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Women’s team wins at Breslin
The titles “leading scorer” and “record breaker” usually aren’t connected to senior guard Brittney Thomas.
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Spartans scorched by Badgers in second-consecutive 20-point loss
It was same story, different venue for the MSU men’s basketball team. Following a 20-point loss at Iowa on Wednesday, the Spartans lost, 82-56, at Wisconsin on Sunday. For the sixth-straight game, a Spartan opponent made at least 49 percent of its shots.
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Spartans handle Boilermakers, 76-57
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team faced off against Purdue in a battle of the Big Ten’s best defenses and came away with a 76-57 victory.
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Spartans look to perform better against Wisconsin
One day after the MSU’s 72-52 loss to Iowa — a loss head coach Tom Izzo called “embarrassing” — the Spartans had the day off from practice. Instead, with a game at Wisconsin looking on Sunday, they gathered at the Alfred Berkowitz Basketball Complex for three hours of meetings. “We just met and talked about what we wanted to do,” junior forward Delvon Roe said.
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Lucious visiting Iowa State
Recently-dismissed junior guard Korie Lucious is in Ames, Iowa visiting Iowa State.
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Spartans need overtime to beat Badgers, 73-70, in Wisconsin
The scene was set for a night to remember for Badger fans, defeating one of the best teams in the country, remaining in a tie for first place in the Big Ten and allowing head coach Lisa Stone to celebrate her 500th career victory.
Compiled by Chris Vannini, Production by Krystle Wagner
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The Odd Couple
About two and a half months ago, the MSU men’s basketball team had a team evaluation meeting. Players were told areas they needed to work on. Sophomore center Derrick Nix decided to write down the needed improvements and hang them above his locker so he remembered.
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Spartans appear to have given up
After the MSU men’s basketball team lost to Michigan for the first time in three years last Thursday, I wrote that it couldn’t get any worse for the 2010-11 Spartans. A little less than one week later, it’s pretty obvious I jumped the gun with that conclusion.
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Spartans routed by Hawkeyes, 72-52
The Hawkeyes (9-13 overall, 2-8 Big Ten) pounded MSU (13-9, 5-5), 72-52, in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday night.
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Spartans set to take on Badgers
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team is fully rested after a full week off and ready to return to the court when it travels to Wisconsin on Thursday. The Spartans (18-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) travel to Kohl Center where the Badgers (12-9, 7-2) haven’t lost a game since Dec.
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Men's basketball game against Iowa still on
Despite a major snow storm across the Midwest, the MSU men’s basketball team’s game against Iowa will be played as scheduled, with an 8:30 p.m.
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Spartans prep for new-look Hawkeyes
After traveling through a snowstorm to take on Iowa at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa, the MSU men’s basketball team will be welcomed by a new-look Hawkeyes team. Typically a team that prefers to milk every second of the shot clock before firing a shot, first-year head coach Fran McCaffery has Iowa playing a slightly different style. “They’re more up and down,” MSU senior guard Kalin Lucas said.
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Spartans have target on backs in Big Ten
Throughout the last decade of Tom Izzo’s tenure as head coach of the MSU men’s basketball team, the Spartans arguably have become the most feared program in the Big Ten. However, fresh off two-straight conference championships, MSU finds itself in an unusual position this year — struggling in the middle of the Big Ten.
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Merchant begins NCAA Tourney talk, Big Ten deserves high ranking
Even in women’s basketball it’s never too early to talk about March Madness. The No. 11 Spartans suffered their third loss of the season at the hands of No.
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Still hanging on
With 2.9 seconds left in regulation of Sunday night’s 84-83 win against Indiana, Draymond Green — a junior forward for the MSU men’s basketball team — had every right to be nervous. The No.
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Indiana win much needed for Spartans
It didn’t matter that MSU was a heavy favorite in the game. It didn’t matter that the game never should have been that close.
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MSU snaps three-game losing streak with win against Indiana, 84-83
The No. 25 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Indiana, 84-83, in overtime Sunday at Breslin Center. Senior guard Kalin Lucas led MSU with 26 points while Indiana was led by Christian Watford’s 21 points. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for MSU.
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Spartans near ‘rock bottom’ after U-M loss
The core of a Final Four team was back: Senior guard Kalin Lucas was healthy, and future hall of fame coach Tom Izzo had turned down an offer from the NBA to come back more determined than ever. Yet somehow Thursday night, that potential dream season, which already had been more rocky than anyone expected, officially became a nightmare.
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MSU falls in conference vs. Iowa
It was déjà vu for the No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team on Thursday night at Carver Hawkeyes Arena. The Spartans again found themselves with a chance to beat No. 18 Iowa, but again it would take last second heroics.
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Rock bottom blues
For the first time in 12 meetings in East Lansing, the Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 25 MSU, 61-57, Thursday night at Breslin Center.