Spartan women's basketball still feels in control after Nebraska road loss
The No. 25 women’s basketball team has sailed through great stretches of play this season.
The No. 25 women’s basketball team has sailed through great stretches of play this season.
Saturday’s 76-56 loss to No. 21 Nebraska wasn’t the result head coach Suzy Merchant wanted. But she’s not hitting the panic button yet. At her weekly press conference Tuesday, Merchant addressed the No.
Two steps forward, one step back was the mantra of the No. 25 women’s basketball team after Saturday’s 76-56 loss to No.
After four consecutive wins, the women’s basketball team regressed once again Saturday night
Entering Saturday’s away game against No. 22 Nebraska, the No. 24 women’s basketball team was tied with No.
The Spartans started the game 6-of-9 from the field, and missed their next 13 shots. That sums up the first half for the No.
15 minutes before the opening tip against Illinois Wednesday night, MSU announced Kiana Johnson had been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules.
MSU announced that junior guard Kiana Johnson has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules.
Despite losing junior guard Kiana Johnson to suspension before the opening tip, the No. 24 women’s basketball team survived a late run to defeat Illinois on the road, 69-53.
The No. 24 women’s basketball team closed the first half with a 17-3 run and leads Illinois 41-24 at halftime.
Illinois came to Breslin Center two weeks ago and stole a game from the women’s basketball team. On Wednesday, the Spartans will look to return the favor. No.
Jasmine Hines’ dominant game on Sunday started with a conversation.
Head coach Suzy Merchant wouldn’t go as far as to call it a return to form, but Sunday’s upset win over No. 19 Purdue is surely a step in the right direction.
Despite a slow start, the women’s basketball team leads No. 19 Purdue 39-38 at halftime. Redshirt freshman guard Aerial Powers has nine points, seven rebounds, and four assists at halftime, leading MSU in each category.
On a night where the Spartans played a little too much one-on-one ball, as has been the case in the past few games, it was junior guard Kiana Johnson that kept the offense moving on Thursday against Wisconsin in a 71-67 MSU victory.
A well-balanced MSU women’s basketball team held off Wisconsin, and a hot-shooting Michala Johnson, Thursday night in East Lansing.
The women’s basketball team started off hot but couldn’t hold off Wisconsin redshirt junior center Michala Johnson down the stretch as MSU enters halftime with a 30-27 lead.
After two consecutive disappointing home losses last week against weaker competition, the women’s basketball team (13-7 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) regained its rhythm on the road Sunday, defeating Ohio State 82-68.
The women’s basketball team’s return to form on offense happened with the subtraction of a key player on Sunday — junior guard Kiana Johnson.
After Thursday’s loss to Illinois, the women’s basketball team had no answers for the two-game slump.