PASADENA, Calif. – Mark Dantonio proclaimed it and made good on his word. After the head coach told his team last winter “you will be the ones,” he fulfilled his own prophecy by leading No. 4 MSU to the Rose Bowl – the program’s first since 1988.
LOS ANGELES — Standing on a stage in the heart of LA Live Plaza in Los Angeles, athletic director Mark Hollis laid down the understatement of the year. “How about this little party?” he asked the crowd in front of him. Except the celebration was anything but “little.” The crowd in front of Hollis was a 27,000-person sea of green and white, all gathered to support the first MSU football team to reach the Rose Bowl in a quarter century. The crowd was nearly three times the size of what officials expected, according to vice president of the Michigan State University Alumni group of Los Angeles Libby DuBay, who graduated from MSU in 1985.
While many Spartans are focused on the Rose Bowl game in California, the No. 5 men’s basketball team kicked off the Big Ten season with a 79-73 win against Penn State Tuesday afternoon. Junior forward Branden Dawson was the leading scorer with 20 points and nine rebounds. Penn State dominated early, and got off to a quick 10-3 lead. Fresh off his suspension, redshirt freshman forward Kenny Kaminski hit a pair of three-pointers to bring the Spartans within five points. A dunk by junior forward Brenden Dawson with just over seven minutes to play in the half tied the game at 27. MSU has averaged 10 turnovers a game so far this season, but committed nine in the first half. The combination of hot Penn State shooters and poor rebounding on both ends of the floor sunk the Spartans, as they went into the locker room trailing 47-41. But MSU looked like a different team in the second half. The Spartans stormed out if the gate after the break and scored the first nine points to take the lead. They went on a 16-2 run to put the game out of reach. Penn State tried to get back into it with a couple three-pointers by Big Ten leading scorer D.J.
LOS ANGELES — There’s certainly a lot at stake tomorrow for MSU as a football team and as a university community.
On Tuesday, the No. 5 men’s basketball team will tip off Big Ten play as it travels to State College, Pa.
Redshirt junior center Madison Williams had a feeling Sunday would be Tori Jankoska’s day.
Aided by strong defense on one end and accurate deep shooting from the other, the women’s basketball team leads 44-21 Colgate at the half.
Redshirt freshman forward Kenny Kaminski, who was indefinitely suspended early December by Izzo, saw his first action since Dec.
DETROIT — MSU (6-9-2, 0-1-1-1 B1G) used great goaltending and two third period goals to cruise to an upset against No. 3 Michigan (10-4-2, 2-0-0 B1G) 3-0 in the consolation game of the 49th annual Great Lakes Invitational on Saturday night at Comerica Park in Detroit.
With New Orleans meeting No. 5 MSU for the first time in program history, the Privateers were looking to be the first-ever Southland Conference school to take down the Spartans. They did not come close to accomplishing the historic feat, as 12 Spartans scored en route to a 101-48 victory. Senior guard Keith Appling got the ball rolling early for MSU, as he scored seven of the Spartans’ first nine points.
Following a lengthy holiday break, the women’s basketball team (7-5) will conclude the non-conference portion of the regular season on Sunday, taking on Colgate (4-5) at Breslin Center at 2 p.m. It will be the first game-action for the Spartans since traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rico Classic on Dec.
Yes, the Spartans are going to miss Max Bullough on the Rose Bowl turf Jan. 1. The announcement of the senior linebacker’s career-ending “suspension in the wee hours of Dec.
It was another slow start against a less formidable opponent for MSU, but the No. 5 men’s basketball team goes into halftime leading New Orleans, 44-27. Senior guard Keith Appling got the ball rolling early for MSU, as he scored seven of the Spartans’ first nine points.
Following MSU’s 2-0 loss against then-No. 4 Ferris State (14-2-2, 10-0-2 WCHA) on Dec.
After a shocking statement announcing the suspension of senior linebacker and MSU team captain Max Bullough, football head coach Mark Dantonio and other university officials have stayed largely silent amid a swirl of rumors and speculation.
Senior linebacker and MSU captain Max Bullough has been suspended for the remainder of the season and will not participate in the Jan. 1 Rose Bowl, according to a release from the school.
It took half an hour to get going, but the No. 5 MSU men’s basketball team pulled away to beat Texas 92-78 in Austin, Tex.
After another slow start, No. 5 MSU is trailing Texas 38-36 at halftime.
The women’s basketball team bounced back from a tough loss against No. 13 Oklahoma State on Friday, defeating Georgetown 67-54 in its second and last game of the Puerto Rico Classic.
The MSU women’s basketball team fell to No. 13 Oklahoma State, 63-57, Thursday evening in the Puerto Rico Classic.