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Sports | Basketball Men's 1000

BASKETBALL

Spartans prepare for rematch against Indiana

Close, but no cigar. Three weeks ago, this was the overarching message after the then-No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team left Assembly Hall with a 75-70 loss to then-No.

BASKETBALL

Key matchups in Top-5 showdown

For the first time in history, the MSU men’s basketball team will host a top-five matchup, as the No. 4 Spartans (22-4 overall, 11-2 Big Ten) square off against No. 1 Indiana (23-3, 11-2) in front of a national television audience (7 p.m., ESPN).

BASKETBALL

Double Trouble

With a difficult stretch of games during the next week, the No. 8 MSU men’s basketball team saw an opportunity this weekend to hone some of its shortcomings against Nebraska.

ICE HOCKEY

Icers split Northern home series

Sitting last in the CCHA and yet to sweep a series, the MSU hockey team doesn’t have much to show for its work. But despite a 9-20-3 overall record, 7-16-1-0 in the CCHA, the Spartans have made sure their opponents recognize they still have some fight in them. “The biggest takeaway is to show that these guys can be resilient,” head coach Tom Anastos said of the weekend.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Women's team falls to Michigan on road

_Ann Arbor, Mich. – _Now that was how a rivalry game should be. Despite 21 points in a heroic effort from guard Jasmine Thomas in the senior’s final regular season match up with archrival Michigan, it wasn’t enough to end her Spartan career undefeated against the Wolverines. Michigan (19-6 overall, 8-4 Big Ten) broke its 12-game losing streak to MSU on Sunday afternoon with a dramatic 70-69 win in front of a sellout crowd at Crisler Center.

BASKETBALL

MSU up on U-M women's team at halftime

Michigan standout sharpshooter Kate Thompson hit her first four shots, including three 3-pointers to help the Wolverines jump out to an early seven-point lead about seven minutes in. Thompson cooled off though and the energy of the opening tip died down at Crisler Center to allow MSU to run off 11 straight points and take a 22-19 lead. Behind senior guard Jasmine Thomas’ team-high 11 points, MSU leads U-M 32-28 at the intermission.