The Michigan State women's basketball team will play in its fourth Big Ten game of the year against Maryland on Tuesday.
Ever since Michigan State’s men’s basketball team’s 77-70 loss at Nebraska on Dec. 10 to drop to 0-2 in conference play, the Spartans have played like an entirely different team.
To kick off the new year, the Michigan State men’s basketball team dominated the Penn State Nittany Lions 92-61 for both teams’ third Big Ten matchup of the season.
This unexpected challenge Michigan State took after the holiday break resulted in one of their strongest wins so far this season. But based on how they were playing in November, it was not likely a game the Spartans would have won.
The Spartans finished their up-and-down December with an 87-75 victory over the red-hot Indiana State Sycamores, marking their fourth straight win after losing consecutive conference games to open the month.
Michigan State basketball’s Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot in the leg late Friday/early Saturday and underwent surgery, the team announced Saturday afternoon.
The Spartan squad dished out 33 assists on 38 made field goals on the night headlined by ten assists each from senior guard A.J. Hoggard and freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr.. Prior to the matchup against the Seawolves, Fears had logged a career-high five assists in the Nov. 19 game against Alcorn State—now that number is doubled.
The 99-55 win marked MSU’s third straight after it dropped two straight in conference play to fall below .500 just two months after being ranked No. 4 to start the season.
In the Monday night 79-62 home victory over the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, Tyson Walker logged his 1,000th career point with the Spartans—the 24th fastest to do so in just 80 games.
The Spartans rode the wave of momentum from their 24-point crushing of Baylor on Saturday with a 79-62 win over the Grizzlies, pushing them over the .500 mark at 6-5 and putting themselves in a relatively comfortable position confidence-wise in their current string of non-conference games.
The Spartans were able to push past the Chippewas thanks to Joiner, Hallock, and other new faces.
The Michigan State women's basketball team defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 91-67 after a great first-half showing from Graduate student Moria Joiner.
In a press conference Thursday, head coach Tom Izzo reflected on the start of the season and said the team needed to get back the identity they had since Izzo took the helm 28 years ago: defend, rebound and run. Michigan State’s Saturday afternoon 88-64 beatdown of Baylor was a near-textbook performance of Izzo’s mantra.
MSU executed the Hall-of-Fame coach’s slogan to a tee Saturday afternoon in its unforeseen 88-64 beatdown of Baylor. The team controlled the glass, swallowed the Bears up defensively and turned their missed shots and turnovers into points on the other end.
The Michigan State women's basketball team will face off against Central Michigan University on Sunday.
Ahead of a Saturday matinee matchup with No. 6 Baylor at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, head coach Tom Izzo said neither he nor his team are panicking. But they know they need to start picking up quality wins, starting with what Izzo said would be a “big-time win” against the Bears.
MSU Women's Basketball Team's struggles from behind the arc en route to drop[ing their third consecutive conference opener to Nebraska by a score of 74-80
The Michigan State Spartans opened up Big Ten play against Nebraska where they were ultimately defeated in a close match-up 80-74.
The Spartans, in danger of falling way behind in the Big Ten title conversation, will look to shut down Nebraska on defense and find enough flow offensively to come away with a much-needed road victory.
The Michigan State Spartans prepare to play their first Big Ten Conference game of the season against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.