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MSU loses at Purdue, 86-76
West Lafayette, Ind. – The No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 14 Purdue, 86-76, on Saturday night at Mackey Arena, their second straight loss.
Marina Csomor
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Boilermakers stand in way of Big Ten hopes
Eleven months ago, the MSU men’s basketball team headed to West Lafayette, Ind., needing a victory to stay in the race for a second-consecutive Big Ten title. The Spartans walked out with a 53-44 win over the third-ranked Boilermakers and won a share of the Big Ten championship two weeks later. This year’s Spartans aren’t as far into the conference slate.
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Illini Paul solid against MSU
Illinois guard Brandon Paul torched the Spartans for 20 points on Tuesday night.
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Spartans hope to contain Davis
The No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team will travel Thursday to Bloomington, Ind., to take on Indiana.
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Champaign spill
Champaign, Ill. — Trailing by four with 4:02 left, the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team had a chance to steal a victory from No. 23 Illinois at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Ill.
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Spartans too dependent on outside shot
Champaign, Ill. — The MSU men’s basketball team is not one that can afford to live and die by the outside shot.
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Spartans drop second conference game, lose to Illini, 71-62
Illinois shot a blistering 53 percent from the field Tuesday night to down the MSU men’s basketball team, 71-62, in Champaign, Ill. The loss is MSU’s second in the conference. Guard Brandon Paul scored 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting, including 4-for-6 from beyond the arc, to lead the Fighting Illini to victory. As a team, Illinois shot 47 percent from 3-point range.
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Spartans will bounce back following loss
Sunday’s game in Columbus, Ohio, between the No. 9 MSU women’s basketball team and No. 24 Ohio State wasn’t as much of a win for the Buckeyes as it was a loss for the Spartans.
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Spartans face hot-shooting Illini
When the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team travels to Champaign, Ill., to take on No. 23 Illinois at 7 p.m. tonight, nothing will change about the Spartans physically.
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Spartans downed second time this year, 67-53, by Buckeyes
Shooting just 2-for-23 from 3-point range and 29 percent from the field, the No. 9 MSU women’s basketball team’s 14-game winning streak was ended Sunday at No.
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Spartans beat Wildcats in OT, 71-67
For the second consecutive game, the MSU men’s basketball team rallied to force a game into overtime.
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MSU looks for similar success against Northwestern, Shurna
Whether it’s trying to figure out how to break down Northwestern’s 1-3-1 trapping defense or stop its complex offense, the Wildcats can be a nightmare for opposing coaches to prepare for. Fortunately for the MSU men’s basketball team (11-5 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) and head coach Tom Izzo, who host Northwestern (11-4, 2-3) at 1 p.m.
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Green, Roe excelling as teammates
In a loud arena during an NCAA men’s basketball game, communication is key.
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Spartans only look to Iowa; one game at a time
Redshirt junior forward Lykendra Johnson only had one way to describe the women’s basketball team’s game against No. 16 Iowa on Thursday night.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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Spartans receive contributions across board in overtime victory
If you take a look at Mike Kebler’s stat line from Tuesday’s overtime win against No. 20 Wisconsin, it doesn’t look like the senior guard played much of a role in the MSU men’s basketball team’s win.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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Day-dream comeback
Down 53-44 to No. 21 Wisconsin with 2:30 to play, the MSU men’s basketball team went on a 9-0 run to force overtime, eventually coming away with a 64-61 win Tuesday night at Breslin Center.
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MSU’s victory comes at right time for team
With about three minutes to play in overtime Tuesday night at Breslin Center, Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan was standing in front of his bench, face as red as his tie, screaming at anyone who would listen. Some 30 feet away, MSU head coach Tom Izzo was smiling.
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Women carry program flag this year
Would any Spartan fan believe me if I told them not to panic just yet?
Chris Vannini
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Spartans to regroup against efficient, well-coached Badgers
Going into Saturday’s game at Penn State, it appeared the MSU men’s basketball team finally was back on the fast track to a third-straight conference championship after a difficult start to the season. The Spartans were 2-0 in conference play, and other than the final two minutes of their win against Northwestern last Monday, they were playing some of their best basketball of the season. Then, after what head coach Tom Izzo described as the best week of practice he could remember in the last 10 years, a completely different MSU team showed up Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa., and lost, 66-62, to Penn State. At his weekly press conference Monday, Izzo couldn’t explain why his team was unable to translate its good practice habits into a game. But Izzo said 7 p.m.
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Merchant taking season in stride
Listening to her Monday press conference, you wouldn’t know that MSU head coach Suzy Merchant was leading a No. 11-ranked women’s basketball team to its best start in program history (15-1 overall, 3-0 Big Ten).