The Spartans will have to wait until next Sunday to see if their late season effort was enough to get them a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
MSU women's basketball took down Nebraska in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament Thursday afternoon, its latest win in a string of victories late in the season.
The Spartans have the ability to make huge plays in transition, and that is what they have been demonstrating as the season has progressed—especially in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament.
It came down to the final seconds, but Michigan State women’s basketball escaped with a three-point win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. With the win, MSU advances and will play No. 1 Indiana tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. EST.
MSU is headed into the tournament at the No. 9 seed for the fifth time in history. The team is set to take on No. 8 Nebraska (16-13, 8-10) in the second round at 12:30 pm on Thursday.
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.