No. 6 MSU, still reeling from a loss to North Dakota in last week’s Great Lakes Invitational, reinforced its ego at the expense of nonconference foe Quinnipiac on Friday at Munn Ice Arena. The Spartans (14-4-2 overall, 10-3-1 CCHA) netted a 42-15 shot advantage and physically manhandled Quinnipiac in securing the 4-1 victory.
Minneapolis - The MSU men’s basketball team remains winless on the road as it fell to Minnesota 70-67 Saturday in its Big Ten opener.
Junior goaltender Ryan Miller missed his first game of the season Saturday night, but the sixth-ranked Spartans didn’t miss a beat. With MSU head coach Ron Mason giving Miller the day off, freshman goaltender Matt Migliaccio earned his first career start and made 11 saves in a 3-1 victory over Quinnipiac (7-10-1) at Munn Ice Arena. Quinnipiac goaltender Jamie Holden was awesome in making 37 saves, but MSU (14-4-2 overall, 10-3-1 CCHA) got goals from junior right wing Steve Jackson, junior left wing Brian Maloney and junior defenseman John-Michael Liles to complete the weekend sweep. The Spartans beat Quinnipiac 4-1 Friday. Saturday’s win was Migliaccio’s first decision of the season, although he had played in two previous games - both times in relief of Miller. And he looked understandably shaky on Quinnipiac’s first goal - 4:49 into the game.
For the first 20 minutes Saturday afternoon, the Spartan women’s basketball team played like one of the nation’s best, leading No.
The Olympic torch makes its way Sunday to Lansing, as torch bearers continue to carry the flame to the Salt Lake City Winter Games. The flame will arrive at about 6:45 a.m.
The good news is the MSU women’s basketball team returns to East Lansing to try and snap its two-game losing skid in front of a national television audience. But the bad news is the Spartans will be facing the No.
Ann Arbor - One of two things needed to happen Wednesday night if the Spartan women’s basketball team was going to leave Crisler Arena with a win against Michigan - they’d have to either hit their shots from the inside or the outside. But neither happened on a consistent basis as the MSU (9-3, 0-2 Big Ten), dropped its second-straight Big Ten contest 58-45 to the Wolverines (10-3, 1-2). Wolverine center LeAnn Bies led all scorers with 17 points while grabbing 11 rebounds, and forward Jennifer Smith added 14 points to go along with her 11 boards for U-M. Junior forward Syreeta Bromfield led the Spartan offense with 14 points on 6-of-22 shooting from the floor. MSU’s shooting woes continued throughout the contest, as the team managed to hit only 19 of 63 shots, including a 2-of-19 night from behind the three-point arch. “We shot a horrible percentage,” Spartan head coach Joanne P.
San Jose, Calif. - An old-fashioned Western shootout was expected and that’s just what MSU got in a 44-35 victory Monday over No.
Detroit - MSU’s oldest player, junior left wing Brian Maloney, was not quite 14 months old the last time the Spartans beat North Dakota.Things didn’t change in the 37th annual Great Lakes Invitational championship game Saturday night.The underdog Sioux (9-9-1) raced to a three-goal first-period lead and then held on to beat No.
Oakland, Calif. - An undersized MSU squad took a noticeable step backward in a 75-64 loss to No.
The MSU women’s basketball team ended its five-game winning streak Sunday, falling to Indiana in its Big Ten season opener at Breslin Center, 50-47.The game marks the fifth straight Big Ten opener loss for the Spartans (9-1 overall, 0-1 Big Ten), including a 71-54 setback at Indiana a year ago.
Detroit - The drive for five is on track.Fourth-ranked MSU, fresh off a 20-day break, looked rusty early on but stormed back to beat Michigan Tech, 4-1, Friday in the second semifinal of the 37th annual Great Lakes Invitational.The Spartans (13-3-2 overall, 10-3-1 CCHA) rode 22 saves by junior goaltender Ryan Miller to victory over the Huskies in front of 18,071 at Joe Louis Arena.The MSU win means the Spartans will play North Dakota in the championship game at about 7:30 p.m.
Instead of watching the ball drop on TV this New Year’s Eve, seven area residents will celebrate the new beginning in New York’s Times Square after a day of volunteering. Group members will serve food, sort supplies and pack boots near the site of the World Trade Center from Dec.
The men’s basketball team added game No. 53 to its home winning streak Saturday, toppling Seton Hall, 68-64, at the Breslin Center. But the win didn’t come without its difficulties. The No.
MSU’s top athletics official said Friday that a raise and contract extension given to head football coach Bobby Williams this week should help lead to a better Spartan season next fall.Athletics director Clarence Underwood said the deal, which includes a $50,000 raise and “roll-over” clause, should help Williams recruit top-notch players for his team.
Behind a career night from freshman center Kelli Roehrig, the Spartan women’s basketball team extended its winning streak Friday to five games with a 64-47 victory over the Providence Friars. Roehrig finished the evening with career highs in points, rebounds and minutes - leading all scorers with 22 points and adding 7 rebounds in her 35 minutes of floor time. “Tonight, I just felt very confident,” she said.
The No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team completed game two of its three-game weeklong homestand defeating Oakland, 78-50.The win extends the Spartans’ Big Ten history-making home winning streak to 52 games.MSU took over the game as soon as the ball was tipped.
With students off campus and many fans out of town for the holidays, MSU athletics officials are asking men’s basketball season-ticket-holders to donate their tickets for use by local youth organizations.The Athletic Ticket Office in Jenison Field House will be redestributing tickets sent to the university.
The No. 17 Spartans are still rolling.With a 76-56 win over UNC-Asheville on Monday at Breslin Center, the nation’s longest home winning streak stayed alive at 51, breaking the Big Ten record once held jointly by Ohio State (1959-63) and Indiana (1991-95).But the score may be deceiving.“This was not a 20-point game,” head coach Tom Izzo said.The MSU men’s basketball team entered the game looking less enthusiastic than it did Saturday against then-No.
The only thing between the No. 23 Spartans and a share of Big Ten history was one very big hurdle - No.