MSU women's basketball set to take on No. 8 Nebraska in Big Ten Tournament
The Spartans will be taking on No. 8 seed Nebraska on Thursday, March 2, at 12:30 p.m. EST in the Big Ten Tournament.
The Spartans will be taking on No. 8 seed Nebraska on Thursday, March 2, at 12:30 p.m. EST in the Big Ten Tournament.
Michigan State women’s basketball was able to end its regular season on a high note with an 80-65 win over Penn State on the road. With the conclusion of the regular season, Michigan State will be traveling to Minneapolis for the Big Ten tournament starting on Wednesday, March 1.
Michigan State was victorious their last time out against the Lady Lions about two weeks ago at home, winning by six in overtime. Sophomore forward Matilda Ekh led the Spartans in points with 21.
Michigan State women’s basketball honored three graduating seniors—Kamaria McDaniel, Jayla James and Stephanie Visscher—during their 71-67 win over Minnesota on Wednesday afternoon.
Michigan State women’s basketball got off to an extremely hot start on their Senior Day game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers, taking a ten-point lead into the second quarter. Then, the Gophers battled back to set up a game that was not decided until the last few minutes.
Michigan State women’s basketball (14-13, 6-10) outlasted the Minnesota Golden Gophers (10-18, 3-14) by a score of 71-67 in the final minutes of their final home game of the season Wednesday afternoon.
The Michigan State women’s basketball game set for 7 p.m. Wednesday night against Minnesota has been moved up to 4:30 p.m. due to inclement weather.
The Spartans are looking to bounce back Wednesday night as they take on Minnesota in their last home game of the season.
The pregame energy was different Saturday afternoon—understandably so—the Spartan community is going through something that no one should ever have to go through, but when the ball was tipped, Michigan State was ready to play.
"There's no words that are going to just make everything good again, it's going to take time." Interim Head Women's Basketball Coach Dean Lockwood and the rest of the team are scheduled to return to the court Saturday at 3 p.m. against Maryland.
Despite the rivalry, Michigan women's basketball took time this week to honor the Michigan State community by wearing green and white Spartan shirts while warming up against Indiana Thursday.
Sophomore guard DeeDee Hagemann has been consistently pulling in long minutes on the court for the Spartans. In the Sunday afternoon overtime win over Penn State, the sophomore spent just over 40 minutes on the floor putting up shots and directing plays.
Michigan State women’s basketball fended off the Penn State Nittany Lions (13-12, 4-10) in the final minutes of overtime by a score of 81-75. With the win, MSU moves to 13-12 and 5-9 in conference play on the season.
After a dominant win on the road against Wisconsin, the Michigan State women’s basketball team will be taking on Penn State Sunday, Feb. 12 at home in Breslin Center. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.
The Spartans scored their most points in Big Ten play this season thanks to 29 points from Kamaria McDaniel and 20 points from Taiyier Parks.
Michigan State women’s basketball (11-12, 3-9) heads to Madison to take on Wisconsin (7-17, 2-10) for the second time this season. The Spartans fell to the Badgers in overtime in East Lansing on Jan. 11.
Merchant thanked everyone for their support and well wishes in the statement and said she is continuing to focus on her health and taking the time necessary to get back to 100%.
After a very promising first half, MSU's hopes for a season split with rival No. 17 U-M hopes slowly turned into lost dreams as fifth-year guard Leigha Brown and her team mounted an enormous second half, capped off with a 77-67 win. Brown finished with 29 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists.
The problem with the game against the Wolverines was not that they couldn't force turnovers—it was that they were not able to convert turnovers into points. The Spartans were only able to amass 14 points on their 20 turnovers, and Michigan had the same amount of points on just half the amount of turnovers.
After a gritty fight, the Michigan State women’s basketball team fell to No. 18 Michigan 77-67 for the second time this season, extending its losing streak to three.