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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Lady Spartans tip off against Ferris State tonight

Derek Blalock
October 29, 2013

It’s the start of a new season, and the No. 18 women’s basketball team will kick off the preseason Wednesday as the Spartans look to improve on last year’s 25-9 record. MSU will face Ferris State at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Breslin Center for the first preseason game. The Spartans finished last season with their third-best record in school history and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament, before being knocked out in the second round by Maryland, 74-49.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Merchant hopes injury bug keeps its distance in 2013-14

Derek Blalock
October 24, 2013

Last season was plagued with injuries and suspensions for MSU women’s basketball. Despite opening the season with one of its best starts in school history — winning 13 of its first 14 games, and later getting to the Big Ten championship game and making the NCAA Tournament — MSU played much of last season without key contributing members. The Spartans’ playing lineup consisted mainly of six players, and this season they can expect a couple key additions.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Players look to get, stay healthy in offseason

Stephen Brooks
April 2, 2013

More than a week later, the season-ending loss to Maryland still eats at MSU women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant. The Terrapins sent the Spartans home from the NCAA Tournament with their most lopsided loss of the 2012-13 season March 25.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

MSU women’s basketball ready for March Madness

Stephen Brooks
March 18, 2013

The MSU women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-consecutive postseason. “The Spartans who fell to Purdue in the “finals of the Big Ten Tournament on March 10 — were given a No. 5 seed, sending them to College Park, Md., to face No. 12 seed Marist.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Merchant embraces time off before NCAA tournament

Stephen Brooks
March 12, 2013

The MSU women’s basketball team won’t learn its next opponent until shortly after 7 p.m. Monday when the NCAA Tournament selection show kicks off on ESPN.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Purdue's Drey Mingo dominates MSU as Boilermakers defeat Spartans, 62-47, in Big Ten Tournament championship

Zach Smith
March 10, 2013

In the MSU women’s basketball team’s 62-47 loss to Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament championship game, one player stood out above the rest – but she wasn’t a Spartan. One year ago, sixth year Purdue forward Drey Mingo stood on the sidelines in warm-ups as the Boilermakers won the Big Ten Tournament without her on the court. This season, she was named most outstanding player of the tournament.