to Wisconsin on Friday, and defeated Northern Illinois on Saturday.
The No. 19 MSU men’s basketball team (8-2) overcame foul trouble to both of its point guards to knock off a relentless Loyola-Chicago (6-3) 73-61 Saturday afternoon, behind a career-high 20 points from freshman guard Gary Harris.
The MSU women’s basketball team’s winning streak came to an end as they lost to No. 19 Dayton 60-53 Saturday afternoon.
Three hours before Saturday’s game against Loyola-Chicago, Gary Harris was ready. Setting his feet, checking his mechanics and firing shot after shot at the rims of Breslin Center, Harris wanted to be comfortable playing for the first time since his Nov. 20 shoulder injury without his shoulder brace.
After a first half that saw the No. 19 MSU basketball team head into the locker room trailing Loyola-Chicago, it seemed the Spartans were in line for another lackluster performance against a non-conference opponent. However, there was nothing lackluster about what Gary Harris had in mind Saturday at Breslin Center.
It was clear from the opening tip that the Ramblers (6-2) came to play, leading the No. 19 MSU men’s basketball team (7-2) 32-30 at halftime.
After an NCAA Tournament filled with triumph, the MSU volleyball teams season came to a heartbreaking end after being swept by Michigan in the Sweet Sixteen.
Charges against MSU freshman Yanlin Li have been dismissed for further police investigation, Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III said.
As the semester and year come to an end, The State News has compiled a list of the top 12 in ’12 – the stories that had people talking all year.
Keep studying for those finals, Spartans. The end of the world isn’t going to make your grades go away.
The Michigan Legislature barreled through a controversial right-to-work bill Thursday afternoon, forging ahead while hundreds of protesters gathered in opposition just a few feet from the legislators.
A two-building site proposal for property formerly included in the City Center II project was rejected at Wednesday’s East Lansing Planning Commission meeting, as city officials were concerned with the availability of parking included in the proposal.
As a kid, Travis Walsh spent an exceptional amount of time at Munn Ice Arena. Grandson of Ron Mason — former MSU hockey head coach, athletics director and one of the most notable names in the game — and son of former Maine hockey head coach, the late Shawn Walsh, Travis was born into a line of strong college hockey blood.
After starting the past two seasons in unique venues, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo is learning not to take anything athletics director Mark Hollis says lightly.
Before this hockey season started, Tom Anastos said he picked Notre Dame’s program to be one of the top teams in the country.
For students itching to hit the slopes this winter break, the sight of East Lansing’s snowless landscape can make fresh powder, foggy goggles and boot warmers seem out of reach.
Both MSU’s undergraduate student government ASMSU and the Council of Graduate Students, or COGS, officially have approved Impact 89FM receiving student tax money once certain conditions are met.
Some people use their spare time to watch TV, play sports or read a book.
Instead of driving to see his family during the holidays, as many students are able to do, media and communication technology senior Kubatbek Alimbekov’s commute home involves a 30-hour trip where he must endure three separate flights and pay for a $4,000 ticket to see his family in Kyrgyzstan.
It’s been one day since an emotional Tom Izzo addressed the media following his team’s 32-point victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, where the head coach promised his playing rotation would be shortened. After watching the film, a more subdued Izzo hadn’t changed his stance.