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ICE HOCKEY

Comley follows college hockey recruiting trend

After last season’s debacle, MSU head coach Rick Comley has a new policy on recruiting. Instead of looking for flashy, young players, Comley is after a different type of player best summed up in three words — bigger, stronger and older.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Spartans blow lead, lose 1st Big Ten game

Despite leading by as many as 13 in the first half, the MSU women’s basketball team collapsed in the second half, shooting 21.2 percent and allowing Indiana to grab a late lead it would never relinquish in a 68-63 loss to the Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon at Breslin Center.

FOOTBALL

Defensive end brings drive, smarts to MSU

Even on Thanksgiving, Taylor Calero was lifting weights and training to make up for lost time. Calero, a linebacker for Southfield Christian High School, missed most of his senior season after a sports hernia that occurred in March was misdiagnosed.

BASKETBALL

Rivalry with Carolina continues tonight

A rivalry has been developing between the basketball programs at MSU and North Carolina the past few seasons. Tuesday the Tar Heels men’s basketball team continued its dominance by beating MSU for the third time in the past two seasons.

BASKETBALL

Women's hoops offers free tickets

The MSU women’s basketball team announced Wednesday that fans who show their MSU Federal Credit Union credit/debit card at the Breslin Center ticket office today will receive two free tickets to tonight’s 8:30 p.m. game between No. 22 MSU and No. 4 North Carolina.

VOLLEYBALL

Spartans look to make most of second chance

Sometimes it takes a second chance to finish what’s been started. After going 12-0 in nonconference games to open the year, the MSU volleyball team struggled through a 5-15 Big Ten season, but kept fighting through the end of the season and was rewarded with an invitation to this season’s NCAA Tournament — a second opportunity.