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Spartans At Halfway
Well, this has been fun so far. Taking a nine-day break between conference games, the Spartans now are halfway through the behemoth Big Ten season.
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MSU women's basketball using post presence in big victories
Jasmine Hines’ dominant game on Sunday started with a conversation.
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Column: Spartan basketball is better than Georgetown loss
As I was watching the MSU men’s basketball team take on Georgetown Saturday afternoon, it finally occurred to me.
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MSU women's basketball upsets Purdue, 89-73
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.
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MSU women's basketball up on Purdue by 1 at halftime
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.
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Spartan men's basketball falls to Georgetown in NYC, 64-60
MSU essentially failed at every facet of basketball as the No. 7 Spartans fell to Georgetown, 64-60, at Madison Square Garden.
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MSU men's basketball up on Georgetown by 1 at halftime
Taking a break from Big Ten play, the bronze-clad Spartans are besting Georgetown at halftime in Madison Square Garden, 30-29. Ten Spartans have made their way onto the court, with eight scoring at least once to give MSU the early lead.
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Johnson plays key role in women's basketball victory
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.
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Spartan women's basketball holds off Wisconsin, 71-67
A well-balanced MSU women’s basketball team held off Wisconsin, and a hot-shooting Michala Johnson, Thursday night in East Lansing.
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Spartan men's basketball heading to NYC ablaze in green, white and bronze
The day before the Super Bowl kicks off just outside of New York City, the No. 7 men’s basketball team will be playing on one of the biggest stages in basketball — Madison Square Garden.
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Spartan men's basketball still dealing with injuries as weekend approaches
All Tom Izzo wants for his birthday is a healthy basketball team.
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MSU women's basketball leading Wisconsin at halftime, 30-27
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.
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Column: Izzo should use Georgetown game as opportunity to rest injured players
_It’s Saturday, the day before Super Bowl Sunday, and I’m walking into the world-famous Madison Square Garden.
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Women's basketball to host Wisconsin on Thursday
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.
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Spartans defeat Hawkeyes in thrilling overtime play
The MSU men’s basketball team beat No. 15 Iowa 71-69 in Iowa City in an overtime thriller Tuesday night. Iowa hit 30 free throws, but didn’t score for more than 15 minutes during the second half and overtime.
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Column: Role players step up for MSU in road win
It took a mob. It couldn’t have been just two people to make noise in place of Branden Dawson and Adreian Payne against the Hawkeyes on the road – it needed to be a mob. Luckily for MSU, the Byrd took the slew of role players on his wings down the stretch.
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MSU escapes Iowa City with 71-69 win
The last team to beat Iowa in Iowa City was the MSU men’s basketball team, and they did it again Tuesday night as the No.
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MSU trailing Iowa by 4 at halftime
In a game that few thought would be low scoring, MSU trails Iowa 30-26 at the half in Iowa City, Iowa.
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Despite win on Sunday, Johnson will continue to be essential for Spartans
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.
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Men's basketball loss triggers sense of urgency
Two days after sitting in the locker room with tears in his eyes after losing to Michigan, senior guard Keith Appling was nearly all smiles at Monday’s press conference. But just because he was wearing a smile doesn’t mean the pain of MSU’s 80-75 loss has gone away. “That’s a game not only myself, but my teammates wanted that win very badly,” Appling said.