At halftime in a critical Big Ten game, MSU leads Ohio State, 33-24. Standout freshman guard D’Angelo Russell wasted no time getting his team on the board, backing down MSU freshman guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn before connecting on a short pull-up jumper. Junior guard Denzel Valentine and senior forward Branden Dawson scored back-to-back for the Spartans to gain the lead.
MSU hockey (11-12-2, 5-4-2-2 Big Ten) shutout the Big Ten’s second best offense on Friday night at Munn Ice Arena as they beat No.
MSU hockey (11-12-2, 5-4-2-2 Big Ten) defeated No.
To beat No. 23 Ohio State on Saturday, MSU will first have to find a way to beat freshman guard D’Angelo Russell.
Only a few days after moving into third place on the Big Ten career wins list with 228, men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo added another accomplishment to his resume — Michigan Sports Hall of Fame member. Izzo was one of six inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday night at Motor City Casino in Detroit.
After going 31-26 last year the men's baseball team is ready to get back to action, hoping to improve upon last years performance.
This weekend, Munn Ice Arena will feature two teams that finished at the bottom of the Big Ten last season.
Two remarkable events occurred on Wednesday night with 9:27 left on the clock in the second half. Standing at the free throw line as the screams from the home crowd in Happy Valley echoed throughout the arena, Aerial Powers drained her first free throw after taking a foul from Penn State's Kaliyah Mitchell. Despite having her second charity shot failing to fall through the net, the lone point was good enough for the Detroit native to break the tie en route to MSU snapping their three-game losing streak while also recording her 1,000 career point. Finishing the evening with 26 total points while also grabbing nine rebounds and two assists, Powers is now the second player this season to reach the milestone, as Becca Mills surpassed the 1,000 point mark last Wednesday at home against the Michigan Wolverines. The 26 recorded points also gives Powers 564 points on the season, jumping her to second on the MSU all-time single-season scoring list. She needs just 34-points to surpass Liz Shimek, who spent two seasons in the WNBA with the Chicago Sky and with the Spartans from 2002-06, to break the scoring record team record.
MSU Men’s Golf will travel to Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Florida for their first match of 2015, the Big Ten Match Play Championship this weekend.
One of the most telling signs of a team is how they respond after facing both success and failure. MSU hockey (10-12-2, 4-4-2-2 Big Ten) has been doing a better job at that as of late, but bouncing back after last weekend’s Hockey City Classic might be a tougher test. The Spartans lost 4-1 to No.
Playing with more urgency, MSU strung together 40 minutes of solid basketball in a 68-44 win over Northwestern. It was a win against a bottom-feeding Northwestern (10-14 overall, 1-9 Big Ten) team but it was also the type of game that MSU (16-8 overall, 7-4 Big Ten) has struggled with this year.
If there was one program in the Big Ten who the Spartans could bully around and pick up an effortless victory on the road, it would be Penn State. The Nittany Lions, plagued with the second-worse scoring offensive in the conference with 63.3 points per game, have sat at the bottom of the standing for longer than they'll admit. Walking in to Happy Valley riding a three-game losing streak, with their most recent loss coming at the hands of Minnesota this past Sunday, an opportunity to pummel last year's regular-season champions fell into the lap of MSU, only for the matchup to go down to the wire. Aerial Powers, the Big Ten's second-highest points scorer, once again dominated on the offensive side of the glass, totaling 26-points en route to a 74-67 win on Wednesday. It appeared that the Spartans were hungry enough to put Penn State out of their misery early on in the first half, increasing their lead to as high as 12 with less than six minutes into the contest. They would later deflate the momentum from the Penn State early on in the second half when a Powers triple from beyond the arc would heighten the MSU lead to 14.
The media room for silent this past Thursday following MSU's crushing defeat to Michigan at the Breslin Center when Suzy Merchant sauntered to the podium. Standing with her head held up high, trying her best to hold back tears, providing no opening statements and going right into the questioning period. A sense of frustration and feeling conquered dwelled upon her that couldn't be overlooked as the veteran head coach went further into detail on what everyone else, fans and media members a like, have been thinking this season. A lack of depth due to an horrendous amount of injuries and a lack of contribution from a majority of the eight players that Merchant is down to is the dark cloud that hangs over the head of the women's basketball team. Even while being equipped with two of the top five players in scoring in Aerial Powers (No.
Heading into the season, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo had high hopes for freshman forward Javon Bess. Those hopes may have to be put on hold for another year.
The MSU women’s tennis team will travel to Kalamazoo Friday to take on Western Michigan. The Spartans are currently 5-1, with their only loss coming to No. 6 California.
Tom Izzo did the right thing and pulled a struggling Travis Trice from the starting lineupTuesday night for freshman Lourawls "Tum Tum" Nairn. The move paid immediate dividends for an MSU team in need of a win.
This upcoming Friday the women's gymnastics team will take on rival and conference foe No.
As of Monday, the Spartans are shooting 62.1 percent on free throws — the worst free throw shooting percentage in the Big Ten since the 2004-2005 season.
Behind a first half barrage of threes, the Spartans cruised to a critical 68-44 win. Freshman guard Lourawls Nairn started in place of senior guard Travis Trice, and for at least first five minutes, it took the Spartans some time to really get going. That changed though at the 13:18 mark, Trice connected on a three that ignited an offensive explosion.
Freshman guard Lourawls Nairn got the start over senior guard Travis Trice Tuesday night against Northwestern.