Leading 4-1 in the second period, the MSU hockey team looked as though it had solved its offensive troubles and would earn a much-needed victory against Northern Michigan Saturday.
The MSU hockey team did everything it needed to Friday night to break out of a scoring slump: it put a season-high number of shots to the net, created quality scoring chances and fed off each other offensively, but the result was the same.
If recent late-season games between MSU and Northern Michigan serve as any indication, the Spartans should be in for a thrilling series when Northern Michigan visits Munn Ice Arena tonight and Saturday. The Wildcats toppled the Spartans in a three-game CCHA playoff series in March 2008, and did the same the following year to take a 6-1 lead against MSU in games played in February or later in the past three seasons, but plenty will be on the line when the teams meet this weekend. The Spartans (12-14-4 overall, 8-12-2 CCHA) are one place behind the Wildcats (11-15-4, 9-11-2) in the conference standings and could climb as high as seventh if they’re able to earn their first series sweep of the season.
Looking to steal its first road win this season, the MSU gymnastics team needs a big performance this weekend at the New Hampshire Invitational against New Hampshire, Brown and Alaska in Durham, N.H. Despite the three opponents not always being known for their gymnastics programs, head coach Kathie Klages said each team has received quality scores in recent meets, giving the Spartans another challenge while on the road. With recent struggles — such as failing to finish meets well and having more mistakes in meets than in practice — the Spartans hope to see their season improve with injured gymnasts returning to the lineup.
The MSU wrestling team is looking to rebound this weekend with a trip to the Hoosier State following a tumultuous home loss to No.
For the last three weeks, nothing about the MSU men’s basketball team jumped out at you and said, “Now that is Spartan basketball.” Quite the opposite, fans were leaving games or turning off the TV wondering what happened to a program that has developed a reputation for running teams to death while also physically beating the living daylights out of them just for good measure.
A triple-double from junior forward Draymond Green led the MSU men’s basketball team to a 75-57 defeat of Penn State on Thursday night at Breslin Center.
After holding No. 23 Penn State without a basket for nearly 8 minutes, the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team cruised to a victory and in the process, took sole control of first place in the Big Ten. The Spartans(21-3 overall, 9-2 Big Ten) defeated the Lady Lions(20-6, 9-3), 60-49, not allowing Penn State to even approach the 80-point mark they have been averaging this season and proving again great defense trumps great offense. With 6:20 remaining in the first half, the score was 19-18 with MSU holding the one-point advantage.
Led by junior forward Draymond Green’s triple-double, the MSU men’s basketball came home to Breslin Center on Thursday night and dismantled Penn State, 75-57.
Draymond Green — a junior forward for the MSU men’s basketball team — has had a tough time going to class recently. Unlike most college students, Green’s disdain for class has nothing to do with walking through the cold or being forced to wake up earlier than desired.
The MSU field hockey team inked six players to National Letters of Intent on Monday, as it hopes to build off its fourth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance this season. The Spartans lost seven seniors off this season’s roster, and hope to receive some help from the talented incoming class. Newly appointed head coach Helen Knull, who was named to the position when former head coach Rolf van de Kerkhof was named head coach at Delaware on Dec.
At the beginning of the season, no one would have pegged tonight’s matchup between the No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team and No. 23 Penn State to be a battle for first place in the Big Ten.
Little brother is growing up fast. A poll released Monday showed the percent of Michigan residents that support MSU is almost the same as the percent that support the University of Michigan. The poll was commissioned by Lansing-based Resch Strategies and conducted by pollsters at Marketing Research Group, said Matt Resch, president of Resch Strategies. Resch, an Indiana native, said he grew up with the Indiana University and Purdue University basketball rivalry, and he was curious how the numbers panned out for this rivalry. “I was surprised,” he said.
The MSU men’s basketball team was supposed to be the No. 2 team in the country and favorites to cut down the nets in April.
In a season unlike any other, the MSU gymnastics team has seen a variety of challenges and still is struggling to overcome the adversity with which it’s faced. Among the latest struggles, the most recent is the Spartans’ 194.625-191.825 loss to Western Michigan on Sunday.
Call it Saturday Night Fever, but the MSU hockey team lately has struggled to follow up good Friday night performances with the same effort on Saturday nights.
The MSU and Central Michigan baseball teams will renew their in-state rivalry this spring by playing the first ever college baseball game at Detroit’s Comerica Park on April 20, CMU said in a press release Monday. A press conference officially announcing the game with representatives from both schools will be held at 10:30 a.m.
Tom Izzo’s version of the MSU men’s basketball program was built on defense. After back-to-back 20-point losses and five losses in six games, the defense is the biggest culprit.
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team is excelling in almost all aspects of the game this season. It hold the highest national ranking in the Big Ten, id second place in the conference standings and among the top five in the league in most of the statistical categories.
The titles “leading scorer” and “record breaker” usually aren’t connected to senior guard Brittney Thomas.