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Live chat: MSU men's basketball versus Michigan
Follow along with our live chat as the MSU men’s basketball team heads to Ann Arbor to face Michigan for the second time this season.
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Spartans take down Boilermakers on road, 68-61
Defense and pottery. That’s what the MSU women’s basketball team does for fun.
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Women's team takes down Purdue on road
As the regular season winds down, the MSU women’s basketball team stuck to what got it to 20 wins this season for the 10th-consecutive year: balanced scoring and defense. The Spartans went on the road and avenged an earlier loss to Purdue by sinking the No.
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MSU prepares for road test vs. U-M
While most students are counting the minutes until spring break, 14 students have gotten an early jump on the time off.
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MSU women's team leads Purdue by 11
In the beginning, it looked like a replay of the first matchup between MSU women’s basketball and Purdue. The Boilermakers’ sixth-year senior forward Drey Mingo scored six of No.
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5 things women’s basketball must do to beat Purdue
The final road trip of the season for the MSU women’s basketball team could prove to be the most challenging yet for the Spartans as they travel to No. 25 Purdue (20-7 overall, 9-5 Big Ten) tonight.
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Izzo defends program after back-to-back losses
When Tom Izzo strode to the podium Tuesday, it didn’t take long to realize something was a little different — the man was on a mission.
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Izzo dealing with struggling Appling, Dawson
Keith Appling has been one of Tom Izzo’s most consistent players at both ends of the floor for most of the season.
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The Girls' Scouts
They are former star players, team captains and all-area performers. They know the tendencies of the Big Ten’s top teams and players.
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Women's basketball loses to Ohio State, 67-60
Similar to the Spartans’ previous road game – a one-point loss to Michigan – senior guard Jasmine Thomas did everything in her power to will MSU to victory tonight at Ohio State.
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Men’s basketball plays “fat and sassy” in losses
The past two weeks have been nothing short of a roller coaster ride for Tom Izzo and the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team.
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Difficult road lies ahead for women's basketball team starting with trip to Ohio State
There will be no rest for the weary MSU women’s basketball team as it concludes the 2012-13 regular season.
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Men's basketball falls to Ohio State, 68-60, in Columbus
It was all Adreian Payne could do in a return to his home state. The Dayton, Ohio native dominated the paint for the majority of Sunday’s contest against No. 18 Ohio State, finishing the game with 12 points and 14 rebounds and asserting himself as one of the Big Ten’s most dangerous weapons.
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Men's basketball leads Ohio State, 31-25, at half
Tom Izzo often prides the MSU men’s basketball team in its ability to rebound, focusing on it often in practice and understanding its impact on the offense.
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Thomas steps up play as MSU career nears its end
With three games left in the regular season, as well as the Big Ten tournament and NCAA Tournament on the horizon, the final chapter has yet to be written on this year’s MSU women’s basketball team.
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MSU: 10th-straight season with 20 wins or more
There were two records on Suzy Merchant’s mind heading into Wednesday’s home matchup with Northwestern – one evoked nerves while the other evoked pride. The first, the Wildcats’ losing record on the season, made the sixth-year MSU women’s basketball coach nervous because she knew the number wasn’t indicative of how good Northwestern was. The second was the fruit of MSU’s 54-45 victory Wednesday night, which marked the Spartans’ 10th-straight season of 20 wins or more. “Those are always important numbers and you know how important it is to get there,” Merchant said.
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Women's basketball picks up much needed win against Northwestern
It might have been more challenging than they were expecting, but the Spartans pulled out a much-needed 54-45 win against Northwestern at home Wednesday night.
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Indiana wins starting lineup battle in 72-68 MSU loss
East Lansing’s first top-five matchup didn’t go the way Spartan fans had hoped, and now MSU looks to pick up the pieces.
