MSU used an 18-4 run to open the second half and break away from a two-point halftime lead en route to a 79-70 victory against Northwestern Saturday night at Breslin Center.
The No. 5 MSU men’s basketball team used an 18-4 run out of halftime to build a sizable lead against Northwestern on Saturday night at Breslin Center en route to a 79-70 win.
With her team struggling, Allyssa DeHaan put the Spartans on her back Thursday night.
The season started promising for Courtney Schiffauer. Through two games, the sophomore forward led MSU in points (16.5), rebounds (7.5) and assists (four), and was emerging as a reliable 3-point threat after knocking down 8-of-13 tries.
When the No. 5 MSU men’s basketball team meets up with Northwestern on Saturday at Breslin Center (7 p.m., BTN) it will mark the third time the Spartans already have played an opponent twice in their Big Ten schedule.
During the past few weeks, head coach Tom Izzo has sounded more like a pirate than a basketball coach.
Playing at Northwestern always is special for Lykendra Johnson. Welsh-Ryan Arena sits about 20 miles away from the sophomore forward’s hometown of River Forest, Ill., meaning family and friends likely will fill the stands when the Spartans play the Wildcats at 8 p.m. tonight.
Long road stretches can make or break a team’s season. For the MSU women’s basketball team, it’s even tougher considering the Spartans already have lost five conference games.
I’m still waiting. Waiting for Michigan to crash the boards or someone to put a hand in the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year’s face. I’m waiting for U-M fans and students to show up for every game like they did Tuesday. Waiting for the Wolverines to make winning this game a point of emphasis as much as the ever-winning Spartans do.
For the second straight game, junior guard Kalin Lucas demanded the ball in the final seconds. For the second straight game, Lucas delivered. Lucas nailed a mid-range jumper with 3.5 seconds remaining and a last-ditch layup by Michigan forward DeShawn Sims rimmed out Tuesday as the Spartans defeated rival U-M, 57-56, at Crisler Arena.
Is the MSU women’s basketball team back? Following last week’s impressive wins, it’s tough to say the Spartans haven’t solved their woes. The biggest culprit during the team’s three-game losing streak was its struggling offense.
Tom Izzo disagrees with former football coach and current trustee George Perles’ famous quote, “They all count one.” The mantra is something the MSU men’s basketball head coach won’t be thinking tonight when the No. 5 Spartans (17-3, 7-0) travel to Ann Arbor to face Michigan (10-9, 3-4).
Following a stretch of games when only one or two players would make an impact, the MSU women’s basketball team got a total team effort this past weekend against Minnesota and Purdue.
To all Spartans fans outraged by the new MSU logo, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has a message: Shame on you.
Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo showed support for the athletic department’s new project that includes a redesigned logo during his weekly press conference on Monday.
One day after the MSU men’s basketball team came back from a double-digit second-half deficit to beat the Golden Gophers, the MSU women’s basketball team did the same on Sunday, rallying from 10 down to knock off the Gophers 66-57.
It finally caught up with them. The No. 6 men’s basketball team had been playing with fire throughout conference play, turning on its game whenever the it felt like it. Down double digits in the second half in a hostile environment on the road, the Spartans were at the mercy of the Minnesota Golden Gophers
The No. 6 Spartans overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half and were able to hold off Minnesota in the final seconds, winning 65-64 to hand the Golden Gophers their first home loss of the season.
MSU head coach Suzy Merchant had been looking for her upperclassmen to be doers instead of talkers. She got just that in Thursday’s game against Purdue.
All season, the MSU women’s basketball team has looked to its guards to be bigger scoring threats and offensively aggressive. Enter freshman Jasmine Thomas.