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Women’s team wins at Breslin
The titles “leading scorer” and “record breaker” usually aren’t connected to senior guard Brittney Thomas.
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Spartans handle Boilermakers, 76-57
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team faced off against Purdue in a battle of the Big Ten’s best defenses and came away with a 76-57 victory.
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Spartans need overtime to beat Badgers, 73-70, in Wisconsin
The scene was set for a night to remember for Badger fans, defeating one of the best teams in the country, remaining in a tie for first place in the Big Ten and allowing head coach Lisa Stone to celebrate her 500th career victory.
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Spartans set to take on Badgers
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team is fully rested after a full week off and ready to return to the court when it travels to Wisconsin on Thursday. The Spartans (18-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) travel to Kohl Center where the Badgers (12-9, 7-2) haven’t lost a game since Dec.
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Merchant begins NCAA Tourney talk, Big Ten deserves high ranking
Even in women’s basketball it’s never too early to talk about March Madness. The No. 11 Spartans suffered their third loss of the season at the hands of No.
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MSU falls in conference vs. Iowa
It was déjà vu for the No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team on Thursday night at Carver Hawkeyes Arena. The Spartans again found themselves with a chance to beat No. 18 Iowa, but again it would take last second heroics.
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Spartans look to down Hawkeyes second time this season
The Spartans blew an eight-point lead with two minutes left in the game. That was going to be the story the last time the No.
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After 9-month hiatus, sharp-shooting Byrd back at practice
As of last spring, Russell Byrd didn’t know what it was like to be injured. But nine months after the first of two surgeries on his broken left foot, the MSU freshman guard, who is redshirting this season, is all too familiar with the feeling of being sidelined. “I’ve never been injured,” Byrd said.
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MSU's Johnson deserves to be talked about
“Should Lykendra Johnson be considered a candidate for Big Ten Player of the Year?”
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Spartan forwards flourish
No matter how much size the Golden Gophers put on the court, junior forward Lykendra Johnson and senior forward Cetera Washington refused to be denied from getting to the boards for the No.
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Lykendra-Fying
Standing at 6-foot-1, it looked like junior forward Lykendra Johnson might be outmatched by the height that Minnesota’s women’s basketball team had to offer.
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Spartans tame Golden Gophers, 66-54
Led by 20 points and 17 rebound from junior forward Lykendra Johnson, the No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team defeated Minnesota, 66-54. The performance by Johnson is her best of the season, just beating out her 17-point and 17-rebound performance on Jan.
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Illini Paul solid against MSU
Illinois guard Brandon Paul torched the Spartans for 20 points on Tuesday night.
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Spartans hope to contain Davis
The No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team will travel Thursday to Bloomington, Ind., to take on Indiana.
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Spartans will bounce back following loss
Sunday’s game in Columbus, Ohio, between the No. 9 MSU women’s basketball team and No. 24 Ohio State wasn’t as much of a win for the Buckeyes as it was a loss for the Spartans.
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Spartans downed second time this year, 67-53, by Buckeyes
Shooting just 2-for-23 from 3-point range and 29 percent from the field, the No. 9 MSU women’s basketball team’s 14-game winning streak was ended Sunday at No.
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Spartans only look to Iowa; one game at a time
Redshirt junior forward Lykendra Johnson only had one way to describe the women’s basketball team’s game against No. 16 Iowa on Thursday night.
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Women carry program flag this year
Would any Spartan fan believe me if I told them not to panic just yet?
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Merchant taking season in stride
Listening to her Monday press conference, you wouldn’t know that MSU head coach Suzy Merchant was leading a No. 11-ranked women’s basketball team to its best start in program history (15-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten).
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Extending the streak
Usually, MSU versus Michigan is a heated rivalry where many could debate for days about which team is going to come out with a win.